mac book pro would more ram help

mark35 · 23 Nov 2008 at 13:32

hi guys got a mac book pro the older 2.4 intel core 2 duo with 2gb of ram im running parallels with windows xp for sage accounting but it seems slow would up gradeing to 4gb help or should i just get a windows laptop?

Will_3rd · 23 Nov 2008 at 13:34

you checked how many page outs you are getting in activity monitor?

should give you an incline if you need more RAM

Sherm · 24 Nov 2008 at 21:44

Well i updated mine when i started to use it as my main machine for work. Upgraded from 2gb to 4gb and made a big difference.

iSam · 25 Nov 2008 at 00:59

mark35 said:
hi guys got a mac book pro the older 2.4 intel core 2 duo with 2gb of ram im running parallels with windows xp for sage accounting but it seems slow would up gradeing to 4gb help or should i just get a windows laptop?

Get a Windows laptop and shoot yourself in the foot. Don't think so.

4GB does make a difference especially for emulation. If not run it in bootcamp, will run natively, so should increase the speed. Bit more of a faff, but you will see a performance increase over emulation.

Sunbed · 26 Nov 2008 at 20:17

i upgraded my 17" MBP to 2 gig from 1 and it made a massive difference - definitely worth it!

iraiguana · 26 Nov 2008 at 20:33

I found 4GB cheap enough to just give it ago. I notice a bit of improvement with heavy apps but nothing massive as I just do not use it heavily enough. Worth a punt really and worse case you sell it again with little loss.