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Will 1.25 GB ram upgrade improve leopard performance 1Ghz 12" PowerBook G4

I currently have 768mb 1ghz 12" PowerBook G4 running Leopard.

I have found performance to be sluggish and I am wondering whether an upgrade to 1.25gb would make a large difference to the performance.

Thanks
Peter

PowerBook, Mac OS X (10.5.8)

Posted on Apr 11, 2012 5:35 AM

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Apr 11, 2012 10:30 AM in response to PetersPowermacG4

Bring up Activity Monitor, look at the system memory tab, and at page ins and page outs. If page outs is 10% to 15%, or more, of page ins, you can use more memory for what you run. A page out is where the system writes a block of memory to the hard drive to make room for something else. Too much of that can impact performance.


Also see these FAQs: http://www.thexlab.com/faqs/performance.html

Will 1.25 GB ram upgrade improve leopard performance 1Ghz 12" PowerBook G4

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