Upgrading Macbook

[kennb]

Hi there,

I'm thinking of upgrading my macbooks ram. At school the new internet system is not compatible with macs and whilst I can use adium and mail only browsers in XP Pro and Vista can connect to the web.

I use my mac a lot and have now become a lot more dependent on my vista partition and Vista with 1gb ram is not working so well.

Where is the best place to go for ram and what do I need? How much ram can my mac take and whats a reasonable price?

I'm in the UK for a couple of months so preferably a company from here.

Model Name: MacBook
Model Identifier: MacBook4,1
Processor Name: Intel Core 2 Duo
Processor Speed: 2.1 GHz
Number Of Processors: 1
Total Number Of Cores: 2
L2 Cache: 3 MB
Memory: 1 GB
Bus Speed: 800 MHz
Boot ROM Version: MB41.00C1.B00
SMC Version: 1.31f0

Thanks,

Kenny

 

[eXan]

I can only tell that your MB will take up to 4 GB of DDR2 667 MHz SO-DIMM RAM.

Just don't buy Kingston sticks - they don't work correctly with Macs.

 

[Cheffy Dave]

I can only tell that your MB will take up to 4 GB of DDR2 667 MHz SO-DIMM RAM.

Just don't buy Kingston sticks - they don't work correctly with Macs.

Your Mac book can take up to 6GB
http://eshop.macsales.com/item/Other World Computing/5300DDR2S4GB/,
using a 2GB and 4GB set up. Send them your MB specs first to make sure. VERY EXPENSIVE! I am using 4GB and it is quite fast

 

[eXan]

Your Mac book can take up to 6GB
http://eshop.macsales.com/item/Other World Computing/5300DDR2S4GB/,
using a 2GB and 4GB set up. Send them your MB specs first to make sure. VERY EXPENSIVE! I am using 4GB and it is quite fast

Where did you get the info that white MB 2.1 ghz can take 6 GB?

IIRC only new Unibody models can use up to 6 GB.

 

[clyde2801]

<reads thread>
<goes to web site>
<reads price on 4 gig stick>
<chokes, spits out coffee>
<wipes coffee off of keyboard and screen>

 

[Bengt77]

Yeah, horrible, isn't it? Those prices aren't funny at all.

 

[OllyW]

Where did you get the info that white MB 2.1 ghz can take 6 GB?

IIRC only new Unibody models can use up to 6 GB.

You are right. There's a useful guide to RAM, here on MacRumors.

I always use Crucial. A 4GB kit for the 2.1 MacBook costs £43.46.

 

[GfulDedFan]

<reads thread>
<goes to web site>
<reads price on 4 gig stick>
<chokes, spits out coffee>
<wipes coffee off of keyboard and screen>

Trade ya a refill for a wipe.

 

[silverblack]

Just don't buy Kingston sticks - they don't work correctly with Macs.

Are you saying the Kingston RAM specifically designed for Macs don't work well with Macs? Any document or link to support this?

http://www.ec.kingston.com/ecom/con...asp?root=&LinkBack=&ktcpartno=KTA-MB1066K2/4G

 

[brop52]

Kingston is fine. Don't confuse which MB model you are buying for.

For your 4,1 MB you need a 200-pin PC2-5300 2X2GB kit.

This is a 39.99 kit from Newegg and free shipping. Enjoy!

 

[eXan]

Are you saying the Kingston RAM specifically designed for Macs don't work well with Macs? Any document or link to support this?

http://www.ec.kingston.com/ecom/con...asp?root=&LinkBack=&ktcpartno=KTA-MB1066K2/4G

From my experience as an employee at local Apple Authorized Reseller, every time when we used Kingston RAM when upgrading Macs there were issues with it (random kernel panics, shut downs, apps crashing, etc). Not a single of these issues happend when we used other brands (Samsung, Hinyx, Patriot, etc).