Ibook: How much ram to get?

[FortFunFoSho]

Planning on buying an Ibook... Not for any intensive purposes. Might do some video editing on it though.

Comes standard with 256. Was going to go up to 384.. I dont need to go up to 640 do I?

 

[RossMAN]

Is 256MB two 128's or 1 128?

First 128 on motherboard and extra 128 chip?

notfred or Eug might know.

 

[PowerMacG5]

512 will give you a better experience, but I don't think you can get a 512 config, so go to 640. Mac OS X loves RAM, but it can run easily on 256 and give nice performance, but the more the better. Plus the difference between 384 and 640 is only 100 dollars, so it's not bad.

 

[mpitts]

I would max out the RAM (640MB).

OS X, while not a RAM hog, functions so much better when there is RAM to spare.

 

[FortFunFoSho]

128 on board.

640 = an extra 150......

And you think its worth it? Even though I don plan to do anything to heavy on this?

 

[Excelsior]

Originally posted by: mpitts
I would max out the RAM (640MB).

OS X, while not a RAM hog, functions so much better when there is RAM to spare.

Agreed. Do yourself a favor and get the 640.

 

[tRaptor]

most come with 128 Onboard.

You dont need 640.

256 is good, i recomend 320

~Tyler


PS: just bought myself a iBook 600, cant wait for it to get here, sold my lombard........ miss her already

 

[FortFunFoSho]

600? Used?

So basically what is gonna happen is I am going to buy 640 and lower the ipod from 20 to 15 gig....

 

[PowerMacG5]

Originally posted by: FortFunFoSho
128 on board.

640 = an extra 150......

And you think its worth it? Even though I don plan to do anything to heavy on this?

It is definitely worth it.

 

[mpitts]

Originally posted by: FortFunFoSho
128 on board.

640 = an extra 150......

And you think its worth it? Even though I don plan to do anything to heavy on this?

I think it is definitely worth it. I ran my old PowerBook with 256MB of RAM, and I went to 768. I wasn't doing any video editing, etc and I saw a noticeable difference.

It is a VERY small price to pay for the increased performance you will get.

 

[tRaptor]

Originally posted by: tRaptor
most come with 128 Onboard.

You dont need 640.

256 is good, i recomend 320

~Tyler


PS: just bought myself a iBook 600, cant wait for it to get here, sold my lombard........ miss her already

Yeah, used. Upgrading from the 400 Lombard.

 

[FortFunFoSho]

Where from ebay?

 

[RossMAN]

Who's got the best prices on iBook 512MB RAM?

 

[FortFunFoSho]

I was just going to up it standard straight from Apple.. After market be much cheaper?

 

[mpitts]

You can get the 1 512MB stick needed from Crucial for less than $100.

 

[mpitts]

Originally posted by: FortFunFoSho
I was just going to up it standard straight from Apple.. After market be much cheaper?

Much. Go to Crucial.com and get it there or find the cheapest place online. It's just a standard 512MB PC2100 SODIMM.

 

[FortFunFoSho]

hmmm....

What about the airport extreme card??? Worth it? Or are there other options for cheaper (wireless)?

 

[mpitts]

Originally posted by: FortFunFoSho
hmmm....

What about the airport extreme card??? Worth it? Or are there other options for cheaper (wireless)?

The beauty of the Airport card is that it installs inside the iBook. No PCMCIA card hanging out the side of the notebook.

 

[FortFunFoSho]

hmm. good point. worth the hundo then.

 

[Tetsuo]

Max it out

 

[RossMAN]

Originally posted by: mpitts
You can get the 1 512MB stick needed from Crucial for less than $100.

Wow that's cheaper than I thought it would be.

512MB for $94

 

[mpitts]

Originally posted by: FortFunFoSho
hmm. good point. worth the hundo then.

I'd say so. FWIW, I love my Powerbook (17"). I have had a 12" iBook and 15" TiBook and I loved them both.

You will not regret going with the iBook.

 

[mpitts]

Originally posted by: RossMAN

Originally posted by: mpitts
You can get the 1 512MB stick needed from Crucial for less than $100.

Wow that's cheaper than I thought it would be.

512MB for $94

And you know there's gotta be a coupon floating around out there.

 

[helpme]

Def get 640.

 

[manly]

Get 640MB. For the 14" iBooks, upgrading from 256MB standard to 384MB is almost pointless.

FWIW, the iBook G4 will (eventually) take a 1GB SODIMM for 1.125 GB RAM total.