Leopard with 2GB or 4GB Ram?..

[Sdahe]

MacBook Pro 2.4Ghz with Leopard

I'm running Leopard with 2GB... is that enough or 4GB will make a big difference?...

Thanks

[ajx22]

Completely depends on what you're doing with it. If you're not doing video editing, etc. - then yes it will still function well with 2GB.

That said - more RAM will always be better...especially at the minuscule cost (3rd party - not from AAPL directly). RAM is the best <$100 investment you can make.

[Sdahe]

Completely depends on what you're doing with it. If you're not doing video editing, etc. - then yes it will still function well with 2GB.

That said - more RAM will always be better...especially at the minuscule cost (3rd party - not from AAPL directly). RAM is the best <$100 investment you can make.

some people has been telling me that I need to get the memory from Apple... that I can't use other memory

Is this true?

[ajx22]

some people has been telling me that I need to get the memory from Apple... that I can't use other memory

Is this true?

No - don't waste $700 getting it from AAPL.

Do a search - there are many places that come highly recommended for 3rd party RAM.

ie.
http://eshop.macsales.com/item/Other%20World%20Computing/53IM2DDR4GBK/
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&N=2153340551+1327924738+1328123897&name=DDR2+667+(PC2+5300)
http://www.crucial.com/

...and others.

Here's a Step-By-Step How-To:
http://www.ifixit.com/Guide/Mac/MacBook-Pro-15-Inch-Core-2-Duo/RAM/115/3/

[timtam]

totally not true. get third party Ram, cheaper, fully compatible, it is just RAM. newegg is a good place to start

[Sdahe]

Most of the time I work with Photoshop (photography and web design) and I feel the computer ok for me... maybe I'm used to it.. some day I'll get more RAM to see how it works