I have an IMac 333 with 160 MB RAM (32+128)
I'd like to do some hardware upgrades. But which upgrades increase the spead of OS X most?
- I'll replace the standard 6 GB 5400 rpm Western Digital disk with a bigger one, so I can install both OS 9, OS X and Linux with many apps. Maybe I buy a 7200 rpm disk. Does a 7200 rpm disk increase the speed of OS X?
- Will upgrading to 385 MB of RAM (replacing the 32 MB module for a 256 MB one) increase the speed of OS X?
I hear many rumours about people running OS X smoothly with a slower IMac (233/266) but more RAM. My IMac runs OS X a little bit slow. Is 160 MB really not enough? (I know the rule "install as much memory as possible", but does more than 160 MB really make a big difference on a G3 333?)
What's the real big bottleneck of my machine: The lack of RAM, the lack of megaherz, of the slow harddrive?
I'd like to do some hardware upgrades. But which upgrades increase the spead of OS X most?
- I'll replace the standard 6 GB 5400 rpm Western Digital disk with a bigger one, so I can install both OS 9, OS X and Linux with many apps. Maybe I buy a 7200 rpm disk. Does a 7200 rpm disk increase the speed of OS X?
- Will upgrading to 385 MB of RAM (replacing the 32 MB module for a 256 MB one) increase the speed of OS X?
I hear many rumours about people running OS X smoothly with a slower IMac (233/266) but more RAM. My IMac runs OS X a little bit slow. Is 160 MB really not enough? (I know the rule "install as much memory as possible", but does more than 160 MB really make a big difference on a G3 333?)
What's the real big bottleneck of my machine: The lack of RAM, the lack of megaherz, of the slow harddrive?