mtron ssd & tiger

[ping141]

Granted - 2G RAM is sufficient for Catalyst.

4G does help with other apps such as photoshop / motion / after-effects
(not running at the same time!...)

S

True enough, but that has little to do with the Macs being from 2007 or 2008...

[Mr_P]

True enough, but that has little to do with the Macs being from 2007 or 2008...

2007 macs base spec only included 1G RAM
2008 macs base spec include 2G RAM

for the reasons stated I recommended double - RAM prices vary on a daily basis - but its only about £40-60 for a (crutial/kingston) 2G upgrade, less for a 1G

Do what you want - based on what else I do with my macs, I find the investment worthwhile.....

S

[samsc]

True enough, but that has little to do with the Macs being from 2007 or 2008...

the difference is the OS requirements-
2007 macs shipped with tiger which was happy with 1GB.

2008 macs ship with Leopard which needs 2GB to be happy.

( catalyst ran with 512MB from 2003 g5's - which was the 10.3 OS requirement. )