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Hi All,

I work on an older MacBook Pro that maxes out at 2gig of RAM. Is that enough to run Aperture 3? Thanks.

Bathgate
 
I have 4G in MBP and notice some lag when AP3 tries to process RAW image while in editing. The minimum requirement for Aperture 3 is 1G but more ram is merrier. One thing for sure: running Snow Leopard+Aperture3 is faster and smoother than Leopard+Aperture2.
 
Hi,

I've seen that the stated minimum is 1gig but that just seemed too minimal. Many comments on Apple's Aperture discussion forums mention constant crashes and I wondered if that is happening due to too little RAM. Is there a difference between stated minimum and real world experience working with it?

Bathgate
 
I have 4GB in my MacBook, and it's still not enough, I get pageouts when using Ap3 even with that amount.

It does help to quit other apps when using Aperture, especially those that eat more RAM over time, such as Safari.

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I think of 2GB as today's minimum for just running basic apps on a Mac, not to mention trying to demosaic high resolution raw files on the fly as you make adjustments in Aperture.

Unless you are willing to shut down all other apps to free up their RAM, if you're bulk processing raw files I think 4GB is the minimum and 6GB is where it feels comfortable. Again I am not talking "what can you get away with" minimums but "what do you really need."
 
2Gig is enought for me with à 60Gig library IF you only have Aperture running (I use it for 12Mpix D700 files)

If you need something else running like PS (or even iTunes...), 4Gig is preferable. ( It is OK with 2-3 Safari tab)
 
bathgate said:
Hi All,

I work on an older MacBook Pro that maxes out at 2gig of RAM. Is that enough to run Aperture 3? Thanks.

Bathgate
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It dose not seem to work very well with my 2GB MacBook Pro from last year.
It seems to run out of memory and use the hard disk a lot so is quite slow.
I also have a problems with it freezing then I have to force it to quit.
 
I recommend at least 4Gb to run it comfortably. I still get the beach ball in OSX with 8gb of memory in aperture but that is when I'm working with third party plugins. It does not happen often but it does happen.I think you will have a better experience though with 4gb of memory than your current 2gb though.
 
graybalanced said:
I think of 2GB as today's minimum for just running basic apps on a Mac, not to mention trying to demosaic high resolution raw files on the fly as you make adjustments in Aperture.

Unless you are willing to shut down all other apps to free up their RAM, if you're bulk processing raw files I think 4GB is the minimum and 6GB is where it feels comfortable. Again I am not talking "what can you get away with" minimums but "what do you really need."
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Graybalanced,

That's what I was afraid of but makes sense. I agree that 2GB is pretty much minimum table stakes these days. Unfortunately, that's where my machine maxes out and I'm not in a position right now to buy a new computer just to be able to run Aperture. I can probably muddle through by closing all other apps when preparing for an Aperture session but that's still sub-optimal. Heck, I see the spinning beachball when I do no more than open MS Word.

I'll probably try the 30 day download to see if it works for me at all. Thanks for the response.

Bathgate
 
Thanks, Mark. That's what I was afraid of. It sounds like I may be stuck with nothing more than iPhoto until I can get a new Mac.

Bathgate
 
bathgate said:
I work on an older MacBook Pro that maxes out at 2gig of RAM.
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Are you sure? Only the ver original MBP used Core Duo processors which were 32 bit and thus limited to 2 GB. Already the next revision, released in autumn 2007 supported 3 GB.
 
noirdesir said:
bathgate said:
I work on an older MacBook Pro that maxes out at 2gig of RAM.
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Are you sure? Only the ver original MBP used Core Duo processors which were 32 bit and thus limited to 2 GB. Already the next revision, released in autumn 2007 supported 3 GB.
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Noirdesir,

That's the one -- the Core Duo model. Been a great machine but that 2 GB limit has become very tough to work with. I lust after more RAM. Thanks for the repsonse.

Bathgate
 
Are you sure your machine actually maxes out at 2 gigs? Some of the early MBPs state that in the literature, but some have been tested with more memory and work just fine. For instance, my late 2007 (Santa Rosa) MBP lists that 4 gigs is max, but it will work just fine up to 6 gigs using a 4 gig and a 2 gig chip. It's possible that your machine will go to 3 or 4 gigs just fine. Although, if it's a really early machine with the CoreDuo processor, it may only support 2 gigs. If you are going to run Aperture 3 on it, make sure everything else besides Aperture is shut down and not running. Should run pretty good, but it's also limited by the video card in older low end macbook pros.
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bathgate said:
noirdesir said:
bathgate said:
I work on an older MacBook Pro that maxes out at 2gig of RAM.
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Are you sure? Only the ver original MBP used Core Duo processors which were 32 bit and thus limited to 2 GB. Already the next revision, released in autumn 2007 supported 3 GB.
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Noirdesir,

That's the one -- the Core Duo model. Been a great machine but that 2 GB limit has become very tough to work with. I lust after more RAM. Thanks for the repsonse.
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Yes, then you are stuck at 2 GB. There is always the option of trading up, ie, sell your machine and get a used Core 2 Duo model. It should not cost much, though there are transaction costs, a risk that prices don't turn out what you planned for and naturally the hassle which might not be worth it for just one GB more.
 
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