Macbook RAM?

[applefan69]

Alright, im sorta on the fence on this question, hopefully you guys can lead me in the right direction. About 2 months ago i boguht a new Macbook... it's specs are:

2.0Ghz Core 2 Duo processor

1GB 667Mhz DDR2 SDRAM.

My question is, im considering buying another gigabyte of RAM... so I have 2GB's (the maximum my macbook can handle)

I was perfectly happy wiht 1Gb of RAM to start... and i never thought I'd need 2GB.... but im using Leopard.. i find when first starting up my computer... and havin all my regular programs (iTunes, Adium,Safari,) running, I got about 500Mb free RAM.

But usually near the end of the day after using my computer for a long time, such as right now being an example of the end of the day here is my RAM situation (from iStat PRO widget)

Wired: 213MB
Active: 522MB
Inactive: 262MB
Free: 18Mb
Swap: 433/512MB

.... so you can see why I feel like im considering more RAM... now not sayin i have preformance issues, i see no slow down... it's just i dont like seeing that i only have 18Mb of free RAM.

So what do you say I do? If you go with me buying another GB, then what website(s) would you recommend?

Thanks to anyone who replies.

 

[JSchwage]

If you open more apps you will notice the free memory doesn't usually go below the 18 MB mark. I think OS X just utilizes any extra memory for background tasks.

 

[swiftaw]

I believe the Core 2 Duo's can have 3GB of RAM.

The two big RAM websites are:

otherworldcomputing.com (my personal favorite)
crucial.com

 

[applefan69]

If you open more apps you will notice the free memory doesn't usually go below the 18 MB mark. I think OS X just utilizes any extra memory for background tasks.

then why is my swap memory so high...?

some days i see my swap being 712mb/1GB