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Macbook + Lion / RAM Upgrade?

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moonchilddave

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I have an Early 2008 Macbook 4,1 2.1G C2D:

http://www.everymac.com/systems/app...duo-2.1-white-13-early-2008-penryn-specs.html

I currently have 4G RAM installed and it's my understanding that this model can take 6G max. Has that changed at all with Lion? With the increased memory requirements of Lion, I'm considering upgrading my memory - but if I can actually go to 8G, that would be preferable.

I do a fair amount of audio & video processing... Sound Studio 4 & iMovie/iDVD.
 
apparently being helpful is considered a bad thing nowadays. I wont apologise as I'm sure that would be considered even worse.
 
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Anyone? trying to figure out if I should order 6G or 8G... If 8G won't work with Lion, I'd rather not spend the extra cash.
 
My 08' MBP has 2GB of ram and Lion is running just fine for basic tasks. 4 should be plenty.
 
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Most likely 6GB is still the max as this is a hardware constraint and not a software constraint, so Lion probably didn't change anything. If you feel like you need more RAM then go ahead and upgrade :)
 
on a normal computer it would be a hardware constraint

but since we are talking about MACs its a bios constraint done on purpose
same reason your mac doesnt have 5.1 sound/out or a bluray player

sadly, I do not know if lion is compatible with with 8GB upgrade
I think it should be, since it was apple that updated EFI firmware on the original unibodies to work in snow leopard with the 8GB earlier this year
 
r3vo714 said:
The fact he is asking if his macbook can take 8gb or not. How about you re-read the OPs post before replying. Reading comprehension > you
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he was also asking if Lion would work on a lower ram amount or higher, I was just confirming that it works fine on 4gb... sorry if that was a terrible thing to do! I personally think you'll find if someone is being helpful then you don't ignore them - there is also no need to be rude to others - it wont make you or them superior! I was also not aware that I was talking to you who has not offered any help or advice, partial or otherwise.
 
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i am using early 2008 macbook, model 4.1 with 2 gb ram. i recently installed osx lion. its running good and faster then sL.
but i have 1 problem after installed lion. please let me know if you get the same. problem is: software update and mac app store is not connecting with apple serve. safari and other apps are working fine.
 
RunnyCustard said:
he was also asking if Lion would work on a lower ram amount or higher, I was just confirming that it works fine on 4gb...
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I was actually asking if Lion could take 6G or 8G on my Macbook... As I had stated I already had Lion installed with 4G - and it does work, but some things are sluggish. As a result of the audio/video editing - I want as much RAM as the thing will take. I knew that the max Apple recommends is 4G - but EveryMac seems to indicate 6G for the Penryn and OWC also says it will take 6G. So I went ahead and ordered the 6G matched set from OWC.
 
Got the 6G and installed it - and it recognizes that it has 6G and seems to be running a little more smoothly now! So despite Apple saying it will only take 4G max, it seems like 6G works just fine...
 
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