Lorre
01-28-2008, 05:05 PM
Hey guys, I'm probably not the first guy to post this question, but here goes.
I currently have 1 GB of RAM in my Alu iMac.
I'm thinking of upgrading to Leopard and figured adding some RAM wouldn't be a bad idea then.
I must admit though that currently, 90% of the time I use the PC I have Mail, iTunes, Audioscrobbler, Camino and MSN Messenger open, just those programs. Under this situation, the 1 Gig of RAM is never fully used. Occasionally however, I do a bit of movie editing in iMovie, or a bit of Java programming in Eclipse. When I'm bored I tend to scroll through Google Earth or Celestia for a bit. I also from time to time do some school work in NeoOffice, but will probably switch to the new Office for Mac soon. (I love iWork but functions are too limited for me in certain areas... for now)
Under these current conditions, I guess I don't really need extra RAM, but I wanna be future proof. I'm studying to become an ICT engineer, so I guess I'll be using more and more developing tools soon. Many of the tools I need for schoolwork will probably be Windows-only so I can imagine me running VMWare or Parallels in the near future (if those work well with "heavy" apps of course, if not I'll stick with BootCamp)
So my question is now, should I just buy an extra gig of RAM (very cheap option) or go all the way and get 4 gigs? I'm just wondering if, by the time those 4 gigs actually will become usefull for me, the rest of my system will be too outdated anyway.
I currently have 1 GB of RAM in my Alu iMac.
I'm thinking of upgrading to Leopard and figured adding some RAM wouldn't be a bad idea then.
I must admit though that currently, 90% of the time I use the PC I have Mail, iTunes, Audioscrobbler, Camino and MSN Messenger open, just those programs. Under this situation, the 1 Gig of RAM is never fully used. Occasionally however, I do a bit of movie editing in iMovie, or a bit of Java programming in Eclipse. When I'm bored I tend to scroll through Google Earth or Celestia for a bit. I also from time to time do some school work in NeoOffice, but will probably switch to the new Office for Mac soon. (I love iWork but functions are too limited for me in certain areas... for now)
Under these current conditions, I guess I don't really need extra RAM, but I wanna be future proof. I'm studying to become an ICT engineer, so I guess I'll be using more and more developing tools soon. Many of the tools I need for schoolwork will probably be Windows-only so I can imagine me running VMWare or Parallels in the near future (if those work well with "heavy" apps of course, if not I'll stick with BootCamp)
So my question is now, should I just buy an extra gig of RAM (very cheap option) or go all the way and get 4 gigs? I'm just wondering if, by the time those 4 gigs actually will become usefull for me, the rest of my system will be too outdated anyway.