Adding memory
Running out of memory on my IMac 8,1 (~2008) so what is the best way to add more memory to my 320 GB capacity?
iMac (24-inch Early 2008), Mac OS X (10.6.8)
You are mixing Hard Drive Space with RAM (random access memory). If you need a bigger Hard Drive my suggestion would be to get a Firewire 800 cradle with a removable bare drive so you could swap out drives for your own convenience. OWC or Crucial have External Drives at reasonable prices and you should have a backup strategy that includes at least one bootable clone of your existing system drive. When you get your drive you can move your pictures, songs, movies and other large files off your internal harddrive and that way your system would be happier with more space to work in. If you want more RAM then both of the vendors I suggested have guaranteed compatible RAM and your system can be upgraded to 6GB which will improve performance and allow more Apps to be open simultaneously.