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Max RAM for macbook 3,1 in one slot? Is this possible?
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<blockquote data-quote="krs" data-source="post: 1821117" data-attributes="member: 67742"><p>Since nobody has answered that yet:</p><p></p><p>SO-DIMM is just the correct name for the type of RAM you have bought.</p><p>It stands for "Small Outline Dual In-line Memory Module, it's much smaller, almost half the size of the regular DIMM.</p><p>SO-DIMMs are usually used in laptops, DIMMs in desktops, but the Mac Mini, a desktop, also uses SO-DIMMs in at least some models.</p><p></p><p>RAM is just a general name for the various memory modules of which there are many types, RAM stands for Random Access Memory</p><p></p><p>So SO-DIMM does not define performance or architecture, those are defines by other parameters CAS like latency and such.</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memory_timings" target="_blank">Memory timings - Wikipedia</a></p><p></p><p>Years ago there used to be memory modules that were specifically sold as being "Mac compatible", the difference between the "Mac Compatible" ones and the rest were typically tighter parameters and the general "other" RAM would not always work in a Mac, especially if they came from a 'no-name' manufacturer, but those times are long gone.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="krs, post: 1821117, member: 67742"] Since nobody has answered that yet: SO-DIMM is just the correct name for the type of RAM you have bought. It stands for "Small Outline Dual In-line Memory Module, it's much smaller, almost half the size of the regular DIMM. SO-DIMMs are usually used in laptops, DIMMs in desktops, but the Mac Mini, a desktop, also uses SO-DIMMs in at least some models. RAM is just a general name for the various memory modules of which there are many types, RAM stands for Random Access Memory So SO-DIMM does not define performance or architecture, those are defines by other parameters CAS like latency and such. [url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memory_timings]Memory timings - Wikipedia[/url] Years ago there used to be memory modules that were specifically sold as being "Mac compatible", the difference between the "Mac Compatible" ones and the rest were typically tighter parameters and the general "other" RAM would not always work in a Mac, especially if they came from a 'no-name' manufacturer, but those times are long gone. [/QUOTE]
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