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ngraysva

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Oct 31, 2012
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I have a MacBook Pro with an intel core 2 duo with only 1gb of ram, back from 2009... Anyone know what the max gb of ram I can upgrade this to? This will def help the speed? It runs really slow and I just wiped the entire computer .. And does it have to be the Samsung memory ? Anyone have links they can show me?

Thanks guys.
 

ngraysva

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Aluminium MacBook Pro (2006 - 2008)
In 2006 Apple introduced the 15" and 17" MacBook Pros, which are the successor to the PowerBook and sharing the same outer shell.

The MacBook Pro uses Intel's Core Duo and Core 2 Duo CPUs and all models use and accept 200-pin 667 MHz PC2-5300 DDR2 SO-DIMM SDRAM.
The Core Duo MacBook Pros (2006) can have a maximum RAM of 2GB. (info)
The first Core 2 Duo MacBook Pros (late 2006 - 2007) can take 4GB, but only utilises 3GB of it. (info)
The Core 2 Duo MacBook Pros using the Santa Rosa platform (late 2007) can take up to 6GB of RAM and fully utilise it. (info)


its saying i can only go to 6 gb ?? :(
 

ngraysva

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Oct 31, 2012
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this was my mistake, mine is the NON-unibody model...

15 inch
2.16 GHZ Intel Core 2 Duo
1GB Ram


maybe ill try and sell it on craigslist or something, the memory wont work for what i need it for...
 

Stooby Mcdoobie

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Jun 26, 2012
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So your model is not the same one you listed in the title? Can you go to About This Mac -> More Info and take a screenshot like this:

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ngraysva

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Yes that was my mistake I used the wrong item number. This is mine. Its the non unibody 2006-08 model. I will take a pic " about this Mac" when I get out of work.

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ngraysva

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I'm learning more as I go along here lol. I've had so many macs already but I now finally have the time to learn more about them and not just hop on one to design stuff.
 

Stooby Mcdoobie

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Jun 26, 2012
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Yeah, that's definitely the non-unibody model. Unfortunately, I can't tell from those pictures alone whether it's the model that will only take 4GB (technically 3GB) or 6.
 

ngraysva

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Oct 31, 2012
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Another quick question. It's so slow watching YouTube videos at 720 and 1080. It's laggy. If I add 4gb of memory will that help ? My Internet speed is like 50 and my other computers run fast.
 
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