512MB is a good amount. If you have at least that much you won't really think about getting more RAM. Any less and performance might be good enough, but you'll have a little voice in the back of your head telling you that it'll be better with a little more.
I'd say, unless you're getting a G5 (which has a really freakin' huge RAM ceiling), go for the max the computer can handle. If you want to use it for any length of time you'll end up putting it that high anyway. I maxed my iBook up to 640 MB a week after I got it. For a 15" PowerBook, just put in 1 GB. You'll thank yourself later.
... J2EE programming and Unix adminning. From your experience, is 512MB of RAM sufficient for all of these?
When he wants to do some J2EE programming, he'll probably want to run an application server, a Java IDE, Debugger, at leasst one browser etc. in parallel. So 512 isn't too much. If he can afford some extra RAM, I would recommend it. But he could start with 512 MB, check if it is fast enough for him, and add another 512 MB when he isn't satisfied.
Hi all, I am giving purchase advice to a friend swithcer (from Linux) who wants to buy a new 15 Al book (whenever such machines come out). I assume that the base RAM will be 512MB. How usable is this figure?
My friend will be using the iApps, no Photoshop (or at least no heavy duty Photoshop), iMovie, J2EE programming and Unix adminning. From your experience, is 512MB of RAM sufficient for all of these?
512 minimum. 1GB preferably. RAM is cheap. Apple has cheated Mac users for far too long in this regard.
Simple fact is, the minimum provided RAM really is the minimum; plan on doubling it, and if you do mem-intensive shit, double *THAT*.
Very few upgrades pay off as directly as more memory, and I consider it money well spent. We all want to cut costs & keep expenses down, but scrimping on RAM to save money is just dumb.
My experience is that if you are running Linux w/ KDE or Gnome, you'll need as much base RAM as OS X(if not more). Then applications all basically take about the same.
So if he's going Linux->OS X and doing the same things w/ both, he should just get as much RAM as he currently has in his PC
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I'd say, unless you're getting a G5 (which has a really freakin' huge RAM ceiling), go for the max the computer can handle. If you want to use it for any length of time you'll end up putting it that high anyway. I maxed my iBook up to 640 MB a week after I got it. For a 15" PowerBook, just put in 1 GB. You'll thank yourself later.
Moving to Mac OS X.
Originally posted by Yevgeny
... J2EE programming and Unix adminning. From your experience, is 512MB of RAM sufficient for all of these?
When he wants to do some J2EE programming, he'll probably want to run an application server, a Java IDE, Debugger, at leasst one browser etc. in parallel. So 512 isn't too much. If he can afford some extra RAM, I would recommend it. But he could start with 512 MB, check if it is fast enough for him, and add another 512 MB when he isn't satisfied.
Originally posted by Yevgeny
Hi all, I am giving purchase advice to a friend swithcer (from Linux) who wants to buy a new 15 Al book (whenever such machines come out). I assume that the base RAM will be 512MB. How usable is this figure?
My friend will be using the iApps, no Photoshop (or at least no heavy duty Photoshop), iMovie, J2EE programming and Unix adminning. From your experience, is 512MB of RAM sufficient for all of these?
512 minimum. 1GB preferably. RAM is cheap. Apple has cheated Mac users for far too long in this regard.
512mb DDR KIngston for desktop costs about 85dollars
what a good bargin here.!
why not get more RAM if you can afford of it.
Simple fact is, the minimum provided RAM really is the minimum; plan on doubling it, and if you do mem-intensive shit, double *THAT*.
Very few upgrades pay off as directly as more memory, and I consider it money well spent. We all want to cut costs & keep expenses down, but scrimping on RAM to save money is just dumb.
Originally posted by Capt. Obvious
We all want to cut costs & keep expenses down, but scrimping on RAM to save money is just dumb. [/B]
absolutely right, save money on RAM? don't kidding.
Originally posted by seen_xu
absolutely right, save money on RAM? don't kidding.
True, but I don't recommend buying it from Apple -- where do they get those prices? Go to www.thechipmerchant.com.
So if he's going Linux->OS X and doing the same things w/ both, he should just get as much RAM as he currently has in his PC
How much RAM is needed to effectively run OS X?
All of it