Basic Technical Question: RAM in a 64 Bit OS

[aido2002]

I'm currently using OS X 10.5, and intend to upgrade to 10.6 in the fall. I'm using a Santa Rosa Late 2007 MacBook, 3 GB RAM. When I upgrade to the fully 64-Bit Snow Leopard, will I be able to surpass the 4 GB RAM limit, or am I bound by other hardware limitations?

 

[surflordca]

I'm currently using OS X 10.5, and intend to upgrade to 10.6 in the fall. I'm using a Santa Rosa Late 2007 MacBook, 3 GB RAM. When I upgrade to the fully 64-Bit Snow Leopard, will I be able to surpass the 4 GB RAM limit, or am I bound by other hardware limitations?

I would say it's hardware...

 

[TheBonk]

Yeah, if you're upgrading your current Macbook, you can't go over the 4GB limit, that's all the hardware can do. The new Macbook Pros can do up to 8GB of RAM though. You should check those out.

I have heard of some people getting 6 GB of RAM in their white Macbooks. Not sure how well that works out though.

 

[gatepc]

yes your model does support 6gb of ram and it works great no problems at all you just have to install it yourself which is easy! apple claims it only supports 4gb's but your model will work with up to 6!
( note since you only have 2 ram slots you need a 4gig and a 2gig stick of ram )
here is the ram for a good price :

4gb http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820148220

2gb http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231147