I have a mid 2010 unibody macbook with 16GB ram. I also have the same model with just 2 gb of ram. Can I remove one 8gb ram stick from the first macbook and install the same on the other macbook? Can macbook work with only one bank populated or does it require memory in both the banks. And lastly I would like to know if there is a significant amount of performance penalty between a 2010 macbook with 8 gb and one with 16gb.
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Memory configuration in a Macbook
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I have a mid 2010 unibody macbook with 16GB ram. I also have the same model with just 2 gb of ram. Can I remove one 8gb ram stick from the first macbook and install the same on the other macbook?
Yup, that shouldn't be a problem.
Can macbook work with only one bank populated or does it require memory in both the banks.
Nope, it works fine with one bank populated.
And lastly I would like to know if there is a significant amount of performance penalty between a 2010 macbook with 8 gb and one with 16gb.
Depends on what you're doing. If you're doing stuff that needs more than 8GB of RAM, then you'll notice the difference. If you aren't, then you won't