adding ram to macbook aluminum help?

[Pjoseph]

My macbook came with quantity (2) 1 GB memory cards.
I wanted to upgrade the ram, should I just get quantity (2) 2 GB cards?
any particular brand?

thanks

 

[S.B.G]

Check out OWC for the proper RAM for your Macbook. Make sure to use your Model ID to find the right RAM. Anything you get here will be just fine.

 

[Pjoseph]

should I upgrade to 4gb or jump to 8gb will it be a big difference?

thanks again .

Pete

 

[S.B.G]

If you have a Macbook (not Pro), it probably won't take 4GB, but only 3GB. Certainly not 8GB. Which one do you have?

 

[Intell]

The Aluminimum Macbook also called the Late-2008 Macbook can take 8Gb of ram.

 

[S.B.G]

The Aluminimum Macbook also called the Late-2008 Macbook can take 8Gb of ram.

Ahhh.. I missed the aluminum part in the thread title. Thanks!

 

[ahbdesign]

should I upgrade to 4gb or jump to 8gb will it be a big difference?

thanks again .

Pete

I recently upgraded my macbook (the same one) to 4gig ram! there is a very noticeable difference especially when using OS X Lion, so if you can afford it then 8gig ram would be even better! Although 4gig runs fine too, and 2gig is quite crappy with lion

 

[Montymitch]

With the price of ram being so cheap, just go straight to 8bg. I ran 4gb with SL for a year, but when I upgraded to Lion I found 8gb to be necessary. Cost me a whopping $35 to install 8gb, when I installed 4gb it set me back $50 for used ram.

 

[fashiondgal007]

The Aluminimum Macbook also called the Late-2008 Macbook can take 8Gb of ram.

Hi,
I have that macbook (13-inch, Aluminum, Late 2008, 2 GB 1067 MHz DDR3) and i'm planning to upgrade the ram... just to be sure, Do I need to buy a 8gb for each slot? a total of 16 gb for both?

I'm running lion and I use Illustrator and photoshop CS5.

 

[iThinkergoiMac]

If you have a Macbook (not Pro), it probably won't take 4GB, but only 3GB.

This is quite inaccurate. Max RAM for MacBooks:

1,1: 2 GB
2,1: 3.3 GB
3,1: 6 GB
4,1: 6 GB
5,1 and beyond: 8 GB

Only the first two generations* actually couldn't read 4 GB, all the rest can.

*- The 2,1 and 4,1 models actually contain two generations (separate releases) within that model identifier.

I have that macbook (13-inch, Aluminum, Late 2008, 2 GB 1067 MHz DDR3) and i'm planning to upgrade the ram... just to be sure, Do I need to buy a 8gb for each slot? a total of 16 gb for both?

Maximum RAM quotes are for a total of both slots. So your MacBook maxes out at 8 GB RAM (the most any MacBook can hold, see my list above) and has two slots, so 2x 4 GB is the best you can do. If you need 16 GB RAM, you'll need the latest generation MacBook Pro (any screen size).