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<blockquote data-quote="cerberuspuppy" data-source="post: 1548867" data-attributes="member: 314536"><p>It looks like I could do the RAM for less than $50 but how do I make sure I have right kind? Amazon will tell me if the ink cartridges I'm buying are compatible with my printer but not this, which is admittedly a little more complicated. Can I just Google "PC2-5300 667MHz DDR2 SDRAM"? Also some sources say it will only take 2 GB. For reference 3 GB is what I'm used to on my PC, and that does seem a bit slow at times but I hear PCs are worse about RAM management.</p><p></p><p>I'm not sure if I'll need the HDD. I've used less than half of the space on my desktop PC which has a 500 GB HDD and that's with games, movies and bloatware, which I wouldn't have on the Macbook. Also it looks like Amazon has two different quotes as to whether the HDD is 80 or 320. I hope it's 320, because that would be plenty forever. If I do need more storage would an external drive work? I'm not using the Fire Wire port anyway. How about iCloud? Extra storage and backups in one. Bonus.</p><p></p><p>The specs on Amazon say 10.5 Leopard. I'll see what I can find out tonight. Is that version no longer supported? From what I can tell this system can't run Mavericks at all, but that's okay. As long as the OS is supported I guess.</p><p></p><p>Thanks again.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cerberuspuppy, post: 1548867, member: 314536"] It looks like I could do the RAM for less than $50 but how do I make sure I have right kind? Amazon will tell me if the ink cartridges I'm buying are compatible with my printer but not this, which is admittedly a little more complicated. Can I just Google "PC2-5300 667MHz DDR2 SDRAM"? Also some sources say it will only take 2 GB. For reference 3 GB is what I'm used to on my PC, and that does seem a bit slow at times but I hear PCs are worse about RAM management. I'm not sure if I'll need the HDD. I've used less than half of the space on my desktop PC which has a 500 GB HDD and that's with games, movies and bloatware, which I wouldn't have on the Macbook. Also it looks like Amazon has two different quotes as to whether the HDD is 80 or 320. I hope it's 320, because that would be plenty forever. If I do need more storage would an external drive work? I'm not using the Fire Wire port anyway. How about iCloud? Extra storage and backups in one. Bonus. The specs on Amazon say 10.5 Leopard. I'll see what I can find out tonight. Is that version no longer supported? From what I can tell this system can't run Mavericks at all, but that's okay. As long as the OS is supported I guess. Thanks again. [/QUOTE]
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