Hi Jeff:
That error message is pretty specific, and I am unaware of it ever appearing
unless an application's request for more memory has been denied by the OS.
2 GB is fine to get the OS and one application running (hell, I run Windows
7 in Parallels on the MacBook with 2GB of RAM ‹ but it's like treacle in
winter...)
My point was that whenever you see the "Outta memory" message, the box
really is out of memory (probably because it hasn't been rebooted for
months...) and there is not enough free contiguous RAM to create the "Stub"
required to launch the thread. Big spreadsheets like to take a large
handful of system resources
Cheers
Hi John,
I've got a Mac mini with only 2 GB RAM, and it runs
Office 2008 fine. Hard to imagine that 2 GB isn't
enough. I can't see anything that would be different in
the OP's MacBook Pro, which has a very similar hardware
configuration.
I would install iStat (or open the Activity Monitor)
and closely monitor just what is eating up all that RAM,
before going out and buying more. (Yeah, it's the holiday
season, be of good cheer, buy more RAM and all that...
but I think it's better to isolate the core issue here
before spending money.)
The other issue is whether the RAM in the OP's MacBook
Pro can physically be upgraded anyway, whether there are
open slots available or whether they are supported.
Advise checking the specs on that particular model first.
Jeff
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