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Old 06-03-2006, 07:17 PM
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yep rosetta uses alot of memory
probably about double what you would normally use
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FX6021s are awesome. Great having 2 inputs and good controls.
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Old 06-03-2006, 07:36 PM
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Is it possible to request your RAM in one slot? Apple's memory is notoriously expensive; you'd be better off upgrading aftermarket.
If you intend having more than one user account running at the same time, get at least a gigabyte. I only have 512MB and Fast User Switching is, well, slow.
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According to the apple site when you buy a mac mini you get the ram in pairs. I think the reason is that it utilizes Dual Channel Memory for increased performance.
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As people have said, you need 1gb if you want to multitask in Tiger. 512MB just doesn't really cut it when you have heaps of apps open... not to mention rosetta.

I just thought I'd add that staticIce is a very handy alternative to shopbot. I find it to be more accurate, up to date and easy to use.
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My altec lansing fx6021 was delivered today. Wow! Great quality sound!!!
I have it plugged into my ipod at the moment. Wish my mac mini would hurry up so i can plug into that. Going to be great with Front Row software to control everything with a remote.
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Old 09-03-2006, 07:31 PM
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As mentioned above it does eat around double the normal amount of ram an application would use. i recommend 1Gb but 512 will be just find if your only going to use it for the net and some microsoft work and maybe a little photoshop.
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