upgrade my imac ram, hard drive

[geekknew12]

i want to know how to upgrade my 512 mb to big

and speed the speed to

 

[geekknew12]

does it work if i upgrade my computer

 

[GregE]

i want to know how to upgrade my 512 mb to big

and speed the speed to

 

[geekknew12]

so what can i do to make my computer 17 in to high speed

 

[ridli]

Not entirely sure what you're asking, but if you'd like to know more about upgrading your ram, Apple has some nice info over here.


http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=58007

 

[geekknew12]

Not entirely sure what you're asking, but if you'd like to know more about upgrading your ram, Apple has some nice info over here.


http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=58007

i was asking

if my imac 17 in intel can go higher

i want to use final cut express program

 

[CanadaRAM]

You can upgrade the RAM easily
(the type of RAM you will need depends on exactly which iMac you have)

You can upgrade the hard drive with a bit of effort disassembling the machine (probably not good to do if its still under warranty). Easier is adding an external Firewire hard drive.

You cannot upgrade the processor speed.

 

[geekknew12]

You can upgrade the RAM easily
(the type of RAM you will need depends on exactly which iMac you have)

You can upgrade the hard drive with a bit of effort disassembling the machine (probably not good to do if its still under warranty). Easier is adding an external Firewire hard drive.

You cannot upgrade the processor speed.

i got the warrenty and apple store said i cloud upgrade it to 1 gb or 2 gb

if i had external hard dive and download leopard on it

will my computer faster


Model Name: Mac
Model Identifier: iMac5,2
Processor Name: Intel Core 2 Duo
Processor Speed: 1.83 GHz
Number Of Processors: 1
Total Number Of Cores: 2
L2 Cache: 2 MB
Memory: 512 MB
Bus Speed: 667 MHz
Boot ROM Version: IM52.0090.B09
SMC Version: 1.6f0


what i can to upgrade and to speed it up

 

[CanadaRAM]

The easiest way to make a machine perform better is to add RAM.

This doesn't "speed up" the processing of the machine, really.
But adding RAM removes the slow downs from the machine having too little RAM. With 512 Mb RAM in your machine, the OS has to pause and swap information onto the hard drive frequently. If you upgrade to at least 1 Gb but better, 2 Gb, then the machine won't have to swap as often, so performance will be better.

See MR Guide to Buying RAM and Understanding Intel Mac RAM

Putting on an external hard drive won't change the speed, (unless you have completely filled your internal drive.)

Leopard may improve the speed a bit BUT you must upgrade the RAM first. That is the most important upgrade.

 

[geekknew12]

thanks when i add the 1 or 2 gb it run really fast

and everything works and give more graphic to my computer

and the intel will run faster

so final cut pro will work

 

[Consultant]

17" intel iMac can take 3gb of ram.

 

[geekknew12]

17" intel iMac can take 3gb of ram.

so i can run final cut express