How should i upgrade my ram

i just got a macbook and it only has 1 gig of ram. im not worried about price, so where should i take it to get it upgraded? also, is 2gb my limit?

Those apps are pretty RAM intensive and I think that you will see a jump in performance if you go to 2GB.
One way to see your RAM needs is to open up the activity monitor and look under the "system memory" tab for the number of pageouts. That is the number of times that your RAM has "filled up" and had to write its contents to the HD. Obviously HD access is much slower than accessing the RAM, so that would lead to a slowdown.
The number of pageouts is cumulative since your last reboot, so do not be alarmed if the number is high, but rather if it is large compared to the number of pageins. My Mac has been on for almost 8 days now and I have 104721 pageins and only 1624 pageouts. I have not worked on anything at all for the last week, just browsed the web so those numbers are low, but the clearly show that I have enough RAM for the current usage.

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You don't need a controller card.
If you keep your main drive(s) on the ATA/100 bus (rear carrier), and add (if you like) up to two drives to the ATA/66 (forward carrier) bus, for storage, archives, etc., you will have fine performance from all drives.
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Welcome to Apple Discussions, Greg.
Greg Iafeliece wrote:
Should I clean install snow leopard on the new drive and then drag apps from the original drive or just install it over my current system and then migrate to the new drive?
You can't "drag" your applications that just won't work!
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specs:
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Let's say a budget of $500. Important note: I run my games at 1280x1024 on an 18" monitor and have no plans on getting a new monitor, I'm happy with 1280x1024. I'm planning on playing games like stalker, crysis, hl2, bioshock etc. I'm sure the current hardware will run these games as it is but I'm looking for high frame rates with aa and af on.

Quote from: gus1234 on 10-March-07, 13:01:46
I'm planning on playing games like stalker, crysis, hl2, bioshock etc. I'm sure the current hardware will run these games as it is but I'm looking for high frame rates with aa and af on.
Oh boy, are you in for a downer, try playing supreme commander , a little glimpse into the future...
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With AA turned off ...
hl2 and stalker should be fine even with your current system - But you can bet your marbles crysis will be just as tough as supreme commander...
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