adding RAMM to your machine, few things are so sweet. I just added 512mb to my 256mb. Smokin' for the basic stuff, and a noticable speed increase for Photoshop and Final Cut Pro. Too bad PC's can't take advantage of it like Macs can. It's even the same chip, PC133.
Why am I posting this? Because so far my wife could care less. Once she use Photoshop, she'll understand though. So I just had to tell someone. Plus, it really sped up the loading of these hallowed forums.
#1052, "RE: The joy of..." In response to Reply # 0
hehe... my machine is so old it doesn't even list the 512Mb sticks in the motherboard manual but... 256Mb of PC133 for $25 at Frys, can't beat it. BTW, I blew out my machine while I had it open... believe me, folks, you should do this once a year at LEAST! <<cough cough>>
#1053, "RE: The joy of..." In response to Reply # 0
Ed, I hear you. I understand that photoshop is the only application out there that will actually see better performance with over 512 megs of ram. I don't use it myself, but I always say the more ram the merrier. My current box is an Athalon 1600+ XP with 512 megs of PC2100 ram }> I've always thought it would be cool to have a gig of ram <grins>
#1054, "RE: The joy of..." In response to Reply # 2
Photoshop definitely showed the most improvement. I have one image that's 136mb. Took 2min. + just to open, then I added the new chip, 34sec. Big difference. Yet in Final Cut, the difference was only about a 25% speed increase for hefty renders. For the the short stuff it's maybe up 50%. Though navigating around w/in the app is now instant. I still want another 512 though. Then I can switch between video and image without quitting. This alone would save mucho time. Next step is to find a way to get another machine. Then Lisa and I won't have to fight for time with the thinking box. Maybe next year...