I have only 200mb of free ram. i have 2gb installed. I have early 2008 2.4gh macbook running os x lion
I have an ealry 2008 macbook. it has 2.4gh processor and 2gb of ram. when i had snow leopard it ran like a champ. i installed lion and she still runs good but she suffers some lags. i checked the activity monitor nd it has 200mb of free ram left. to me thats a little bit. i like to play video games. when i had snow leopard i was able to play gta san andreas with no problem. so my question, is really bad 200mb? and will 4gb of ram improve the system?
Free ram isn't the on,y ram that's available to run programs http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1342
BUT.....2gb is the bare minimum for running Lion, you need at least 4gb in reality. Your computer will run better with 4gb.
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http://www.amazon.com/Komputerbay-PC2-5300F-Buffered-FB-DIMM-Heatspreaders/dp/B0 05HIWD5U/
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http://benchmarkreviews.com/7366/owc-8gb-fb-dimm-memory-upgrade-kits-apple-mac-p ro-2008-released/
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Nancyfromeasttexas wrote:
I have Garageband version 4.1.2 (248.7) [...] If I upgrade my operating system to the next level (10.6?) will my GB version still work?
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Nancyfromeasttexas wrote:
I have a LOT of projects involved and hope they will transfer.
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Nancyfromeasttexas wrote:
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sure
Nancyfromeasttexas wrote:
(and should I) upgrade GB at the same time
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Nancyfromeasttexas wrote:
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