Ram for OSX and XP

[fizzy_drink]

I've been running 1GB for a few years now, and I've been pleased with the results.

I'm getting a Macbook, on which I intend to run XP and OSX. Possibly running Vista at a later stage.

To upgrade the ram to 2GB it'll cost an extra £70. Is it worth the upgrade?

I occasionally work with 12MP photos.

The machine will use "shared" graphics, which may require more ram than that I'm used to?

Ta,

Oms.

 

[Stuart.Atkinson]

ive got 2gig in my xp pc. its much happier when dealing with large files & playing games. if your defo using shared graphics, stick in as much as you can!
vista... i would say 2 gig is the min i would use with it as its very memory hungry.

 

[rustybolt]

for £70 its worth the upgrade, would cost more if you wanted to add it later when you find out you might need more memory.

 

[mark_s]

I'd say its definitly worth it. 1gb is the norm even on cheaper casual internet use computers now

 

[McBunny]

id go 4 gig then use xp64

 

[Tom]

I have a MB 2ghz, it originally had 1gb. (2x 512mb b******s!!)

With 2GB its stonkingly fast, the graphics card works better with more ram.
You can actually fit more ram in a macbook if you use special memory.

 

[Rasclart]

for £70 its worth the upgrade, would cost more if you wanted to add it later when you find out you might need more memory.

Not it wont. Macbooks take DDR2 mem sticks. pair of 1GB stcks £45 delivered from the link below, plus you could flog the memory in there

http://www.funkygiraffe.co.uk/produ...id=59&osCsid=5f3139a5115dd821b65976043f37f457

 

[sneeks]

I'm running 2gb RAM in my iMac and it makes a huge difference.

 

[fizzy_drink]

for £70 its worth the upgrade, would cost more if you wanted to add it later when you find out you might need more memory.

Not it wont. Macbooks take DDR2 mem sticks. pair of 1GB stcks £45 delivered from the link below, plus you could flog the memory in there

http://www.funkygiraffe.co.uk/produ...id=59&osCsid=5f3139a5115dd821b65976043f37f457

Cool link there!

I might do it that way then (otherwise delivery will take AGES).

EDIT: I found the macbook stuff & ordered it. Cheers.

 

[sn00p]

id go 4 gig then use xp64

I wouldn't because boot camp doesn't have 64 bit drivers for the mac hardware.