02-17-2008, 08:07 AM

I was hoping I could install 4gb of RAM into my macbook, any ideas on how I could find out?

I bought my mac in May 2007 just before the update.

My spec:

Hardware Overview:

Model Name: MacBook
Model Identifier: MacBook2,1
Processor Name: Intel Core 2 Duo
Processor Speed: 2 GHz
Number Of Processors: 1
Total Number Of Cores: 2
L2 Cache (per processor): 4 MB
Memory: 1 GB
Bus Speed: 667 MHz
Boot ROM Version: MB21.00A5.B07
SMC Version: 1.13f3

02-17-2008, 08:15 AM

There are a number of Mac models that come up with really odd ram specs. Yours is one of them! Apple says 2 gigs (one 1 gig chip in each slot). However, you can put two 2 gig chips in for a grand total of three gigs. Yup. The machine will not read 4 gigs.
If you run your 'Book for a day under normal conditions and launch Activity Monitor, you can read the Page In/Page Out numbers. If you rarely Page out you may only need the two one gig chips.

02-17-2008, 08:21 AM

Thank you for the quick response. I got 316 page outs out of 31000 - i guess that ain't good.

02-17-2008, 09:31 AM

If you look at reputable ram companies the two gig chips are ~50 dollars and the one gig chips are ~35. You are paging out a bit, the price difference is negligible, IMHO go for the two deuce chips.

02-17-2008, 11:06 AM

Thanx for your help. I am based in France and the best I could get is 2 x 2gb ram by PNY for 80 euros (and are given a ten year guarantee). I guess PNY are not the best but anything will be an improvement


FYI I use ableton live to produce music and just watched the page outs rocket from 0 to 18449 when i opened up a track haha