The new benchmarks are posted at OWC:
http://eshop.macsales.com/Reviews/MacBook/Testing/Memory_Benchmarks
http://eshop.macsales.com/Reviews/MacBook/Testing/Memory_Benchmarks
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3GB of RAM in MacBook?
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Nice one! I had been keeping an eye out for this - thanks!
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I think so, but there's a hardware issue that prevents the computer from recognizing all four GB. I'm sure someone can explain it more technically than I can.
Pixelmator on 2GB MacBook vs 3GB...
I just ordered a refurb'd Black MacBook IC2D 2.16 and as a normal practice with me, I buy the maximum ram usually from Crucial as they've been priced very competitively lately, for any new computer I purchase as recommended by Apple or the ram vendor, within budget reasons of course. ;-) I won't have either one till this coming Monday, 10.1.2K7 and I have already placed my order for the 2GB from Crucial and should have it the same day. Then, I just ran across a 3GB option for my MB in an google search for MB IC2D benchmarks, offered by OWC. I do respect them highly and I've purchased many products from them in the past but until now I was wondering if I had missed out! I plan on using the MB mostly with iMovie 08 and the newly released Pixelmator. But if what I'm reading here is correct, I believe 2GB should do just fine and possibly even better with Pixelmator due to it's design to use the GPU & Core Image. I wonder if Apple had previously tested the 3GB setup and knew it didn't work well in the MB or the Mac mini due to the Intel GMA 950 limitations and a possible noticeable performance hit on Core Image and therefore didn't offer it as an option? Seems like there was an issue with the MBP & iMac IC2Ds and 3GB vs 4GB due to some type of memory controller problem not too long ago? Oh well I might miss that extra 1GB and I might not. I suppose if I hadn't started the google search I wouldn't have known. 😀 I'm at work and I couldn't view the OWC specs since it's a blocked web site till I get home in a couple of hours from now. 🙁 I could've used my iPhone but with dull EDGE...need I say more? 😛
BTW I did upgrade. long ago, an old iBook G3 SE 466 above the maximum ram specified by Apple: 320MB, since OWC offered a 576MB option! 64MB was on the motherboard back in the day on those models. I never tested it or anything but I'm sure it helped while I was running Jag and Panther.
Current system: iMac 20" ICD 500GB HDD, 2GB, 256MB VRam & a 8GB iPhone. On 10.1.2K7 Add: Black MacBook 2.16 IC2D 2GB 160GB HDD Previous: iBook SE G3 466 576MB 60GB HDD 8MB VRam & a Powerbook PB100
I just ordered a refurb'd Black MacBook IC2D 2.16 and as a normal practice with me, I buy the maximum ram usually from Crucial as they've been priced very competitively lately, for any new computer I purchase as recommended by Apple or the ram vendor, within budget reasons of course. ;-) I won't have either one till this coming Monday, 10.1.2K7 and I have already placed my order for the 2GB from Crucial and should have it the same day. Then, I just ran across a 3GB option for my MB in an google search for MB IC2D benchmarks, offered by OWC. I do respect them highly and I've purchased many products from them in the past but until now I was wondering if I had missed out! I plan on using the MB mostly with iMovie 08 and the newly released Pixelmator. But if what I'm reading here is correct, I believe 2GB should do just fine and possibly even better with Pixelmator due to it's design to use the GPU & Core Image. I wonder if Apple had previously tested the 3GB setup and knew it didn't work well in the MB or the Mac mini due to the Intel GMA 950 limitations and a possible noticeable performance hit on Core Image and therefore didn't offer it as an option? Seems like there was an issue with the MBP & iMac IC2Ds and 3GB vs 4GB due to some type of memory controller problem not too long ago? Oh well I might miss that extra 1GB and I might not. I suppose if I hadn't started the google search I wouldn't have known. 😀 I'm at work and I couldn't view the OWC specs since it's a blocked web site till I get home in a couple of hours from now. 🙁 I could've used my iPhone but with dull EDGE...need I say more? 😛
BTW I did upgrade. long ago, an old iBook G3 SE 466 above the maximum ram specified by Apple: 320MB, since OWC offered a 576MB option! 64MB was on the motherboard back in the day on those models. I never tested it or anything but I'm sure it helped while I was running Jag and Panther.
Current system: iMac 20" ICD 500GB HDD, 2GB, 256MB VRam & a 8GB iPhone. On 10.1.2K7 Add: Black MacBook 2.16 IC2D 2GB 160GB HDD Previous: iBook SE G3 466 576MB 60GB HDD 8MB VRam & a Powerbook PB100
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Holy thread ressurrection, Batman!
I'm sorry to hear your Enter key is broken --- you really need some paragraph breaks in that post. 🙂
On any Core2Duo machine you have a choice
2 Gb (2 x 1 Gb) with Dual Channel access
3 Gb ( 2 Gb + 1 Gb) in Single Channel mode (6% - 8% drop vs. Dual channel , but improvement in large programs due to the extra 1 Gb. Photoshop and iPhoto both benefit greatly. YMMV with different programs)
4 Gb with 2 x 2 Gb with Dual Channel Access. Restores the dual channel speed. However, only the Santa Rosa machines (AlumiMac and SR Macbook Pro 2.2 and 2.4 GHz) will see the full 4 Gb. All previous Core2Duo models will show 4 Gb in About this Mac but the OS can only utilize 3.3 Gb of that. This is a hardware limitation of pre-SantaRosa chipsets (not a defect or an 'issue' per se).
I'm sorry to hear your Enter key is broken --- you really need some paragraph breaks in that post. 🙂
On any Core2Duo machine you have a choice
2 Gb (2 x 1 Gb) with Dual Channel access
3 Gb ( 2 Gb + 1 Gb) in Single Channel mode (6% - 8% drop vs. Dual channel , but improvement in large programs due to the extra 1 Gb. Photoshop and iPhoto both benefit greatly. YMMV with different programs)
4 Gb with 2 x 2 Gb with Dual Channel Access. Restores the dual channel speed. However, only the Santa Rosa machines (AlumiMac and SR Macbook Pro 2.2 and 2.4 GHz) will see the full 4 Gb. All previous Core2Duo models will show 4 Gb in About this Mac but the OS can only utilize 3.3 Gb of that. This is a hardware limitation of pre-SantaRosa chipsets (not a defect or an 'issue' per se).
I decided to take the plunge and upgrade my 2.33 ghz MBP to 4 GB of ram even though it can only support 3 gb. I decided i didn't want that degradation in graphical performance. So I hope everything goes ok.