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Most bang for the buck?, ), 23:12:14, 6/11/04
Reply..., S, 01:56:13, 6/12/04
Reply..., hrm, 01:00:46, 6/12/04
Reply..., stonysleep, 16:09:50, 6/12/04
Reply..., magusxxx, 17:18:36, 6/12/04

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Subject: Most bang for the buck?
Name: )
Time/Date: 23:12:14 6/11/04
Message:

I'm on a tight budget but I've been saving my small change and soon will have maybe $100. I want to treat myself and do something nice for my Mac.
I have an emac with a Power PC G4 processor and 128MB RAM and run 10.1.5
I don't really do anything fancy, mostly surf the web and use iTunes. I'm pretty happy with Camino as a browser and am not really interested in an iPod. I just use iTunes in importing and burning AIFF that I process using Amadeus ll. I'm not really interested in themes either so I have no real need for something like Shapeshifter. I have Candybar, Tinkertool, and Transparent dock which pretty much take of my GUI requirements.(and iconographer if I need it) If I could get rid of the finder icon in the dock I'd be happy as a clam, but I'm used to it by now.

So here's the question: should I spend my money
1) upgrading my OS to 10.4 when it comes out
or
2) buying more RAM

The only other consideration is I'm hoping if I plead enough I may be able to get Mathematica for Christmas

Subject: Reply...
Name: S
Time/Date: 01:56:13 6/12/04
Message:

I'll say it too...

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The single best thing you can do for any machine is to put more RAM into it.

Subject: Reply...
Name: hrm
Time/Date: 01:00:46 6/12/04
Message:

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Subject: Reply...
Name: stonysleep
Time/Date: 16:09:50 6/12/04
Message:

512mb will speed up ur machine tons
Get a copy of 10.2 or 10.3 off ebay if u still have the change
Otherwise if u can set up a swap partition in 10.1.x u should do it - it makes a huge difference cf later versions of OSX
Subject: Reply...
Name: magusxxx
Time/Date: 17:18:36 6/12/04
Message:

I have an iMac 500mhz G3 and I was running 10.2.8 quite nicely with 128 meg. Yes, it was slow and my HD would give me looks as if to say "What the hell!?!?" But it did work.

I bought 256 more and am now running 10.3.2. The main thing you'll notice is how quiet your HD has gotten. It's almost unnervingly quiet the first week or so.



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