Everything Apple (the Mac heads thread)

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kboy in reply to @n3il

Going from 4 to 8gb will make a huge difference, well worth it

Could be worth checking ebay for 2nd hand ram sticks, if not Crucial is a good bet

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freddo in reply to @kboy

Going from 4 to 8gb will make a huge difference
@n3il

not necessarily. If he's already got an SSD then OSX will create virtual memory (swap space) on the drive nearly as fast as using direct RAM, depending on what he's using it for

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kboy in reply to @freddo

Ah, good point. Please ignore me upthread

Going from 4 to 8 with a spinning disc will make a big difference though
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salad in reply to @freddo

nearly as fast as using direct RAM
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chez_jay in reply to @freddo

Isn't SATA III about 600 MB/s max, and DDR3 RAM (which you'd find on a 2009 machine) about 10-20 times that?

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