Macbook 13in mid 2010

[hawkeyefxr]

I have a Macbook 13in mid 2010 details attached. As you can see i i have 2-2mb memory sticks installed. I have seen various posts about that i can increase my memory to 2-4gb and other say no.
Can anyone advise please

 

[chrfr]

I have a Macbook 13in mid 2010 details attached. As you can see i i have 2-2mb memory sticks installed. I have seen various posts about that i can increase my memory to 2-4gb and other say no.
Can anyone advise please
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You can definitely use 8GB of RAM in that computer.

 

[Jack Neill]

Mine has 16GB and an SSD Raid 0. Still quite useful. Runs Mojave respectively well too.

 

[hawkeyefxr]

Cheers for that, i will get some memory.

 

[MultiFinder17]

The 2010 will take up to 16GB. I've been running 16GB in mine for a few years now and it's still a wonderfully productive laptop.

 

[hawkeyefxr]

Definitely going to up grade memory, doubt i can go to 16GB but 8GB seems feasible

 

[avz]

If I can do it, you can too.

 

[EugW]

IMO, for most people it's not really as beneficial in that machine to upgrade to 16 GB as it is for other machines. Its 2.4 GHz Core 2 Duo is fast enough for very basic surfing and office apps, and can definitely make use of 8 GB RAM, but once you go beyond that type of usage it really lags, so it likely will become much harder to take full advantage of the RAM, aside from app caching, unless you have very specific development requirements or something like that.

So for the price, with that machine, I'd go with 8 GB. That said, if you can find 16 GB cheap, it can't hurt to go with 16.

BTW, if you have light usage, 4 GB is actually usually OK. In my experience for that class of machine in modern times:

2 GB with hard drive: Completely unusable.
4 GB with SSD: Very usable, for light to light-moderate usage
8 GB with SSD: Very usable, for heavier usage

That is to say, if you don't already have an SSD, get that first and see how it goes. If you still need a boost, then go to 8 GB.

 

[Jack Neill]

IMO, for most people it's not really as beneficial in that machine to upgrade to 16 GB as it is for other machines. Its 2.4 GHz Core 2 Duo is fast enough for very basic surfing and office apps, and can definitely make use of 8 GB RAM, but once you go beyond that type of usage it really lags, so it likely will become much harder to take full advantage of the RAM, aside from app caching, unless you have very specific development requirements or something like that.

So for the price, with that machine, I'd go with 8 GB. That said, if you can find 16 GB cheap, it can't hurt to go with 16.

BTW, if you have light usage, 4 GB is actually usually OK. In my experience for that class of machine in modern times:

2 GB with hard drive: Completely unusable.
4 GB with SSD: Very usable, for light to light-moderate usage
8 GB with SSD: Very usable, for heavier usage

That is to say, if you don't already have an SSD, get that first and see how it goes. If you still need a boost, then go to 8 GB.

Completely agree with all of this. A SSD/Raid 0 and 8+ ram makes these 2010's very usable still.

 

[Smittens]

Yikes, just realised my post was in the wrong sub-forum. Have shifted it to Mac Pro.