Hi guys Im about to purchese a new powerbook 16 inc superdirve, and i was just wanted know how much RAM i should aquire. I will be using the powerbook for sequencing music using cubase,logic and other music software, however this want be at a higy level only at a basic level so what do you recomend i buy. The biggist or the minimal amount of RAM as i am a ameture in my sequencing. Moneys a bit scares so i need to make the right realistic choice. \ Thanks for your help. Justin %00

sorry typing error i meant 15 inc G4 powerbook %00

The easy answer is buy as much ram as you can afford. You will never have too much ram. However, it is easy to upgrade ram in the iBook and the PowerBook. Ram is actually much cheaper now than when I purchased an iBook.Enjoy your Mac.

can i do his myself or do i have to get a sombody eles to do this for me!! %00

Yes you can, just surf to the Apple support site and they give you directions. We did it with our iBook without a problem. Here is the url: http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=50031 Enjoy the laptop, we use ours to take notes in lectures and to record research out in the field, and wirelessly around the house.

I was at the Apple "store" online and they have recommendations for music, video, etc. I remember music was a lot of RAM. I would ask the same question at many more message boards. Most Importantly, find out the different kinds of RAM available, the fastest RAM you can install on your computer and then depending on how many slots you have for your RAM, just buy it a little at a time, try to wait till it's on sale. I'm waiting for some DDR SDRAM PC2700 (this RAM runs at 333Mhz) It's very confuzing to me because the speed of the RAM is related to the FBS or Front Side Bus speed. and different from the System Bus speed. Most of the good Tech support people I've talked to lately have told me that the main "bottleneck" that's keeping computers slow is how fast the RAM can push the data from the CPU to the hard drive and then the video card and sound card. DDR is Double Digital Rate. meaning it's runs the data through the RAM 2 times per CPU cycle. which is twice as fast as regular SD RAM 128 DDR SD RAM should be as fast as 256 SD RAM if they are running the same Front side Bus speed. Confusing, huh? I don't really understand it that well myself. because the CPU and chip set makes a difference too. I think that affects the entire system bus. not just the Front Side Bus. I haven't been to school though. I just talk a lot with tech support people and people online. double check on the stuff I tell you in case I'm mistaken please. Good luck with your music. A really good sound card is important. I know that. Robert When you're traveling at the speed of light, don't trip

thanx robert %00