New Base Mini Spinning Beach Ball

hi all,

traded 2008 macbook core 2 duo 2011 base mini.

have been terribly unimpressed performance of mini compared macbook. haven't upgraded ram yet i'm hoping there still hope.

basically, have programs shut down , open safari window , spinning beach ball trying open 1 page. forget opening more 1 program @ time (say safari , iphoto).

2gb of ram bottleneck? mini seems around slower 4 year old macbook (core 2 duo 2.13 ghz 4 gb ram).

 

hard answer lion likes ram.


base mini uses 288mb of 2gb ram graphics 1.7gb left over.

base mini uses 384gb of 4gb ram graphics 3.6 gb left over.


base mini uses 512gb of 8gb ram graphics 7.5gb left over.



can see 2gb ram has less head room due graphics.


safari uses 100mb 200mb not windows open. pages use lot more. know lion

10.7 need upgraded @ least lion 10.7.2


safari has ram hole in version of lion. besides 8gb ram dirt cheap amazon has ram 40 bucks.



http://www.amazon.com/crucial-204-p...jqqi/ref=sr_1_2?ie=utf8&qid=1328236606&sr=8-2

 

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