I have a ibook from like two years ago. Whenever I use iMovie and try to rasterize a clip it takes like ten minutes. Would upgrading the memory make the computer run faster and allow it to rasterize clips faster. How big a difference would it make? How about the hard drive?
2006-12-29 03:49:01 · 10 answers · asked by mbtafan 3 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Laptops & Notebooks
Memory always helps general performance to some degree or other, however, what you are doing is a CPU intensive task.
It has way more to do with your processing power than the amount of RAM you have.
Unless you upgrade the CPU (which I doubt is possible on that unit) there is not much you can do to gain any considerable performance increase for that task.
regards,
Philip T
2006-12-29 03:52:06 · answer #1 · answered by Philip T 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't know what type of hard drives an ibook has in it to start with.
In the PC world upgrading from a standard IDE drive to SATA (or SCSI) provides an awesome performance boost.
Regarding the RAM, consider this - how much RAM do you currently have and is it being filled anyway?
Let's say you have 512 RAM.
You are rasterizing a 10 mb clip.
With no other programs running.
Now in this case - it does not matter if you added another million mb of RAM since not even the first 512 is being used!
Now you would simply have one million four hundred and fifty mb of ram not being used.
The type of RAM - now that can make a striking difference.
The speed of the processor can make a difference (in this particular operation anyway).
Always the first thing to consider is a software solution.
What other programs am I running?
Is there any parasitical software that could be weiging down my machine? Did this used to be faster?
Some functions on a machine just take time.
Encoding an AVI to DVD on my dual-xeon system with 2gb of RAM still takes hours. What can you do? Upgrade to the CRAY 2 I guess.
Doubling the amount of RAM probably will not have a very noticable effect. It will however, allow you to multi-task more efficiently.
2006-12-29 04:00:14 · answer #2 · answered by Nicholas J 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes and no. Adding more RAM will definently help, but when your encoding movies, it is usually the processor that does the work & your video card.... So upgrading the processor to one that's faster would give you a whole lot more speed in encoding. RAM doesn't..... Hard drives can make a ok difference too. If you running ATA100 or a slow drive (5400), writing to it would be slow too. Get one that's 7400RPM, SATAII and you'll probably notice a 5-10% increase in speed.
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2006-12-29 03:52:17 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, most definitely.
Your computer uses what's termed virtual memory... or disc swapping. When the available RAM (very fast access) is limited, the virtual memory is used, which involves simply writing to your hard drive (very slow). That's why during memory-intensive operations you hear your hard drive grinding away.
Any computer used for graphics needs alot of RAM.
EDIT: I wrote this thinking of a windows OS. The details on how a mac manages memory may differ.
2006-12-29 03:53:07 · answer #4 · answered by Just Some Guy 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Macintosh systems are not upgrade-friendly. You are better off buying a PC or a new Macintosh system. I'd recommend the PC because you can always upgrade components in it.
Buying new memory for your Macintosh will not help it much. It will increase your multi-tasking ability, but it will not actually speed up the system. Your system speed is dependent upon your processor clock speed and your bus data transfer rates. The processor is obvious (mhz), and your bus speed cannot be changed unless you overclock it (I don't think Macintosh can overclock).
2006-12-29 03:52:04 · answer #5 · answered by evan_davis5225 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
sure, from time to time it is going to speed up having access to our courses, and booting up your laptop, and dealing some courses as nicely. Your laptop works with the memory very such as you may with papers on your table. you could in basic terms in good condition plenty and once you want to get admission to extra papers, you're able to desire to bypass some away or around. So the extra "table length" the extra papers you have got out. The extra RAM the extra documents you have got open, working, etc...
2016-11-24 22:58:44 · answer #6 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, it helps a lot. Of course it also depends on your CPU speed too.
2006-12-29 03:51:25 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
it would make a big difference there's no such thing as too much memory
2006-12-29 03:50:55 · answer #8 · answered by zippo091 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you need to specify what you currently have and that would help know what you need
2006-12-29 03:51:49 · answer #9 · answered by dotcombust007 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No it would slow it down
2006-12-29 03:51:55 · answer #10 · answered by Katie W 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋