Linked by Andrew Youll on Sun 24th Jul 2005 21:03 UTC, submitted by phaceton
Think Secret has details about updates to the Mac Mini and iBook, said to be going to be announced later this week.
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Member since:2005-07-06
Some people use their computers more than others. The way I use the computer, I benefit from a lot of memory.
In the end-user performance testing I've done, you get a big pay off when you get to about 900MB memory for the modern OS (1GB in round numbers). There is another pay off around 1.5-1.7GB and then things taper off.
So I've got 2GB of each of my workstations and 3GB on the server as I burn over 2GB of memory with virtual machines.
Even if you just open a few large Photoshop images, having at least 1GB is a big time saver. I could not imagine using a computer, any OS, with 512MB of RAM. That is like buying a Ferrari and limiting the speed to 25mph. What a waste.
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2005-07-06
I've got 2GB for Linux, 2GB for XP, and 3GB for Windows 2000. The mini at 1GB is a bit slower and swaps more often. The processor lags a bit compared to Intel as well.
I do audio work on my computers (Tracktion, Reason, Sound Forge) and I have 768MB on my laptop (XP) and 1gig on my desktop (XP)
I disagree with the modern OS's needing 2gig. That's ridiculous.