Upgrade to 2.5gb - Performance Benifits

I was wondering if anyone who has upgraded their Second Generation iMac G5 with a 2gb ram stick could tell me what kind of performance benifits they saw. Is it worth the investment? I use Final Cut Pro, Photoshop, After Effects, and other pretty heavy duty software on a regular basis, so I'm assuming it will help.

If you use those apps regularly and you have the stock 512MB, you will see a big boot in performance. I have 2GB on mine and while I am not a pro, I dabble with those apps and they run very nicely with the 2GB, but there are still pageouts indicating that they would want even more RAM if that was possible.

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Tell me you can get at the Time Machine data. That will put a smile on my face!
Yes, most importantly, my data is still very safe and I can see the 12/26 time machine data on the external drive, both by browsing to it with the finder and also when I launch Time Machine and browse back in time.
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Migrate the 12/26 data using the "Migration Assistant" app "after" I did a backup of my new Snow Leopard install which I realize was a mistake. Now when I attempt to use the "Migration Assistant" app and point it to the Time Machine volume, all it sees is the useless 12/28 Snow Leopard backup which obviously has none of my data. I can't point Migration Assistant to the 12/26 restore point which has the real data.
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From what I've read, I understand there are three ways to migrate my 12/26 data:
1. Migration Assistant App (because of the above description, I think cannot work anymore)
2. Time Machine App
3. Manually browse and copy necessary files and folders from the external
What I was trying to understand was when you say "transfer," which of these options are you referring to? I'm gathering #2, using the Time Machine app to restore as opposed using Migration Assistant?
By the way, I appreciate your patience and generosity with your time. I will make sure to print and follow the tutorials you sent as well.
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