Examine your Macintosh:

1. How much RAM do I have installed
2. What size of Hard Drive do I have and how much space is left on it
3. What monitor resolution do I have
4. What processor do I have and what speed does it run at
5. How can I get a little more speed

A good source of information about your computer system is found in the user manuals that came with your hardware and software products.
Another source of information about your Macintosh model is our MacSpecs™ database. It will give you information about the CPU (processor) speed, whether or not you have a FPU, what memory (RAM and VRAM) configuration you can have and what you can add to your Mac.
We recommend you look up you Mac model in this database before you continoue, so you know the basecs about you Mac.

How much RAM do I have installed:

1. boot up your Mac.
2. Now you are in the Finder, do "about this Macintosh" under the Apple menu
3. This brins up the "about this Macintosh window"
4. The line "built-in memory" tells you how much memory in bytes you have installed
5. The line "total memory" tells you how much memory you have available for your System and Applications. This line is only shown if you have "Virtual Memory" or RAMDoubler enabled.

What size of Hard Drive do I have and how much space is left on it:

1. boot up your Mac.
2. Now you are in the Finder; double click on your Hard Drive to open it
3. Make sure you do a view by icon (selectable from the menu bar)
4. On the line beneath the hard drive name there are three numbers:

• how many items you have on this level of your hard drive
• how much space these items take
• how much space is still available

1. If you do not see this number, verify in the "view" control panel that you have these options selected

What monitor resolution do I have:

1. boot up your Mac.
2. Now you are in the Finder, open the "Monitor" control panel ("Monitor & Sound" on the PPC)
3. make a note as how many colors or shades of gray you can select
4. click in the option button, this brings up a window with the various resolution you can have with your monitor
5. to calculate the size of your VRAM; multiply the resolution by the bits associated with the highes color setting at this resolution.

   E.g you have 256 colors under 640x480

   256 colors means 8-bits: 640x480x8 = 2457600 bits

   2457600/8 bytes (B) = 307200 B

   307200/1024 kilobytes (KB) = 300 KB

What Processor do I have and what speed does it run at:

1. Look into the MacSpecs™ database to find the standard processor and speed for your Mac model, or
2. use some of the utilities from our software page like Speedometer or Clock'o'meter.

How can I get a little more speed:

1. turn off Virtual memory or RAMdoubler if you have enabled them (install more physical RAM if needed)
2. turn off the protection in the "General Controls" control panel
3. to get yet more speed, get one of our accelerator