Hi, I have a macbook 4,1 black version so I have 2.4 GHz intel core 2 duo processor and currently 2 gigs of memory. Now my problem is do I go with the 4 gig or the 6 gig upgrade. I understand that when there are 2 sticks of ram of the equal size it always the mac to run the parallel(Im not sure what its called but essentially it works better) And so if I put 6 gigs of ram in I would have to use a 2 gig x 4 gig making it so my computer wouldn't do the parallel thing witch causes a loss in speed but would the loss in speed still be faster than 2 gig x 2 gig with the parallel running? So my basic question is 4 gig x 2 gig vs. 2 gig x 2 gig....What do you think?
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4 gig vs 6 gig ram update
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My brother has the exact same machine as you have. He did go for the 6 gig ram solution and ended up as you have mentioned, 1 x 4 gig module and 1 x 2 gig module. There was a noticeable speed boost after the upgrade and the machine felt more responsive.
Since the price difference was not too big, I would always go with the 6 gig. In a view years from now the new programs will need more resources anyways.
There is no such thing as too much ram in my opinion!
Regarding the speed, I am not sure if that mentioned "memory bus"applies to the macbook... There is a triple channel memory controller on the Mac Pro, but on the Macbook ?? Don't know that one..
My brother has the exact same machine as you have. He did go for the 6 gig ram solution and ended up as you have mentioned, 1 x 4 gig module and 1 x 2 gig module. There was a noticeable speed boost after the upgrade and the machine felt more responsive.
Since the price difference was not too big, I would always go with the 6 gig. In a view years from now the new programs will need more resources anyways.
There is no such thing as too much ram in my opinion!
Regarding the speed, I am not sure if that mentioned "memory bus"applies to the macbook... There is a triple channel memory controller on the Mac Pro, but on the Macbook ?? Don't know that one..