I purchased a MBP 15" two months ago as CBO with 3 GB ram and 160 GB 7200rpm HD. It's fast but had a lot of kernal panics. On new years eve, Apple replaced the logic board (an expensive service) but still had kernal panics and then they just replaced both ram modules. I just picked it up and it is happy now.
All in all this laptop has rung up a price to about $6000.00. Not a good start for Apple on this laptop. I am hoping that it has settled in. I do use the 3 GB ram. I also have Menumeter guage and shows the C2D processors working but they rather work more independently than in conjunction...perhaps because not all the apps are Universal B. yet.
I forgot to mention...anyone planning on purchasing MBP with 3 GB ram, it is actually cheaper to purchase it from Apple as it is $575.00 vs other vendors at around $615.00 and up.
I have a MBP with 2.16 ghz C2D and 2 gbs of RAM. I might have been able to get by with 1 gb but I'm glad I've got 2. Most of the time I seem to use about 1 gb according to my iStat nano. That will probably change as I'm looking to get photoshop or ps elements(if it ever makes it to market).
3GB in my work PowerMac G5 Dual, 1.25 GB in my personal PowerBook G4, 1GB in the house Intel MacMini, and 2GB coming in my new work MacBook Pro (whenever the PO goes through). The Mini has three users almost always logged in concurrently, and it definitely slogs under the load. At this point, I wouldn't get anything less than 2G if I could help it. Then again, I'm pretty demanding on my machines.
The work PowerMac was upgraded recently from 1GB to 3GB and it made all the difference.
I just bought a MBP with 2gb. If apple didn't charge so much for ram I would have gotten 3 just to have it for the future. But I suppose that upgrading ram as you need it is a better route than to buy initially buy with to much ram. Since ram prices always fall you'll be able to get more ram at a later date for cheaper than you can now.
256MB in my 800mhz G4, and man does it ever have some snap!
Dude! get yourself a 512 MB Dimm, for that box, it should be about $35 on newegg...and the performance, even if you replace it 4-6 months from now, will be worth it.
I use 512 and can take a nap during beach ball sessions when I am doing serious work (10 tabs in FF, a 2nd FF window for Sirius, MS Word with 2-3 docs open and address book) As soon as I get a full-time job, I am getting a gig for this, then in 6 months or so, I am going to get another mini, this time with 2 gig!
I'm getting a MacMini in few weeks - first Mac ever. Initially I was going to stick 1GB into it but now I'm thinking 2GB would be better.
Do Macs need so much RAM simply because of different usage pattern (to the windows users that is - keeping all the apps open etc.) or is it a Mac OS X thing?
What do you think the performance would be like with 1GB while doing stuff like video conferencing, listening to music, browsing ... (all at the same time)?
I'm getting a MacMini in few weeks - first Mac ever. Initially I was going to stick 1GB into it but now I'm thinking 2GB would be better.
Do Macs need so much RAM simply because of different usage pattern (to the windows users that is - keeping all the apps open etc.) or is it a Mac OS X thing?
What do you think the performance would be like with 1GB while doing stuff like video conferencing, listening to music, browsing ... (all at the same time)?
Thanx
The short answer is no. The long answer is "everyone here is a raving lunatic fanatic and we don't want the other guy out doing us."
I do a product catalog (InDesign) and video editing on my iMac, MBP CD, and Intel Mini.
I find 1 gig to be good for most OSs although if given the chance I certainly will go for more.
However, if you are running Vista, note I am testing it here at work, with a 1 gig of DDR, Vista rates it at 3.6 our of 5 . . . . 1 gig of ram is good for most Macintosh Operating Systems at least 8)
The short answer is no. The long answer is "everyone here is a raving lunatic fanatic and we don't want the other guy out doing us."
I do a product catalog (InDesign) and video editing on my iMac, MBP CD, and Intel Mini.
I don't think your assesment is fair or accurate.
How much memory needed is really dependent on how many programs you keep running. A lot of people might do well with 1GB but the size of many OSX programs and the number of programs running often uses more memory. If I add FCE work to the mix, I find I need 2.5GB or have to shut down other software to keep it from hitting the hard drive too much. Sometimes I end up killing Dashboard because the widgets are bloated for what little they do. I can generally do well with about half as much memory on my Windows computers as I would with my Macs.
How much memory needed is really dependent on how many programs you keep running. A lot of people might do well with 1GB but the size of many OSX programs and the number of programs running often uses more memory. If I add FCE work to the mix, I find I need 2.5GB or have to shut down other software to keep it from hitting the hard drive too much. Sometimes I end up killing Dashboard because the widgets are bloated for what little they do. I can generally do well with about half as much memory on my Windows computers as I would with my Macs.
Of course. I was being funny.
Funny you need 2.5GB ram for FCE work when 2 GB does me fine with other programs running (MS Word, etc.).
Also, my windows computers do not do well with less than 1 GB ram but I don't do anything but ACAD and some large print jobs on them.
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All in all this laptop has rung up a price to about $6000.00. Not a good start for Apple on this laptop. I am hoping that it has settled in. I do use the 3 GB ram. I also have Menumeter guage and shows the C2D processors working but they rather work more independently than in conjunction...perhaps because not all the apps are Universal B. yet.
2.5 in my Dual Core 2ghz G5 - 4/8 full, so room to add
The work PowerMac was upgraded recently from 1GB to 3GB and it made all the difference.
I have 2 GB installed on my MacBook Pro and it still gets full of inactive memory and runs awfully slow. Crap!
What apps are you running?
I'm maxed out at 4MB on my Mac Plus.
I remember maxing out my original Mac LC to 10MB, then finding out the MacOS could only see 8MB.
Good times.
256MB in my 800mhz G4, and man does it ever have some snap!
Dude! get yourself a 512 MB Dimm, for that box, it should be about $35 on newegg...and the performance, even if you replace it 4-6 months from now, will be worth it.
I use 512 and can take a nap during beach ball sessions when I am doing serious work (10 tabs in FF, a 2nd FF window for Sirius, MS Word with 2-3 docs open and address book) As soon as I get a full-time job, I am getting a gig for this, then in 6 months or so, I am going to get another mini, this time with 2 gig!
2 GB in MBP CD and Mini CD
Do Macs need so much RAM simply because of different usage pattern (to the windows users that is - keeping all the apps open etc.) or is it a Mac OS X thing?
What do you think the performance would be like with 1GB while doing stuff like video conferencing, listening to music, browsing ... (all at the same time)?
Thanx
I'm getting a MacMini in few weeks - first Mac ever. Initially I was going to stick 1GB into it but now I'm thinking 2GB would be better.
Do Macs need so much RAM simply because of different usage pattern (to the windows users that is - keeping all the apps open etc.) or is it a Mac OS X thing?
What do you think the performance would be like with 1GB while doing stuff like video conferencing, listening to music, browsing ... (all at the same time)?
Thanx
The short answer is no. The long answer is "everyone here is a raving lunatic fanatic and we don't want the other guy out doing us."
I do a product catalog (InDesign) and video editing on my iMac, MBP CD, and Intel Mini.
I find 1 gig to be good for most OSs although if given the chance I certainly will go for more.
However, if you are running Vista, note I am testing it here at work, with a 1 gig of DDR, Vista rates it at 3.6 our of 5
-iGrant
The short answer is no. The long answer is "everyone here is a raving lunatic fanatic and we don't want the other guy out doing us."
I do a product catalog (InDesign) and video editing on my iMac, MBP CD, and Intel Mini.
I don't think your assesment is fair or accurate.
How much memory needed is really dependent on how many programs you keep running. A lot of people might do well with 1GB but the size of many OSX programs and the number of programs running often uses more memory. If I add FCE work to the mix, I find I need 2.5GB or have to shut down other software to keep it from hitting the hard drive too much. Sometimes I end up killing Dashboard because the widgets are bloated for what little they do. I can generally do well with about half as much memory on my Windows computers as I would with my Macs.
I don't think your assesment is fair or accurate.
How much memory needed is really dependent on how many programs you keep running. A lot of people might do well with 1GB but the size of many OSX programs and the number of programs running often uses more memory. If I add FCE work to the mix, I find I need 2.5GB or have to shut down other software to keep it from hitting the hard drive too much. Sometimes I end up killing Dashboard because the widgets are bloated for what little they do. I can generally do well with about half as much memory on my Windows computers as I would with my Macs.
Of course. I was being funny.
Funny you need 2.5GB ram for FCE work when 2 GB does me fine with other programs running (MS Word, etc.).
Also, my windows computers do not do well with less than 1 GB ram but I don't do anything but ACAD and some large print jobs on them.