ok. yesterday, i receive my pb (12", 1.33GHz, 256MB, ....). prior to receiving it, i saw how 90% (maybe it's me who's exaggerating now) of people all said to increase the ram. well, since i haven't used apple in 20 years (not kiddidng), i decided to trust you and order a stick of 512MB in advance.
of course, i had to prove to myself that this would really show up in some conspicuous way. i did two things. i downloaded an app called SuperPrime, ran it, and the app finished the task in 40 seconds. of course, i wasn't convinced if this would be enough. so, i had a bunch of other apps running and just happened to turn on garageband. it complained of insufficient memory! aha!... i thought. because i'll know for sure if i do the same thing and run garageband after i install the new stick.
ok... immediately after installing the additional memory, i repeated the two things mentioned above. For SuperPrime, now my lappy can finish the same task in 35 seconds, whopping 12.5% improvement. ok... so, not exactly three times faster (256MB vs. 768MB). then, i did the same thing for garageband, and guess what? the thing played without saying anything back to me...
now, i'm happy... oh, by the way, if any newbie out there wants to install ram but feels it may be difficult, don't worry. i was born with ten thumbs and even i can do it. really... and no... i won't be posting any pictures of my hands.
on my way to mastering panther before taming tiger.....
of course, i had to prove to myself that this would really show up in some conspicuous way. i did two things. i downloaded an app called SuperPrime, ran it, and the app finished the task in 40 seconds. of course, i wasn't convinced if this would be enough. so, i had a bunch of other apps running and just happened to turn on garageband. it complained of insufficient memory! aha!... i thought. because i'll know for sure if i do the same thing and run garageband after i install the new stick.
ok... immediately after installing the additional memory, i repeated the two things mentioned above. For SuperPrime, now my lappy can finish the same task in 35 seconds, whopping 12.5% improvement. ok... so, not exactly three times faster (256MB vs. 768MB). then, i did the same thing for garageband, and guess what? the thing played without saying anything back to me...
now, i'm happy... oh, by the way, if any newbie out there wants to install ram but feels it may be difficult, don't worry. i was born with ten thumbs and even i can do it. really... and no... i won't be posting any pictures of my hands.
on my way to mastering panther before taming tiger.....
