That's true as long as you're only running desktop apps. If you're using virtual machines, for example, 8GB will be better. A Windows 7 VM needs 3GB of memory to run with maximum performance, for example, and, with 4GB, that wouldn't leave you much for OSX. You can always run your virtual machines with less memory, and start fewer apps in them, but you'll hurt performance.
8GB is only about $350 right now in the US. It isn't that serious of a purchase if you do serious computing. Bryan -----Original Message----- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Scott Howell Sent: Saturday, March 13, 2010 6:57 PM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: safari busy, busy, busy Four gigs is more than sufficient and any additional benefits from installing more ram will not justify the expense of the ram. I have four gigs and I run a lot of stuff at once with no noticeable hit on performance. On Mar 13, 2010, at 6:45 PM, Kimberly thurman wrote: > Happens to me a lot and I'm using a 13 inch Macbook Pro. It only has 2 > gigs of ram and I'm thinking that is causing some of my problems. I get the > busy stuff when I have multiple aps open. > > This leads me to a question of my own. I see that it is possible to upgrade > ram. My husband could do this for me, but how much ram is enough? I read > that I could put up to 8 gigs of ram in this thing. Is that over kill? > Would 4 gigs be enough? > > Thanks in advance. > > Kim > On Mar 13, 2010, at 6:30 PM, Bryan Smart wrote: > >> I bet you have a Mac Mini without a monitor. >> >> Bryan >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >> [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Carolyn >> Sent: Saturday, March 13, 2010 3:31 PM >> To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >> Subject: safari busy, busy, busy >> >> Hi: >> I suppose this has already come up on list, but I'm wondering if others are >> frustrated by VO continuously getting stuck on and repeating "busy," Is >> there a way to stop that from happening? And Would this be considered a bug >> to report to Apple. Sorry if this is old to some of you, but it's new to me >> as I use the Mac more. >> TIA >> >> Carolyn :)ch >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
