MacBook Pro - Memory Question

[iNewbie]

Hi,

I have an older 17inch MacBook Pro. I believe it's model 2,1. It's 2.33 and came with 2 Gigs of Ram.

My understanding is that while 2 Gig's is Apples maximum, it can actually go up to 3 Gigs in memory. I guess I could just add a 2 gig chip and end up with that and a 1 gig chip.

But if I bumped it up to 4 gigs, if Snow Leopard would recognize and use all 4 gigs? Or maybe the limit is hardware based....

Any information or advice would be appreciated.

Thanks!

 

[iLog.Genius]

Probably not. Total RAM is usually determined by the hardware and not software.

 

[iNewbie]

Thanks

Probably not. Total RAM is usually determined by the hardware and not software.

Thanks for the info. I thought so but I wanted to check. I was hoping to get to at least 4 since I use VM's. Might have to think about one of the newer models that takes 8 GB I guess.

 

[michael.lauden]

Thanks for the info. I thought so but I wanted to check. I was hoping to get to at least 4 since I use VM's. Might have to think about one of the newer models that takes 8 GB I guess.

and sell me your old one! for cheap!