Yes, I'm going to add 1g ram to bring it up to 1.5. What do you think
yeah go for it, i heard you shouldn't mix different ram sizes, not that many listen to it though. SO you're upgrading from which model? 1GHz, 1.33GHz or 1.5GHZ? to which one?
yeah go for it, i heard you shouldn't mix different ram sizes, not that many listen to it though. SO you're upgrading from which model? 1GHz, 1.33GHz or 1.5GHZ? to which one?
What about mixing ram sizes?? I just bought my wife a 15" pb and I wouldn't mind taking out one of my 512mb sticks out of my 17" PB and popping in a 1gb stick then taking that 512mb stick and putting it in the wifes's 15" pb
yeah go for it, i heard you shouldn't mix different ram sizes, not that many listen to it though. SO you're upgrading from which model? 1GHz, 1.33GHz or 1.5GHZ? to which one?
Mine is the new 1.67GHz and my wife's is the 1.33 GHz. Put a 1G ram into both powerbooks. Mine had one 512 with an empty slot. My wife's had 2 256 chips, took out one and now mine has 1.5 and her's 1.2. Seems to be working O.K.
What about mixing ram sizes?? I just bought my wife a 15" pb and I wouldn't mind taking out one of my 512mb sticks out of my 17" PB and popping in a 1gb stick then taking that 512mb stick and putting it in the wifes's 15" pb
So why shouldn't you mix sticks?
you get a better performance from two chips at the same size than at different sizes. 768 in a 512 and 256 wouldn't perform as well as three 256MB. Although if you have that many ram slots you should be probably installing in pairs anyway!!
"Note: The 15-inch PowerBook G4 does not use memory interleaving, so installing two SO-DIMMs of the same size does not result in any performance gain."
"Note: The 15-inch PowerBook G4 does not use memory interleaving, so installing two SO-DIMMs of the same size does not result in any performance gain."
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Originally posted by whm
Does the new G4 power books just released, accept the same ram as the powerbook that they replaced?
they're a speed bump but the RAM used hasn't. They still use PC2700 RAM 333MHz (for the 15" at least) are you upgrading your system?
Originally posted by MacCrazy
they're a speed bump but the RAM used hasn't. They still use PC2700 RAM 333MHz (for the 15" at least) are you upgrading your system?
Yes, I'm going to add 1g ram to bring it up to 1.5. What do you think
Originally posted by whm
Yes, I'm going to add 1g ram to bring it up to 1.5. What do you think
yeah go for it, i heard you shouldn't mix different ram sizes, not that many listen to it though. SO you're upgrading from which model? 1GHz, 1.33GHz or 1.5GHZ? to which one?
Originally posted by MacCrazy
yeah go for it, i heard you shouldn't mix different ram sizes, not that many listen to it though. SO you're upgrading from which model? 1GHz, 1.33GHz or 1.5GHZ? to which one?
What about mixing ram sizes?? I just bought my wife a 15" pb and I wouldn't mind taking out one of my 512mb sticks out of my 17" PB and popping in a 1gb stick then taking that 512mb stick and putting it in the wifes's 15" pb
So why shouldn't you mix sticks?
Originally posted by MacCrazy
yeah go for it, i heard you shouldn't mix different ram sizes, not that many listen to it though. SO you're upgrading from which model? 1GHz, 1.33GHz or 1.5GHZ? to which one?
Mine is the new 1.67GHz and my wife's is the 1.33 GHz. Put a 1G ram into both powerbooks. Mine had one 512 with an empty slot. My wife's had 2 256 chips, took out one and now mine has 1.5 and her's 1.2. Seems to be working O.K.
WHM
Originally posted by TednDi
What about mixing ram sizes?? I just bought my wife a 15" pb and I wouldn't mind taking out one of my 512mb sticks out of my 17" PB and popping in a 1gb stick then taking that 512mb stick and putting it in the wifes's 15" pb
So why shouldn't you mix sticks?
you get a better performance from two chips at the same size than at different sizes. 768 in a 512 and 256 wouldn't perform as well as three 256MB. Although if you have that many ram slots you should be probably installing in pairs anyway!!
"Note: The 15-inch PowerBook G4 does not use memory interleaving, so installing two SO-DIMMs of the same size does not result in any performance gain."
From this Developer's Note on the Apple Developer site.
--B
Originally posted by bergz
Um.......
"Note: The 15-inch PowerBook G4 does not use memory interleaving, so installing two SO-DIMMs of the same size does not result in any performance gain."
From this Developer's Note on the Apple Developer site.
--B
oh ok, I was wrong, sorry! I had heard it - i personally can't always afford that option myself (my current iMac has 768 (512 and 256)