Will upgrading ram help my Macbook?

[b33eazy]

I have an early '07 Macbook that I bought from my friend. He took relatively good care of it and sold it to me for a few bucks. The hard drive crashed and he just bought a new MBP (he is a film major in college and needed one anyway). So, my question is I will be upgrading the ram from 1gb to 2gb and will be installing Snow Leopard. How much life do I have left in this computer and will upgrading the ram and operating system help to extend its life for a couple more years?

 

[Drew017]

I have an early '07 Macbook that I bought from my friend. He took relatively good care of it and sold it to me for a few bucks. The hard drive crashed and he just bought a new MBP (he is a film major in college and needed one anyway). So, my question is I will be upgrading the ram from 1gb to 2gb and will be installing Snow Leopard.

Upgrading your ram will help the performance a lot, because you will be able to have more apps open without your computer slowing down... but if I were you I'd also switch to an SSD which will really speed your MacBook up more than just adding RAM will.

How much life do I have left in this computer and will upgrading the ram and operating system help to extend its life for a couple more years?

As long as it's been taken good care of, and as long as you take good care of it, it should last you a while

 

[rgarjr]

Yeah just max it out with RAM and you should be good to go.

 

[HishamAkhtar]

Snow Leopard helps clear out a lot of the clutter that was in Leopard and on it's own will speed up your laptop a lot. The extra RAM will help too.

Snow leopard + RAM + SSD will revolutionize your MacBook

 

[TacticalDesire]

Max out your RAM and pick up an SSD. It will bring new life into that machine.