Leopard comes out this month. I think that means it is time to wipe my hard drive clean and do a fresh install. Since I am going to do a fresh install, I am thinking about buying a bigger hard drive and turning my current hard drive into an external backup. I have a feeling I will appreciate the extra space with that new fancy built-in backup thingamajig called Time Machine.
Since I am going to upgrade the hard drive, I might as well hit RAM too. I had 2GB of RAM, but one gig just went bad (not sure if it was the chip or the slot). I have always heard that you want your RAM to be evenly distributed, but since there are no 1.5 GB RAM chips I am forced to either buy another 1GB chip or to buy a 2GB chip and have 3GB total. Unfortunately, I don’t know if having a lopsided 3GB will be noticeably better than having a matched 2GB. I can use all the RAM I can get since I like to run 10-20 programs and a virtual machine or two. (I just started my day and I have 12 apps and am trying to not run the VM since I only have 1GB RAM ATM).
Either way, for me, the release of Leopard means hardware upgrade time, not hardware replacement time. What about you?
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I’m with you. I’m running an old iMac G5, though so rather than upgrading my internal HD, I’m just thinking about buying a newer, bigger external HD. Been needing to for some time.. also going to do a wipe and clean install.
I going to reset my laptop when I get Leopard. Do I have to unregister my itunes account before I reset my Computer.