I had a PowerBook G3 400 MHz with 192 MB of RAM, and running Mac OS X 10.1 was useless because it was too slow. I upped the RAM to 768 and it had a HUGE improvement from booting up…

Thanks again. Just curious: why do you have two laptops?

Quote: Who has found that 512 makes a real difference compared to 256? When I upgraded from 256 MB to 512 MB in my PowerBook G3 (Pismo), I noticed a significa…

You bet it makes a huge difference. I have a Pismo 400 and upgrading to os X I did 2 things upgraded to 5100 rpm HD (the 48gig) and loaded to 768 RAM. Best investment I could h…

I think it is VERY difficult to get pageouts in OS X if you have more than 384mb of RAM. I recently boosted my Powerbook Ti 550 from 256 to 384. OS X was slightly more responsive, …

Quote: Originally posted by CheesePuff: <STRONG> I suggest having AT LEAST 384 MB of RAM to run Mac OS X, so slap another 256 or 512 chip in your PowerBook to brin…

I've got 1 gig in a Pismo 500. It makes all the difference. It's the most important upgrade you can make. My wife's iBook only takes 320mb and I wish it would take more. PeteWK

Going from 256 to 512 or 768 will yield a significant gain in performance, but going on from 768 to 1gb doesn't give much gain. At least, that has been my experience.

Ram is always worth the price. Everything will become much more smoother.

You can't afford not to get more RAM.

I upgraded to 640 at the same time that i upgraded to 10.1 so I wasn't able to what the difference was. However I also replaced the hard drive with a larger (but I think smaller) …

How'd you get into Princeton with that kind of grammar? You're very right, though. Uprading from 128 megabytes to 192 megabytes allows the operating system 50% more breathing ro…

Thanks to everyone for these posts. Very helpful and thoughtful and pursuasive... I'll be ordering 256 more megs tomorrow from OWC. That's all I can afford... (Canadian dollar…

Actually, I think even MacWorld reviewed computer speed with various upgrades... Can't remember what issue though. The cheapest upgrade that made the most difference in performanc…

Quote: Originally posted by seanyepez: <STRONG>How'd you get into Princeton with that kind of grammar? </STRONG> Just for the record, Princeton…

waffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff ffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffle is a sophmore at Princeton University. He is the official Apple campus representative. …

When I first got my Pismo 500 it had 256Mb and a 12Mb hardisk. After installing OSX beta it used to thrash the disk and ran nearly full all the time. OSX was unusable. Now I have …

Quote: Originally posted by waffffffle: <STRONG>However I also replaced the hard drive with a larger (but I think smaller) one at the same time.</STRONG> …

There is a constant very low rumbling sound from my PB G4's HD - as though the HD is constantly being accessed. Very quiet - but noticeable all the time. It's not just ordinary HD…

ohhh!! ... be careful with that problem .. i read about this in another forum .. i think it because you use an old palm desktop beta on your ti-book .. i had that problem too get…

Thanks but unfortunately I don't have any palm software installed. It really sounds pretty innocent but I am nevertheless curious what it is, as it is constant all the time....low …

I have the same exact model and have the same exact symptom, I've posted here before got the "Palm beta" response too... I don't know how many people have this problem... but if it…

New info from Japan... it's not April 1.

That would be absolutely wonderful. Dunno if they lifted it from the same source but Apple Turns got the same dirt and posted it in their yesterday's report as well (about it being…

Update: Various site in Japan are now stating that they can no longer able to order PB G4 there... what available is what in stock now, production/logistic problem or new machine r…