[DM-MUG] Compatibility with OS 9

[Matt W]

Sorry 'bout that...
Big Picture: Performance per dollar is much lower for older Macs. Bondi 
iMacs are now 6+ years old.

Matthew

On Mar 29, 2004, at 10:10 AM, jim Lagnese wrote:

>
>>
>> Agreed, however, I'm currently running Panther Server under 128 MB's 
>> of
>> RAM (on an iMac). The OS scales well and I haven't had any performance
>> issues on the server side, I'm not using the GUI. I've actually
>> installed and run Jaguar Server with 64 MB's of memory. It sure was
>> slow but it ran without incident. The minimum requirement (still 
>> listed
>> at 128 MB's on the box) certainly isn't enough for the OS and a gfx 
>> app
>> like iPhoto but I think 256 would be acceptable with the proper
>> expectations. Don't get me wrong here, I'm not saying, "Don't upgrade
>> your Mac, lower your expectations!" Just keep the big picture in mind.
>
> 128 MB or 64 MB is ridiculous.  Especially when we live in a age where
> memory is relatively cheap. I have 512 MB and I run into slowness, 
> memory
> leaks etc, especially with concurrent users. I don't run server, but I 
> run
> Apache, EIMS, 2 browsers, iChat, Eudora, Dreamweaver, SETI, and word at
> times. Acrobat and imageready when needed. When I had a TiBook, I had 
> 1 Gig
> of Ram, and that was about right for me (more would have been better, 
> what
> the heck.). Big picture? You'll have to explain.
>
>> The Rev. A - D iMac memory can be VERY expensive (low-profile, low
>> DENSITY) which isn't commonly made by all vendors and the persnickety
>> behaviour of OS X with substandard memory chips would steer me toward
>> the more costly "brand-name" vendors like Kingston, Crucial, RAMjet 
>> et.
>> al. That being the norm, I just checked MemoryX.com and they appear to
>> have both the high-profile modules (the long ones that only fit in the
>> top slot of various Macs such as the 233-333 iMacs) AND the 
>> low-profile
>> modules (that fit in both slots). Prices look good. The other vendors
>> appear to be carrying only the more costly low-profiles.
>
> Yes OS X is particular about memory.
>
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