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Message: <blockquote data-quote="chscag" data-source="post: 700956" data-attributes="member: 46727">I believe you purchased the low end model of the MacBook line?  It should take 4 Gb of memory (2 x 2 Gb modules).  And yes it will be faster than your Dell. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big grin    :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /> As for the external hard drive, it depends on what you're going to use it for.  Backing up with Time Machine, format the drive as HFS+.  To share files with Windows and OS X, probably FAT-32 is best since OS X can read\write to FAT-32.  If the external drive is large enough you can partition it so it can be used for both purposes.Regards.</blockquote>