Resolved Sluggishness with 2 GB Ram on Lion

[califguy]

Anyone notice the fans spinning and a slight sluggishness with Lion when running with 2 GB's of RAM ? I guess it's time to upgrade to 4 at the very minimum.

 

[BillyBobBongo]

I've only got 2GB in my old MacBook. Safari loads in one bounce, as does Mail and iTunes takes only two. Scrolling is fluid, although sometimes pages with a lot of images (such as the picture threads on this site) take a couple of seconds to fully load before you can scroll.

I've not heard my fans come on, apart from when on Flash and video heavy websites.

 

[skillwill]

aah! I'm getting so confused! I have the mid-2009 MBA, so the RAM isn't upgradable ... some people are saying 2GB is fine. Others are saying it isn't!

 

[hellfried]

aah! I'm getting so confused! I have the mid-2009 MBA, so the RAM isn't upgradable ... some people are saying 2GB is fine. Others are saying it isn't!

I am running lion GM on a mid 2007 iMac with 2.4 GHz C2D and 2 G of RAM. Things are pretty sluggish and there are a lot of spinning beach balls. The only app which is running well is Safari 5.1. I am currently waiting for my new 4G RAM in the mail. Hope it improves performance.

 

[nfl46]

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It runs fine on the late 2010 MBA (2GB).

 

[blaizefm]

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It runs fine on the late 2010 MBA (2GB).

Yup, same for me.