More Memory = Speed on internet?

Hi
I have an iBook G4 with 256 MB memory. Will the
cost of more memory be worth anything in speed
when surfing the web? I am talking about loading
pages swithching between apps and saving pages.
The Activity Monitor always says there is free RAM
of less than 5MB. Inactive RAM of 68-70 MB.
Thanks in advance
iBook G4

More RAM is in direct proportion to the speed in which applications load and function, especially in gaming and surfing the web and download speeds.
More Ram is always better. You are presently on the low side of the preverbal graph. This is the reason for sluggish performance.
Don

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How do I go about this? Dumb question I know, but I am not very computer savvy and would appreciate any help.

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Does buying an iPhone with more memory speed processing?

No, not really.
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Give iPhoto a look at for creating the slideshow. It's easy to assemble the photos in an album in iPhoto, put them in the order you want and then make a slideshow of them. You can select from various themes and transitions between slides and add music from your iTunes library.
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To check the encoding mount the disk image, launch DVD Player and play it. If it plays OK with DVD Player the encoding is good.
Then burn to disk with Disk Utility or Toast at the slowest speed available (2x-4x) to assure the best burn quality. Always use top quality media: Verbatim, Maxell or Taiyo Yuden DVD-R are the most recommended in these forums.
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Hi HiperGrover,
As PauPau wrote, the limited FSB is 533 MHz and that means the memory modules will run at this speed. Furthermore DDR2-667 modules can be used properly but they run only with lower speed.
So don be worry about this, everything is ok with your notebook.
Last but not least in BIOS there are no options about tweaking the modules and such options will not bring a strong performance boost but they could make your computer unstable.

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This HP support document should tell you everything you need to know about upgrading your memory on a desktop computer.
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