Just added another 8 GB or RAM to my iMac, and now life is worth living again.

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  1. Scott MurdockJuly 29, 2011 at 7:39 PM

    Did you do it yourself? Was it tricky? How much RAM did you have to start with? Inquiring minds want to know!

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  2. Mark HufstetlerJuly 29, 2011 at 7:45 PM

    Ridiculously easy, did it myself, and the RAM was only about $65.

    The thing had 4 GB in it before, not quite enough since I use Aperture to catalogue my photos, and simultaneously keep roughly a zillion browser windows open. Going up to 8 would have probably been plenty, but what the hell. :)

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  3. Scott MurdockJuly 29, 2011 at 8:04 PM

    no one on their death bed has ever said "ya know, I really had too much RAM."

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  4. Theodore StaufferJuly 30, 2011 at 6:33 AM

    640kb should be enough for everybody

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  5. Patrick SJuly 30, 2011 at 8:17 AM

    I need to do the same thing. Final Cut has been chugging, Where'd you buy the ram from?

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  6. Mark HufstetlerJuly 30, 2011 at 8:36 AM

    Theodore Stauffer -- Hey, my first computer only had 64k, and it screamed.

    Patrick Stephenson -- I've always bought RAM from Crucial, and been pretty satisfied; I don't even look anyplace else anymore. Another place that might be good to check, though, would be OWC.

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  7. Nick BellAugust 2, 2011 at 3:55 PM

    did u upgrade because of lion?

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  8. Mark HufstetlerAugust 2, 2011 at 4:18 PM

    Nick Bell -- Not really ... Lion's speed and such seem pretty similar to Snow Leopard. The big reason is that I'm using Aperture more, and it really needs more than 4 GB to multitask well.

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  9. Nick BellAugust 2, 2011 at 4:25 PM

    good to hear that lion uses the same

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  10. Mark HufstetlerAugust 2, 2011 at 4:28 PM

    But why? You still use The-Evil-OS-That-Must-Not-Be-Named!

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  11. Nick BellAugust 2, 2011 at 4:41 PM

    I have access to a Mac Mini 2hz core 2 duo with 4 GB of ram

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