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Apple Computing Products:
macOS - Notebook Hardware
max amount of RAM??
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<blockquote data-quote="professorjay" data-source="post: 420063" data-attributes="member: 32920"><p>I haven't looked this up extensively, but I think the case is yes, you can put 2 sticks of 2gb ram, totaling 4gb. BUT the Macbook maxes out it's usage at 3.4gb.</p><p></p><p>So why not put in 2gb + 1gb in? Well supposedly ram runs best when the pairs of ram match, while non-matching ram is not as efficient. But I've seen one vendor claim that putting in 2+1 has a negligible difference than putting in 2+2, so cost-wise this seems to be the best solution. At least that's what I've gathered so far, and I'll probably put in 2+1 down the road, when Leopard or Logic 8 comes out, whatever comes first.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="professorjay, post: 420063, member: 32920"] I haven't looked this up extensively, but I think the case is yes, you can put 2 sticks of 2gb ram, totaling 4gb. BUT the Macbook maxes out it's usage at 3.4gb. So why not put in 2gb + 1gb in? Well supposedly ram runs best when the pairs of ram match, while non-matching ram is not as efficient. But I've seen one vendor claim that putting in 2+1 has a negligible difference than putting in 2+2, so cost-wise this seems to be the best solution. At least that's what I've gathered so far, and I'll probably put in 2+1 down the road, when Leopard or Logic 8 comes out, whatever comes first. [/QUOTE]
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