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    Specs help

    Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by paul_r_d, Jul 30, 2008.

  1. paul_r_d

    paul_r_d Notebook Consultant

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    Just wondering how the 2.4GHz, 1 gig ram, iMac holds up? I am only going to be doing word processing, excel with Office 2007, email, and web surfing. I also have the odd photo editing program like Adobe Photoshop. I don't intend to play any games or anything. Will the above specs run ok based on what I want to do?

    I currently have Vista running on 1 gig and its quite slow and lags. Not sure on the iMac. Thanks!
     
    paul_r_d, Jul 30, 2008
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  2. boypogi

    boypogi Man Beast

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    get at least 2gb. you'll thank yourself later for that :D
     
    boypogi, Jul 30, 2008
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  3. circa86

    circa86 Notebook Virtuoso NBR Reviewer

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    it is definitely worth it to spend the $50 or so it will cost to upgrade the machine to 2GB of RAM (if you upgrade yourself).

    And still worth it even if you configure the machine with more RAM right from Apple.

    While most people will be perfectly fine with 1GB, it is definitely a good time to buy RAM for these particular machines.
     
    circa86, Jul 30, 2008
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  4. fabarati

    fabarati Frorum Obfuscator

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    Leopard gets a performance boost with 2 GB ram. The 1.25GB i have in my (admittedly slow) PB makes it run sluggish.
     
    fabarati, Jul 30, 2008
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    agentphish Notebook Geek

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    http://www.macsales.com
    Buy that system you spoke of and get memory in matched pairs from there. You'll thank yourself later.
     
    agentphish, Jul 31, 2008
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    I ran mine on 1GB for about a month, then bumped up to 4GB. For what I was doing at first (Office, web browsing, iTunes) it was fine with 1GB. Then I started running more apps and doing more things, so an upgrade in RAM made sense.
     
    diggy, Jul 31, 2008
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