since ive upgraded to 4gb ram in black macbook

[bob2131]

Closing/quitting apps is super fast.
Opening apps seems same as before on 2gb.

I still get the spinning icon often....even though i have lots of free ram....
so i think the spinning icon is not entirely about amount of ram....i thought it was...when swap and paging occurs due to low ram available.....

Boot up time is faster i feel.

Macbook gets WAY hotter now ...compared to when i had 2gb......

 

[boston04and07]

That's interesting, I've been thinking about upgrading my Macbook to 4gb myself. Would you say that it was a good investment overall, or not?

 

[shady825]

Macbook gets WAY hotter now ...compared to when i had 2gb......

I dont think the RAM should affect this.
Maybe your just looking for something to be different?
Do you have temps that your comparing before and after or is this based on touch?

 

[bob2131]

That's interesting, I've been thinking about upgrading my Macbook to 4gb myself. Would you say that it was a good investment overall, or not?

depends on waht you use mac for.... i have mine on all the time...and have lots of apps open...some intensive, some not.... i def needed to upgrade...as i did some monitoring on activity monitor and other performance indicator tests......

big fast and lots of free hard drive drive space is also very desireable.....this is gonna help too......

yes i recommend it....but only if your current ram is gettting maxed out....2gb is fine...if you are careful ie..close other apps etc and work on one intetensive one..... that works fine too...like a balancing act....

i only paid £40 for 4gb from crucial.....so its cheap anyway.....

 

[bob2131]

I dont think the RAM should affect this.
Maybe your just looking for something to be different?
Do you have temps that your comparing before and after or is this based on touch?

it def affected the temperature.... i felt it on my lap...... first time since ive had it...... REALLY hot..... slightly concerning, cause once i put a 7200 rpm drive inside it.......it will run much more hotter.....it could blow or malfunction.....

 

[skye12]

it def affected the temperature.... i felt it on my lap...... first time since ive had it...... REALLY hot..... slightly concerning, cause once i put a 7200 rpm drive inside it.......it will run much more hotter.....it could blow or malfunction.....

No, no, no. The new 7200's run at the same temperature as the older 5400's.
I have noticed no temperature issues from adding 4GB of ram and a
Seagate 7200 HD. Runs fast and I rarely see any beach balls.

PS- You do not the extra adjective...."much hotter" is sufficient.

 

[bob2131]

No, no, no. The new 7200's run at the same temperature as the older 5400's.
I have noticed no temperature issues from adding 4GB of ram and a
Seagate 7200 HD. Runs fast and I rarely see any beach balls.

PS- You do not the extra adjective...."much hotter" is sufficient.

dude... ive read and re-read people saying 7200rpm drives will heat up laptops considerably more than 5400rpm drives. Its just a fact of the faster drives.

Hope youre right. I think diff people have diff results, based on diff models and add-ons.

 

[reebzor]

I paid like $50 to upgrade to 4gb of ram in my macbook. I figured I was stupid NOT to do it.

 

[Patriks7]

it def affected the temperature.... i felt it on my lap...... first time since ive had it...... REALLY hot..... slightly concerning, cause once i put a 7200 rpm drive inside it.......it will run much more hotter.....it could blow or malfunction.....

7200 RPM drives aren't hotter. In fact, some are cooler.
But that RAM seems bad. The temperature should definitely not go up.

 

[bob2131]

its only hotter when recharging battery i thinnk.....

its fine...im happy.

 

[Sparky19]

That's interesting, I've been thinking about upgrading my Macbook to 4gb myself. Would you say that it was a good investment overall, or not?

i recently upgraded my ram to 4gb, its worth it and ram is cheap too so its not a massive investment unless you decide to buy ram from apple

 

[istinkles]

If i upgrade from 2gb to 4gb of ram, will my games run smoother? like spore and WoW?

 

[djarsalan2006]

That's interesting, I've been thinking about upgrading my Macbook to 4gb myself. Would you say that it was a good investment overall, or not?

when i have upgraded my white macbook ram from 2 to 4, i used to get weird noises from my computer, so what i did, i took out one of the 2GB chips and put the 1gb i have had before, so now i have 3GB on my macbook and it works fine