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From: d4g4h4 on 6 Jun 2010 05:16 Chris Ridd <chrisridd(a)mac.com> wrote: > On 2010-06-06 09:40:50 +0100, David Horne, _the_ chancellor (* said: > > > David Empson <dempson(a)actrix.gen.nz> wrote: > > > >> David Horne, _the_ chancellor (*) <d4g4h4(a)yahoo.co.uk> wrote: > >> > >>> My 4-year old black macbook needs a RAM upgrade. I upgraded to snow > >>> leopard, which had good and bad points- system is definitely slower. I > >>> have only 1.25GB of RAM. I'll certainly upgrade to 2GB but would I > >>> notice an appreciable difference with 4? Any thoughts appreciated. > >> > >> If it is a four year old black MacBook then you have no choice in the > >> matter - the first generation MacBooks (May 2006 to November 2006) are > >> limited to 2 GB of memory. > > > > Ha-ha, that's an easy one then! :) In the back of my mind, I thought 2 > > was the limit for mine, but when I saw 4GB available for black macbooks, > > I forgot about it... should probably be fine, as following the other > > poster's suggestion, it doesn't seem I get up to using 2GB much... > > You'll get some benefit going to 4GB, but 4 years is a good age for a > MacBook. New MacBook time? No plans to- it works perfectly for what I need it for (music notation software, word processing, and general web use)- I use it as a desktop, the battery died long ago. I have a 2 year old white macbook supplied by work for work and when I travel, etc. I'm hoping for another 2 years or so of usability, then I might upgrade to something like a minimac for home use. That would break the 5 years I used a lombard as my main home computer. Hope it can run my BenQ 24 inch monitor though. My black macbook does, but not my 2-year old white... -- (*) of the royal duchy of city south and deansgate www.davidhorne.net (email address on website) "[Do you think the world learned anything from the first world war?] No. They never learn." -Harry Patch (1898-2009)
From: Jaimie Vandenbergh on 6 Jun 2010 16:18 On Sun, 6 Jun 2010 09:40:50 +0100, d4g4h4(a)yahoo.co.uk (David Horne, _the_ chancellor (*)) wrote: >David Empson <dempson(a)actrix.gen.nz> wrote: > >> David Horne, _the_ chancellor (*) <d4g4h4(a)yahoo.co.uk> wrote: >> >> > My 4-year old black macbook needs a RAM upgrade. I upgraded to snow >> > leopard, which had good and bad points- system is definitely slower. I >> > have only 1.25GB of RAM. I'll certainly upgrade to 2GB but would I >> > notice an appreciable difference with 4? Any thoughts appreciated. >> >> If it is a four year old black MacBook then you have no choice in the >> matter - the first generation MacBooks (May 2006 to November 2006) are >> limited to 2 GB of memory. > >Ha-ha, that's an easy one then! :) In the back of my mind, I thought 2 >was the limit for mine, but when I saw 4GB available for black macbooks, >I forgot about it... should probably be fine, as following the other >poster's suggestion, it doesn't seem I get up to using 2GB much... I've got a 512meg DDR2 SODIMM kicking about, if you'd like to replace the 256meg chip, it gives a bit of extra headroom and a 1gig stick is �25 or so. This mail address is valid, I'll pop it in the post if you send me your address. I've also just discovered that these spare 1gig DDR3 chips from an upgraded Mini will fit in my new iMac! Yay, 6gig here I come! Cheers - Jaimie -- 220 mail.sessile.org ESMTP Sendmail 8.13.4 ICBM ENABLED ; Wed, 23 Jun 2005 15:04:40 GMT HELO spammers.org 250 mail.sessile.org MAIL FROM:<scumball(a)spammers.org> 550 you have four minutes to say goodbye to your family
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Jaimie Vandenbergh <jaimie(a)sometimes.sessile.org> wrote: > On Sun, 6 Jun 2010 09:40:50 +0100, d4g4h4(a)yahoo.co.uk (David Horne, > _the_ chancellor (*)) wrote: > > >David Empson <dempson(a)actrix.gen.nz> wrote: > > > >> David Horne, _the_ chancellor (*) <d4g4h4(a)yahoo.co.uk> wrote: > >> > >> > My 4-year old black macbook needs a RAM upgrade. I upgraded to snow > >> > leopard, which had good and bad points- system is definitely slower. I > >> > have only 1.25GB of RAM. I'll certainly upgrade to 2GB but would I > >> > notice an appreciable difference with 4? Any thoughts appreciated. > >> > >> If it is a four year old black MacBook then you have no choice in the > >> matter - the first generation MacBooks (May 2006 to November 2006) are > >> limited to 2 GB of memory. > > > >Ha-ha, that's an easy one then! :) In the back of my mind, I thought 2 > >was the limit for mine, but when I saw 4GB available for black macbooks, > >I forgot about it... should probably be fine, as following the other > >poster's suggestion, it doesn't seem I get up to using 2GB much... > > I've got a 512meg DDR2 SODIMM kicking about, if you'd like to replace > the 256meg chip, it gives a bit of extra headroom and a 1gig stick is > �25 or so. This mail address is valid, I'll pop it in the post if you > send me your address. Hi, I've emailed you- that's very kind. I'll certainly pop it in the macbook and report back! Thanks, David -- (*) of the royal duchy of city south and deansgate www.davidhorne.net (email address on website) "[Do you think the world learned anything from the first world war?] No. They never learn." -Harry Patch (1898-2009) |