Using IMovie, will it matter if I upgrade from 512 megs of Ram to 1 gig?

I've upgraded one G3, and am thinking of increasing the Ram on this second computer. Will that significantly increase performance? It'd cost about $60 for the upgrade from 512 to 1 gig of RAM. Thanks. David

David,
Generally speaking, more memory is helpful with OSX, especially if using heavy duty apps. If you would like to check how your 512MB is doing, restart your Pismo to clear out the swap files and memory. Now open Activity Monitor in Utilities, select System Memory at the bottom, then start using your 'book. If free memory is used up pretty quickly plus you start seeing 'Page outs' (hits to virtual memory) start climbing into the thousands, more memory is warranted.
I have 2GB in my MBP and just using Safari, Mail, and a few games, I can watch my free memory slowly decline over several days, mostly due to Safari I believe. At the moment, I have 500MB free using just the aforementioned apps.

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