01-16-2010, 10:28 AM

i was thinking about updating my ram. i currently have 2 x '512mb ram' and am going to update to 2 x '1gb ram'... will this make my macbook a lot faster?? and what should i do with the old RAM?

01-16-2010, 10:45 AM

Originally Posted by lk09

... will this make my macbook a lot faster?? and what should i do with the old RAM?

Maybe...a little. Depends what you're doing with your MacBook. If you're just surfing the internet & email...then you probably won't see much of a speed increase.

Sell the ram on e-Bay...but you probably won't get much for it.

HTH,

- Nick

01-16-2010, 10:46 AM

Originally Posted by lk09

i was thinking about updating my ram. i currently have 2 x '512mb ram' and am going to update to 2 x '1gb ram'... will this make my macbook a lot faster??

Not necessarily. While it can't hurt, you shouldn't expect a dramatic increase unless the programs you run actually demand it. Start up your most often used applications, then open Activity Monitor (Applications => Utilties). Click the System Memory tab and take a gander at the pie chart:



If you see lots of blue and green, you don't need more memory.

and what should i do with the old RAM?

eBay? Craigslist?

01-16-2010, 11:22 AM

thanks!!