Hi, thinking of picking up a macbook, and I was gonna upgrade the RAM. How much would be good for pretty normal day to day use? I usually have safari, itunes, MSN, limewire, and sometimes an emulator running.. I was thinking two would do me good, but anyone else have an opinion?
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I would recommend 2GB to everyone purchasing a new mac. If the machine comes with 2GB then you're set. 
Only the Core 2 Duo Santa Rosa MacBooks can. The Napa Core 2 Duo MacBooks supported up to 3 GB of RAM.
Is this for sure? I have seen websites offering mods to get 4Gb in a 2.33GHz Macbook Pro, not sure if I can trust this though.
What will happen if I just install 2x2GB in a 2.33GHz model? Will it at least utilize dual-channel then? (That's how it works with Wintel machines.)
All C2D MB, MBP and iMac models can physically accept and will "see" 4 GB of RAM. However, only the SR models will be able to address more than 3.3 GB. Having 2 paired modules will enable dual-channel memory, but RW tests have shown that the speed improvement from this is negligible.
I bought 4 GB of RAM for my Napa-based iMac and MacBook, because it was only $40/stick and I figured that if I am running multiple applications simultaneously, 3.3 GB may be a bit better than 3.
Here are some benchmarks for various models and RAM configurations.
I bought 4 GB of RAM for my Napa-based iMac and MacBook, because it was only $40/stick and I figured that if I am running multiple applications simultaneously, 3.3 GB may be a bit better than 3.
Here are some benchmarks for various models and RAM configurations.