Practical help - I had a similar model Macbook 15-inch - 2005/2006 - went from 1gb RAM to 3gb and the computer is a whole new beast. With newer OSes and multiple applications, you do need at least 2 gb these days - when that computer shipped in 2007 it ran fine, but newer OS versions and newer applications are more RAM hungry (you can always check in Activity Monitor what RAM is doing). Reinstalling OS X also significantly improved performance (before the RAM upgrade) R ----- Original Message ----- From: "Peter Karunyu" <pkarunyu@gmail.com> To: "Skunkworks forum" <skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke> Sent: Friday, May 3, 2013 7:08:46 PM Subject: [Skunkworks] Of processors, RAM, and 64bit vs 32bit Operating Systems So I am having this argument of a lifetime with a respected, local techie journalist: His argument: That increasing the RAM of a computer does not necessarily increase its speed or responsiveness. If you add more RAM, the processor speed wont change in any way, you will only have huge jobs stored on the RAM (Because of its large capacity) but the processing time will be the same, hence the computer wont be fast enough as you would expect. My argument That he is nuts and should be stripped of the respected techie journalist tag. I hold that more RAM will definitely result into some speed improvement. The source of the argument: An Apple MacBook (13-inch, Late 2007) , with a 2.2GHz Intel Core 2 Duo , and currently with 1GB DDR 2 PC2-5300 RAM. The laptop is running Mac OS X 10.5. Now, he says that upgrading this machine to 4GB is a waste of money, since there will be no change in the speed of the laptop, because, that processor can only handle 1GB, the factory installed RAM. Can a more learned skunk explain the folly of my/his argument. _______________________________________________ skunkworks mailing list skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke ------------ List info, subscribe/unsubscribe http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks ------------ Skunkworks Rules http://my.co.ke/phpbb/viewtopic.php?f=24&t=94 ------------ Other services @ http://my.co.ke