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From: D.M. Procida on 12 Feb 2010 09:29 The limits for RAM in iMacs look rather pitiful. <http://guides.macrumors.com/Understanding_Intel_Mac_RAM> Mine - Core2Duo (Merom w/ Santa Rosa chipset) - will take only 4GB; I'm on 3GB already, and find that my machine often grinds to a halt when lots of things are using lots of memory. Why do these Intel logic boards support such little RAM? Daniele
From: Jaimie Vandenbergh on 12 Feb 2010 10:49 On Fri, 12 Feb 2010 14:29:27 +0000, real-not-anti-spam-address(a)apple-juice.co.uk (D.M. Procida) wrote: >The limits for RAM in iMacs look rather pitiful. > ><http://guides.macrumors.com/Understanding_Intel_Mac_RAM> > >Mine - Core2Duo (Merom w/ Santa Rosa chipset) - will take only 4GB; I'm >on 3GB already, and find that my machine often grinds to a halt when >lots of things are using lots of memory. > >Why do these Intel logic boards support such little RAM? Because for a long time Windows 64bit was extra useless (feck all drivers), and getting more than 3-anna-bit gig working with 32bit Windows is painful. So there's no demand for it, eh? It was possible to run 64bit clean, but you had to pick and choose your motherboard chipsets carefully, and Apple didn't pick for that. Since early 2009 the MBP/MB/iMac releases mostly take 8 gig, although with the price of 4gig SODIMMs that's effectively restricted to the iMacs with 4 slots. Cheers - Jaimie -- Whilst holidaying with the sprogs and watching Favourite Teddy Bear trundling through the x-ray, I speculated on the fun that could be had with a teddy bear containing a radio-opaque teddy-bear skeleton. - K, asr
From: Bernard Peek on 12 Feb 2010 11:32 On 12/02/10 14:29, D.M. Procida wrote: > The limits for RAM in iMacs look rather pitiful. > > <http://guides.macrumors.com/Understanding_Intel_Mac_RAM> > > Mine - Core2Duo (Merom w/ Santa Rosa chipset) - will take only 4GB; I'm > on 3GB already, and find that my machine often grinds to a halt when > lots of things are using lots of memory. > > Why do these Intel logic boards support such little RAM? Because if they did you would upgrade by adding extra RAM. As it is you have to buy a new box. Planned obsolescence. -- Bernard Peek
From: Richard Tobin on 12 Feb 2010 11:36 In article <1jdt1c5.18gjokn1whcioeN%real-not-anti-spam-address(a)apple-juice.co.uk>, D.M. Procida <real-not-anti-spam-address(a)apple-juice.co.uk> wrote: >Why do these Intel logic boards support such little RAM? So there's a reason for people to buy Mac Pros. -- Richard -- Please remember to mention me / in tapes you leave behind.
From: Sara on 12 Feb 2010 11:47
In article <4b758292$0$2530$da0feed9(a)news.zen.co.uk>, Bernard Peek <bap(a)shrdlu.com> wrote: > On 12/02/10 14:29, D.M. Procida wrote: > > The limits for RAM in iMacs look rather pitiful. > > > > <http://guides.macrumors.com/Understanding_Intel_Mac_RAM> > > > > Mine - Core2Duo (Merom w/ Santa Rosa chipset) - will take only 4GB; I'm > > on 3GB already, and find that my machine often grinds to a halt when > > lots of things are using lots of memory. > > > > Why do these Intel logic boards support such little RAM? > > Because if they did you would upgrade by adding extra RAM. As it is you > have to buy a new box. Planned obsolescence. Just a bought a couple of new iMacs for the office, they come with 4GB and take up to 16GB in four slots. -- Sara Wishing the weather would cheer up |