With the exception of the 4GB showing in "About This Mac", I don't see any noticeable difference in speed/performace increase. Are my Crucial RAMs faulty or something?
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Upgraded My MBP's RAM to 4GB Today, Don'T Notice Any DIfference ~
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i know, myth of the apple fanboy. os x only use ram if your application needs it. what are you running?
??? have you tested it using lots or memory hungry apps like the CS3 suite, Apple's pro apps and even Safari. look in Activity Monitor. you should have a lot more inactive RAM.
remember lots of free RAM isnt good as its wasted RAM. it should only be very high after a cold boot or when youve only used a few small apps. use the machine for a while and youll notice that your apps will be a lot more snappier
remember lots of free RAM isnt good as its wasted RAM. it should only be very high after a cold boot or when youve only used a few small apps. use the machine for a while and youll notice that your apps will be a lot more snappier
??? have you tested it using lots or memory hungry apps like the CS3 suite, Apple's pro apps and even Safari. look in Activity Monitor. you should have a lot more inactive RAM.
remember lots of free RAM isnt good as its wasted RAM. it should only be very high after a cold boot or when youve only used a few small apps. use the machine for a while and youll notice that your apps will be a lot more snappier
the most advance program i use is urmmm iphoto? lol anyway i'll try running Safari with 20 tabs.
Free RAM is wasted RAM. Adding more RAM where you're not running low will do nothing to improve the computer's performance.
well most people in this forum seems to have 4GB in their books so i wanted it as well. maybe i'll make use of it in the next 2-3 years as programs become more memory hungry.
iphoto doesn't consume any memory. run photoshop, or a game. or both.
how fast were you expecting iphoto to go?
how fast were you expecting iphoto to go?
Well that's why you don't see any performance boost, since when did iPhoto require 4Gbs of ram? Safari with 20 tabs won't exactly be taxing your system either. Like xraydoc said, free ram=wasted ram. You have so much ram that when doing whatever you're doing you still have a lot left over. Do something more intensive (Photoshop) and you'll see the difference.
Edit: Gee, I'm such a slow typer!
ok i'll try photoshop but i dunno how to use it. oh well, i'll install 64-bit version of vista and play crysis on it then.
it probably means you weren't using the memory you had in it to any amount, and didn't really need the upgrade right now.
I was going to suggest that - when I fire up Windoze via Parallels my MB slows down, I only have 512MB, but I am planning to upgrade soon.