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macbook 2.4ghz 3GB or 4GB ram?????

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hello all.
i have a blackbook 2.4ghz and i am wondering if i upgrade to 4gb ram
would i use 3gb of ram or use the whole 4gb?
would i loose dual channel because of the 4gb ram upgrade?
can i upgrade to 6gb? whats the story with this.
i use vmware fusion and want to use it without worries
i also use logic 8 pro.
so should i upgrade how should i upgrade and not loose the dual channel?

thank you all for your reply.
Marco Tulio
 
has anyone actually put 6Gb into a whitebook/blackbook?

would be interesting to see results, if its stable i would seriously be interested in getting 6gb.
 
so should i buy the 6gb ram for my early 2008 blackbook 2.4ghz and the computer will use all of the 6gb of ram?????

i will not waste extra money???
 
Eidorian said:
Barefeats did it in the Aluminium Macbooks.

6 GB works on anything post Santa Rosa.
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Didnt find anything about 6/8gb macbooks on barefeats,only on zimbio..
Do you happen to have a link to that?

Anyone know where to find any speedcharts how 2/4/6gbs perform?
And did you have to have 4+2Gbs of memory, was it possible to have 4+1Gb?
 
Macinposh said:
Didnt find anything about 6/8gb macbooks on barefeats,only on zimbio..
Do you happen to have a link to that?

Anyone know where to find any speedcharts how 2/4/6gbs perform?
And did you have to have 4+2Gbs of memory, was it possible to have 4+1Gb?
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I seem to remember the new models on Barefeat's site. Otherwise they do show up here on MacRumors.

https://www.macrumors.com/2008/10/30/new-macbooks-and-macbook-pros-support-up-to-6gb/

https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/590551/
 
What do people mean when they say Santa Rosa, or name a city? I remember seeing different processor companies give city names to their units but why? And why do they name them after that city?

I have a late 2008 Aluminum unibody 2.4 MB, what city name does my computer have?

Can I put 6GB of ram in my computer? I thought, and was told by apple, that it only goes up to 4GB. Whose right and whose wrong?

Thanks for the help
 
SteveMobs said:
What do people mean when they say Santa Rosa, or name a city?
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"Santa Rosa" refers to a chipset that controls most of the computer's functions (e.g., memory, cpu, hard drive, etc.). Here are the iterations of the MacBooks (and MacBook Pros):

Calistoga chipset with Core Duo (2 gb RAM max)
Calistoga chipset with Core 2 Duo (3.3 gb RAM max)
Santa Rosa chipset with Core 2 Duo (6 gb RAM max)
9400m (NVidia) chipset with Core 2 Duo (6 gb RAM max)

You can tell which chipset yours has by telling us which processor and which gpu your MacBook has.
 
Cave Man said:
You can tell which chipset yours has by telling us which processor and which gpu your MacBook has.
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I have the new 2.4 GHz unibody MB. GPU is the Nvidia GeForce 9400. As far as specifics, I can't seem to find any in the system profiler, if you need like serial numbers and stuff.

Thanks
 
I hate to keep asking, but I'm actually kind of interested in which "city name" my processor is. I think it'd help, or be good to know. Any ideas?

SteveMobs said:
What do people mean when they say Santa Rosa, or name a city? I remember seeing different processor companies give city names to their units but why? And why do they name them after that city?

I have a late 2008 Aluminum unibody 2.4 MB, what city name does my computer have?

Can I put 6GB of ram in my computer? I thought, and was told by apple, that it only goes up to 4GB. Whose right and whose wrong?

Thanks for the help
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SteveMobs said:
I have the new 2.4 GHz unibody MB. GPU is the Nvidia GeForce 9400. As far as specifics, I can't seem to find any in the system profiler, if you need like serial numbers and stuff.

Thanks
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I just ordered 4GB for my Macbook Alu 2.4 for $79.99 from Crucial. The prices have dropped considerably on their website.
 
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