How much is enough?

i am a 67 yr old innocent who travels w/ a laptop and trades online @hotels,corp apts, etc..
what do i need for peace of mind reguarding security? is zone alarm sw enough? do i get more security with a pix 501 rather than a linksys router/firewall? what kind of service provider should i hook up with for questions/problems?please respond in laymans terms as much as possible. thanks in advance.
frank

At first you should be very concious about the physical security of your laptop ie. protect it from being stolen away.
Pix is certainly a good choice over the other devices which you specified, but it cannot be carried with your laptop.The device has to be fuxed somewhere.

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Verizon how much is Enough???

How much is enough? Try to connect to my Corporate emails they want another$15 a month!!! (Just down load exchange out in the market place, works just fine?) Try to increase your plan, do an early upgrade? Not unless it is a 3g "OLd" piece of **** Policy no early upgrades for existing customes they got you!
How much is enough!! Buisness must be great! Verizon is getting bigger than the BIG BANKS! Maybe it will be the next big bail-out
****** OFF

This so doesn't belong in the off-topic lounge. Try the My Verizon section or Wireless services section.
Sigh!

How much is enough before a replacement?

So the story goes april 04 i purchased a 1.25 ghz aL powerbook. Within a week, it had a severe case of uneven illumination.
-that was replaced by applecare with a new screen
Eventually, several weeks down the line, it starts to show signs of the white spot syndrome
-the screen yet again was replaced
Some more weeks down the line (i'd say 2 month span from each repair), the PB refuses to boot.
-the logicboard is replaced
the PB does surprisingly well for about 10 months until intermittent kernal panics arose (random). by the time it hit 15 monts or so after the logic board repair, the kernal panics are bad.
i bring it in, apple manages to somehow fix it, but suspect a logic board issue.
3 months pass, more kernal panics. I bring it in asking for a replacement.
so i guess this is the 5th time. I'm not eligible for a replacement. They find that it's "bad ram" and are replacing that.
By this point, i dont trust my machine anymore. EVery several months is something wrong. I would prefer a replacement (i dont really care - give me a iBook for all that matters - others said for the 3000 (with applcare) that i paid, i should have a working machine and consider nothing less), but looks like i'm not getting one.
is it too demanding to want a replacement?

Sorry to hear about your woes, Albert. I also have a 1.25GHz that had suffered some of the problems you described.
I don't know which country you live in, so I cannot say how far the laws in your country will help you, but I would be seriously considering legal proceedings. At the very least I would put things in writing and give them a final deadline to replace the PowerBook or you will commence legal action.
15" 1.25GHz/12" 1GHz PBs, 2xPPC Mac minis, 12" iBook G4, Mac OS X (10.4.6) Cube, 2xTAMs, iPods 2G/4G, iPs, AEBS, AX

How much is enough battery charge

Shipping to Ajkovana only 5 hours and this Arhguen

Stop spamming these forums with the same ridiculous posting.
See your previous threads:
https://discussions.apple.com/message/25380710#25380710
https://discussions.apple.com/message/25380739#25380739
https://discussions.apple.com/message/25380740#25380740

HT4623 I lost my apps and iTunes after a restore, but it says there isn't enough space on the iPhone 4. How do I know how much space needs to be freed up? I keep deleting photos and videos, but I'm still getting the same message.

I did an iphone 4 software update. It then asked me to do a "restore" in order for me to be able to use the latest iTunes. I did a "restore" to "factory settings" (this was the only option listed) thinking I'd be able to sync later and get everything back and ended up losing all my purchased apps and iTunes. When I open iTunes, "Welcome to your new iphone" and it says I can re-do the "restore" and choose my lastest update. I assume this will give me back my apps and iTunes. When i choose to do this, it says there isn't enough space on the iPhone. How do I know how much space needs to be freed up? I keep deleting photos and videos from the phone, but I'm still getting the same message every time I re-try. I don't want to delete everything, but I don't know what to do...? Thanks!

Thanks but I think it has something to do with the 'restore'. in the newest iTunes 11, when I click on the tab "iphone", it redirects me to the "welcome to your new iphone" page and asks about doing a 'restore'. I already did a 'restore', but it went to the original factory settings and I want to 'restore' to my lastest back up as of April 12. When I choose that option, it says my iphone doesn't have enough space. I don't know how much I need to delete in order to make it work. I've deleted lots, but it only has 4.1 GB available. I'm not sure why this isn't enough to do a 'restore'. I don't want to delete all my photos and videos, but maybe I will have to?...7.7GB is used up for that. I can't sync or do ANYTHING...

I have an iPhone 5S, with iOS 8.1.2 I am trying to do a system restore but the message I get on the desktop is that there is not enough room on the iPhone. How much room is required?

I have an iPhone 5S, with iOS 8.1.2 I am trying to do a system restore but the message I get on the desktop is that there is not enough room on the iPhone. How much room is required?
I had an important app. (Memos by bluemarblesoftware.com) that I accidentally deleted. It of course had many memos, some with quite a lot of information. I did sync my phone on a regular basis and I think the memos should be on the desktop computer. I tried to do a restore function but I got a message saying there was not enough room on the iPhone. How much room is needed?

generally you need 1.90gb
what you can do is back up your phone to your computer before doing the update, just as a precaution.

HT1766 Restore backup function says there is not enough space on my iPhone to restore backup. How do I fix this/how do I know how much space I need on my iPhone?

My family member's iPhone recently erased all of its contact information, with no action taken by my family member. She is trying to use the restore backup function to recover her contacts.
The restore backup functions says that there is not enough space on my iPhone to restore backup. How do I fix this/how do I know how much space I need to complete this backup?
We have removed the majority of pictures from her phone, and she has 4.1 GB of memory free.
Thank you!

You need at least as much space as you have used on the iPod. Could be as much as 64 GB but is probably much less.
Find a way to delete what you do not need on the computer. Start by emptying the Recycle Bin.
This may be applicable: iOS: 'Not enough free space' alert when trying to sync

How much drive space is enough?

A recent, now closed topic at http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=434397 raises questions about OS X drive space use & how much should remain free for proper operation of the OS.
Many seem to have some opinion on this, but nobody seems to agree on the appropriate rule of thumb. Apple doesn't seem to offer much in the way of user friendly official guidelines, so I'm hoping this topic will inspire a more comprehensive discussion of the issues involved, or at least where to look for better answers.

To sort of add to Gulliver's information some related ideas:
1. OS X adds VM typically in 64 MB chunks if you're using Tiger. Panther and earlier versions added VM in chunks of 128 MBs. That means that as more VM is required you need sufficient disk space to eventually accomodate at least twice the amount of installed RAM in the most extreme situation. Hardly ever going to happen, but at least it represents a practical limit.
2. Software installers require from 2-3 times as much disk space during installation as the size of the installed item.
3. Temporary files, logs, cache files, etc. require varying amounts of disk space both for the active files as well as for archives. Yesterday, for example, I cleaned off all my user and font caches - nearly 100 MBs.
4. Applications create preference files and/or store data files in the Applications Support folders.
5. If you allow your free space to drop under 1 GB there is a growing risk of permanent disk corruption that will be caused if the operating system requires additional directory extents. Directory extents are allocated in 4 MB chunks and the chunk must be contiguous. If the OS is unable to allocate a contiguous 4 MB chunk for the disk directory, then the entire directory will become corrupted potentially causing a catastrophic loss of data. Despite self-defragmentation, some disk fragmentation will always exist, and as the free space on the hard drive declines so declines the liklihood of finding a contiguous chunk large enough to accomodate the directory expansion if it's needed.
All of this leads to a conclusion that there is no specific amount of free space you should maintain, but there are some practical constraints that are dependent partly on what you as a user do. To accomodate a wide range of users I recommend a minimum of 5-6 GBs or 15 percent of the hard drive's capacity whichever is larger.

I have an iMac 5.1 ,2ghz core 2duo with 1gb 667 MHz ddr2 SS ram running osx 10.6.8. How much tota ram can I install and will it be enough to run lion and/or mountain lion?

I have a iMac 5.1 running osx 10.6.8 , core 2duo, and 1ghz 667mhz DDR sdram. How much ram can be added and will it run lion/mountain lion? Thanks.

As an additional thought: I had this same model iMac and although you can install 4 GB RAM, it will only address just over 3 GB. Since Lion is somewhat of a memory hog, you really will not be very happy with the performance using anything less than 4 GB - and even 4 GB is a bit of a minimum; fine for basic needs, but any photo or video editing will require more than that.

Will 4k be enough to buy the imac 27"? the upgrades total is $3,649.00, how much is tax in usa chicago?

the imac 27" is $2,000.00
the upgrades total is $3,649.00
how much is tax in usa chicago?
the whole total of it

Hi,
Agree with the 3rd prty upgrades, especially RAM...
The sales tax in the City of Chicago, Illinois is:
9.75%
currently the highest amount in the United States.
On July 1, 2010, the sales tax decreased from 10.25%
Read about the vote to decrease the Cook County portion of the sales tax.
3649 * 1.0975= 4004.7775
http://www.salestaxchicago.com/
3.4GHz Quad-Core Intel Core i7
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1TB Serial ATA Drive
AMD Radeon HD 6970M 2GB GDDR5
Apple Magic Mouse
Apple Keyboard with Numeric Keypad (Western Spanish) & User's Guide
AppleCare Protection Plan for iMac - Auto-enroll
$2,468.00
24.0GB OWC Memory Upgrade, $999.97...
http://eshop.macsales.com/item/Other%20World%20Computing/1333DDR3S24S/
Giving you 28GB if I'm not mistaken.
From Apple...
16GB 1333MHz DDR3 SDRAM - 4x4GB [Add $600.00]

Why don't they put how much usage each update will take. I am on broadband and not sure if I have enough GBs left to do an update.

I have broadband and it just cost me $75 OVER my monthly bill to download Yosemite and the update for iphotos. NOW, I have notice that it needs two more updates. Why don't they tell us how much data will be used with an update so we can plan when and which updates to do now, and some later? The old system they had, they did tell and I was able to ration out which ones to update over the months.

It all depends on how much you'll use the iPhone for internet access. Personally, I use it frequently (work email, browsing with Safari, the Amazon.com app, etc.,) and I use 200-300 MB per month. My wife does not use her iPhone for much outside of email, weather, etc., occasional Internet browsing, and she uses 40-50 MB per month. So, you should be fine with 150 MB.
Hope that helps...

Mac Pro 2.66 Quad-Core 1GBRAM, how much more RAM and HOW?

I just got my Mac Pro 2.66 Quad-Core, and I had a budget so I left the RAM down @ only 1GB because I knew I could upgrade it later. Well later is here & I want to put more in it, but I hear it is a little more complicated than the sensless shoving of big ram chips into empty slots...
I am a heavy user of Logic 7, soon to be of Logic Studio, and hopefully I will be using AutoCAD at home soon (for school). How much RAM would be optimal for me to eventually have? Right now I think I can afford to purchase 2GB more, but I dont know how exactly to put it into my machine. Right now it has a 512MB per xeon.
Can anyone help me out?

I just pulled out 1GB (2 x 512MB) simms in replaced them with 4GB (2 x 2GB) simms.
I had added more memory as 2 GB (1x2GB) and ran out of space. Now I have a total of 11GB RAM:
1GB = 2 x 512MB
2GB = 2 x 1GB
8GB = 4 x 2GB
Leaving me with 2x512MB simms sitting in the box on the self. Sure wish I knew someone local I could give these things to for a reasonable price. Anyway, I wouldn't go any higher than 2GB simms (4GB) as that seems to currently have the best price/space ratio. Crucial is good enough and order it from NewEgg.com or MacConnection.com and you'll get a good price (I got mine at MacConnection.com).

How much RAM can I put into my Macbook Pro?

Here's my info:
Model Name:          MacBook Pro
Model Identifier:          MacBookPro4,1
Processor Name:          Intel Core 2 Duo
Processor Speed:          2.4 GHz
Number Of Processors:          1
Total Number Of Cores:          2
L2 Cache:          3 MB
Memory:          2 GB
Bus Speed:          800 MHz
I want to upgrade my RAM, as the computer is showing a bit of age at 3 years old now. I looked at this support page:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1270#link8
And judged the installation to be easy enough for me to do, but I'm confused as to how much RAM I can buy. The conflict I see is that "Additional notes" says I can use up to 8GB of RAM, but the table says only 4GB. What's throwing me off is basic math -- is that 4GB only referring to my slots (thus 4+4=8) or is it saying that anything over 4GB will not be recognized by my computer?
I spoke with someone at Apple, but he seemed a bit confused by my question, and eventually gave me a "yes" that was timid enough that I felt the need to post here. So, I'd appreciate the support! Thanks a lot, everyone. I'm just looking to not spend more than I need (in terms of buying excess RAM), and make sure I don't ruin my Mac in the process.

The MacBook Pro 4,1 can acces a maximum RAM of 6GB
However RAM comes in 4GB modules and you have two slots, so you install 8GB (two 4GB modules) and can only access 6GB of it according to MacTracker.
Use the free Crucial.com site to make sure your getting the extact specified RAM specs, you can buy it anywhere if you like.
http://www.crucial.com/
(no comp)

How much ram does my macbook pro have?

How can I tell how much ram memory my mac book pro originally came with? I now only have 2 gbs left and am running out of space with all my photos, aps, videos and music. I don't want to keep moving things on and off the computer with an external hard drive. Is there a way to get more ram? My ipad has 64gbs and holds everything - but apparently my computer doesn't.

Time Machine backup disks should be external ... separate from the computer.
Several places sell external disks that are already formatted for Mac. Others tell you that external disks not formatted for Mac can be reforatted, but save yourself the grief for now and buy Mac-ready.
Buy a *new* disk, in my opinion. Do not reuse an old disk.
Some can suggest certain brand names as "better", but even the best disk-brand will have bad apples in the mix.
If any others have a convenient link for Time Machine Tutorial, please provide. I have learned enough alreay, generally through trial and error on my own.
But focus on getting that first backup done within the next 2 days.
As to "probably need a new HD", perhaps you can move enough off to an external disk. Cross that bridge after you get the backup.
If you get the sense that critical things are done first and that you should save yourself complex things like "how to replace a harddisk" for later, you are reading my posts correctly.

My mac is runnug out of disk space. Do /i need to by external drives? how much memory should i get

My imac is running out of disk space. I download a lot of media from itunes. The HD movies and TV shows use so much space. Should I switch to the cloud, clean up my memory or buy an external memory drive? If i get an external drive how much memory is suggesyed? 1TB, 2TB or more?

Buy an external hard drive on which to save your media. The drive should be large enough to handle your entire iTunes Library plus how much you would anticipate adding to the library over the next few years. Then backup your existing library to the external drive: iTunes- Back up your iTunes library by copying to an external hard drive.
After you have backed up the library to the external drive you can configure iTunes to use the library on the external drive in iTunes > Preferences > Advanced. Change the path to the external drive. Once you do that quit and relaunch iTunes. It should now be using the library on the external drive. Now you can delete the library on the internal hard drive to free up the space.

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