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Ram For My Macbook.
 Jun 28 2009, 11:57 AM
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Albatross  Group: Forum Member Joined: December 1, 2007 Member No.: 53,157 Posts: 830 Skin: RuneScape Black R.S. Name: trecko60 R.S. Status: Retired R.S. Clan: White Flames Clan  |
i need more RAM for my MacBook. it uses DDR3 RAM. i have 2x2GB sticks for a grand total of 4GB i want 8GB. it can only take 2 sticks.
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Jun 28 2009, 12:09 PM
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Who's gonna hold you from dark until dawn?  Group: Forum Moderator Joined: January 19, 2008 Member No.: 56,626 Posts: 3,807 Skin: Invision Pro From: Montreal, QC My Highscores: Finisterra15 R.S. Name: finisterra15 R.S. Status: Inactive R.S. Clan: Salmoneus |
Are you sure you need 8gb? 4gb sticks of Ddr3 cost about 450 dollars. You'd need two, so that's $900. Feel free to check out http://crucial.com and use their system analyzer to know the exact sticks you need.
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Jun 28 2009, 05:06 PM
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Greater Demon Group: Forum Member Joined: January 16, 2006 Member No.: 5,308 Posts: 2,647 Skin: Invision Pro From: Womb My Highscores: Fencefry R.S. Name: fencefry R.S. Status: Inactive R.S. Clan: God's clan. |
What in the world are you doing on a Macbook that you need over 4GB for?
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Jul 2 2009, 09:43 PM
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King Black Dragon Group: Forum Member Joined: January 27, 2006 Member No.: 5,974 Posts: 4,882 Skin: IPB Enhanced From: 192.168.1.1 R.S. Status: Retired |
Macbooks have a maximum capacity of 4GB official 6GB unofficial.
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Jul 2 2009, 11:14 PM
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Albatross Group: Forum Member Joined: December 1, 2007 Member No.: 53,157 Posts: 830 Skin: RuneScape Black R.S. Name: trecko60 R.S. Status: Retired R.S. Clan: White Flames Clan |
explain how the unofficial part works...
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Jul 2 2009, 11:31 PM
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King Black Dragon Group: Forum Member Joined: January 27, 2006 Member No.: 5,974 Posts: 4,882 Skin: IPB Enhanced From: 192.168.1.1 R.S. Status: Retired |
QUOTE (LP Forever @ Jul 3 2009, 12:14 AM)  explain how the unofficial part works... Independent testers test them - unaffiliated with Apple. It's a theoretical maximum. This post has been edited by Definition: Jul 2 2009, 11:32 PM |
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Jul 2 2009, 11:51 PM
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Albatross Group: Forum Member Joined: December 1, 2007 Member No.: 53,157 Posts: 830 Skin: RuneScape Black R.S. Name: trecko60 R.S. Status: Retired R.S. Clan: White Flames Clan |
QUOTE (Definition @ Jul 2 2009, 11:31 PM) QUOTE (LP Forever @ Jul 3 2009, 12:14 AM) explain how the unofficial part works... Independent testers test them - unaffiliated with Apple. It's a theoretical maximum. so if i added a 4gb stick of ram to my 2gb stick of ram i would end up with 6gb? |
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Jul 2 2009, 11:58 PM
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King Black Dragon Group: Forum Member Joined: January 27, 2006 Member No.: 5,974 Posts: 4,882 Skin: IPB Enhanced From: 192.168.1.1 R.S. Status: Retired |
QUOTE (LP Forever @ Jul 3 2009, 12:51 AM) QUOTE (Definition @ Jul 2 2009, 11:31 PM) QUOTE (LP Forever @ Jul 3 2009, 12:14 AM) explain how the unofficial part works... Independent testers test them - unaffiliated with Apple. It's a theoretical maximum. so if i added a 4gb stick of ram to my 2gb stick of ram i would end up with 6gb? which gen do u have? late 2008? |
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Jul 3 2009, 12:16 AM
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Albatross Group: Forum Member Joined: December 1, 2007 Member No.: 53,157 Posts: 830 Skin: RuneScape Black R.S. Name: trecko60 R.S. Status: Retired R.S. Clan: White Flames Clan |
i bought it in march of 09
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Jul 3 2009, 12:24 AM
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King Black Dragon Group: Forum Member Joined: January 27, 2006 Member No.: 5,974 Posts: 4,882 Skin: IPB Enhanced From: 192.168.1.1 R.S. Status: Retired |
so its the late 2008 one. (aluminum unibody?)
http://eshop.macsales.com/item/Other%20Wor...g/8566DDR3S6GP/ http://eshop.macsales.com/shop/memory/Appl...ro/Upgrade/DDR3 QUOTE MacBook Pro 'Unibody' Models which support Maximum Memory of 8.0GB:
MacBook Pro 13.3" 2.26GHz (All) MacBook Pro 13.3" 2.53GHz (All) MacBook Pro 15" 2.53GHz model w/SD Card Slot (June 2009) MacBook Pro 15" 2.66GHz (All) MacBook Pro 15" 2.80GHz model w/SD Card Slot (June 2009) MacBook Pro 15" 2.93GHz (All) MacBook Pro 15" 3.0GHz (All) MacBook Pro 17" 2.66GHz (All) MacBook Pro 17" 2.93GHz (All) MacBook Pro 17" 3.06GHz (All) MacBook and MacBook Pro 'Unibody' Models with a Maximum Memory of 6.0GB: MacBook 13.3" 2.0GHz (All) MacBook 13.3" 2.4GHz (All) MacBook Pro 15" 2.4GHz (All) MacBook Pro 15" 2.53GHz model w/ExpressCard Slot (Late 2008) MacBook Pro 15" 2.8GHz model w/ExpressCard Slot (Late 2008) This post has been edited by Definition: Jul 3 2009, 12:25 AM |
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Jul 3 2009, 12:30 AM
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Albatross Group: Forum Member Joined: December 1, 2007 Member No.: 53,157 Posts: 830 Skin: RuneScape Black R.S. Name: trecko60 R.S. Status: Retired R.S. Clan: White Flames Clan |
so i can add 4 gb to my macbook for a grand total of 6gb to use?
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Jul 3 2009, 12:36 AM
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If there's only two slots (probably) you'd need to buy two new 3gb sticks.
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Jul 3 2009, 12:38 AM
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Albatross Group: Forum Member Joined: December 1, 2007 Member No.: 53,157 Posts: 830 Skin: RuneScape Black R.S. Name: trecko60 R.S. Status: Retired R.S. Clan: White Flames Clan |
i have two slots. and two 2gb sticks. so couldn't i just replace one of them with a 4gb stick?
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Jul 3 2009, 11:25 AM
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King Black Dragon Group: Forum Member Joined: January 27, 2006 Member No.: 5,974 Posts: 4,882 Skin: IPB Enhanced From: 192.168.1.1 R.S. Status: Retired |
QUOTE (LP Forever @ Jul 3 2009, 01:38 AM) i have two slots. and two 2gb sticks. so couldn't i just replace one of them with a 4gb stick? Yes, you can. |
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Jul 3 2009, 11:38 AM
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Ultimate Spammer! Group: Forum Member Joined: August 13, 2006 Member No.: 19,181 Posts: 5,129 Skin: Darkness From: ZZ9 Plural Z Alpha R.S. Name: Masterchefsp R.S. Status: Inactive |
You still haven't said why you want that much. As far as i can tell, it's just wasted money. I have 2GB on Vista, i usually only use half that. I don't see how having more than 4GB is going to help.
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Jul 3 2009, 11:52 AM
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Turoth Group: Forum Member Joined: August 9, 2007 Member No.: 45,971 Posts: 1,882 Skin: IPB 2.2.0 Default My Highscores: Monkeyfun14 R.S. Name: Monkeyfun14 R.S. Status: Member R.S. Clan: Monkeyfun14 |
QUOTE (LP Forever @ Jul 3 2009, 01:38 AM) i have two slots. and two 2gb sticks. so couldn't i just replace one of them with a 4gb stick? You could but you would have better performance with 2 3gb sticks |
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Jul 3 2009, 04:51 PM
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Albatross Group: Forum Member Joined: December 1, 2007 Member No.: 53,157 Posts: 830 Skin: RuneScape Black R.S. Name: trecko60 R.S. Status: Retired R.S. Clan: White Flames Clan |
i looked on new egg and couldn't find 3gb sticks.
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Jul 3 2009, 05:02 PM
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King Black Dragon Group: Forum Member Joined: January 27, 2006 Member No.: 5,974 Posts: 4,882 Skin: IPB Enhanced From: 192.168.1.1 R.S. Status: Retired |
QUOTE (Caboose @ Jul 3 2009, 12:38 PM) You still haven't said why you want that much. As far as i can tell, it's just wasted money. I have 2GB on Vista, i usually only use half that. I don't see how having more than 4GB is going to help. Yeah, but he is probably doing different tasks. |
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Jul 3 2009, 06:03 PM
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Ultimate Spammer! Group: Forum Member Joined: August 13, 2006 Member No.: 19,181 Posts: 5,129 Skin: Darkness From: ZZ9 Plural Z Alpha R.S. Name: Masterchefsp R.S. Status: Inactive |
But 8GB? That's overkill, for pretty much anyone. Since it's a mac i highly doubt it's for gaming, so unless you plan on editing 6 videos, 14 large images, 4 3D renders and infinite internet tabs then you don't have to spend that much. You don't really have to spend anything. I'm not criticizing you, i'm just trying to save you time, effort and money.
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Jul 3 2009, 09:01 PM
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Albatross Group: Forum Member Joined: December 1, 2007 Member No.: 53,157 Posts: 830 Skin: RuneScape Black R.S. Name: trecko60 R.S. Status: Retired R.S. Clan: White Flames Clan |
i didn't want 8gb... i want 6gb
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