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Old 03-03-2006, 08:46 PM
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What kind of RAM do I need... I'll go to mr cheap PC chinese man get some tomorrow?


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DDR 2 – PC4200 (DDR533) Memory -
512M / 1G Samsung DDR2 “HOT” $65 / $125
Nice racist remark there

RAM is readily available, The one you listed is not the right RAM.

Have a look here for compatibility.
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Happens every time, eh... 680x0 -> PPC I guess was the biggest change... though OSX too... lot of people expecting big changes only to find out they're software runs no faster or even slower on the new "super fast" machine... Oh well.
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Old 03-03-2006, 08:57 PM
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Nice racist remark there

RAM is readily available, The one you listed is not the right RAM.

Have a look here for compatibility.
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Thanks anyway....
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could it just be the initial indexing by spotlight thats slowing it down maybe?
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Old 04-03-2006, 03:12 PM
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Very slow when running PS, Illus, indesign with word an entourage open. Spinning Ball!!!!
Funny that. Latest PS is set by default to use 75% of available RAM. I'd be getting 2Gb for the machine if you're going to run all those Adobe apps at the same time.
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Old 04-03-2006, 05:11 PM
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Rosetta needs a lot of ram. Your new computer has less ram switching between apps will be slower. But even with rosetta photoshop should be much faster than a 400mhz G3. It's an upgrade on that that's more future proof than a G5. Too bad that you didn't really know much about what you were buying though.
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Old 04-03-2006, 07:37 PM
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It will get faster. hold in there!
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Old 04-03-2006, 09:25 PM
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im waiting on the rev c versions so they sort out the bugs + more apps will be universal by then
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Old 04-03-2006, 10:50 PM
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number one, you shouldn't be running any microsoft software :P

i just upgraded to an imac G5 before apple 'made the switch' in-fact i bought my imac 4 days before apple announced that they were moving to intel....i was a little miffed at first, but i aint ready to jump the PPC ship yet, i might in a few years, but unless apple does something like releasing 10.5 only on intel macs, i won't be buying a new mac.

back to the subject, 512 isn't even enough RAM to run those app's on a PPC natively....GET MORE RAM ! but make sure it's the right type, you don't want to do anything stupid.

personally i just upped my RAM to 1.5gb's i recomed buying corsair ram, go to corsairs web site to find out the exact ram you need.
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Old 04-03-2006, 10:57 PM
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im waiting on the rev c versions so they sort out the bugs + more apps will be universal by then
Some people have to buy early if the switch is to be succesful!
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