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I have a G4 Dual 450 AGP with 1.5Gb of RAM. I am working on a large catalog. I use InDesign and Photshop a lot. Will I even notice the extra 512 Mb enough to justify the purchase? Thanks.

Hi
You could try using the Activity Monitor application located in the Applications\Utilities folder to monitor your existing memory usage whilst you perform your work. The following article explains how to interpret the information shown:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=107918
As already mentioned a processor upgrade may be more beneficial. IMHO you get the most bang for the buck with a mid range processor upgrade, perhaps a single 1.4 - 1.5GHz 7455 based one, e.g.
http://www.sonnettech.com/product/encore_stg4.html
http://eshop.macsales.com/shop/accelerators/OWC-Mercury-Extreme/

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