-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hello: I'm confused what your question actually is. If the system can take up to 8 GB ram, you need to buy 2 sticks of 4 GB. If it can take 4, you need to buy 2 sticks of 2 GB. It's based on what the motherboard can handle, not what amounts you can cram into each slot. They make 16 GB sticks, but if there's a limit on the total memory, that won't do you any good. So the upper bound is placed on you by the motherboard and it's design, not by the slots. So here's what needs to happen: Call apple, provide them the serial number and ask what the max amount of memory is that the system can take. It will be an even number obviously, so 2 4 8 16. Divide that by 2 (so 4 becomes 2, etc) and buy 2 of that amount. So: 2 GB = 2x1GB (what's already there if there are two slots) 4 GB = 2X2 8 GB = 2x4 16 GB = 2x8 This is done so that the reads from ram will be quicker. It's a lot to explain, so if you're curious just google dual channel ddr3 and you're bound to get some results. HTH, On 8/15/2015 10:23 PM, Sunshine wrote: > there is no apple store where my friend lives. If it could use the > 4 gigs of ddr3 ram, but in the two slots wouldn't it be better to > buy one stick of 8 gigs of ddr3 ram? > > On 8/15/2015 9:08 PM, Littlefield, Tyler wrote: What you can easily > do doesn't mean it's still doable. You need to insure the limit, > because you'll be wasting your time if you stick in 2 4 gb sticks > if it only supports 4 gb. Also you get faster speeds through duel > channel, so 2 2 gb sticks would be best in that case. Best solution > would probably be to call apple/take it to a store. > > HTH, On 8/15/2015 9:59 PM, Shawn Krasniuk wrote: >>>> Hi. Based on your description, your friend has the same >>>> MacBook I have but newer. They can definitely run Yosemite. >>>> From what I hear, 4 gigs is the max a white MacBook can go up >>>> to in terms of ram, though a friend of mine said that you >>>> could easily put in 2 4 gig ram sticks. I don't know how nice >>>> that would play with the Mac but you can give it a try. >>>> >>>> Shawn Sent From My White MacBook Facebook Username: Shawn >>>> Krasniuk Twitter Handle: shawnk_aka_bbs Skype username: >>>> bbstheblindrapper Facetime: bbssh...@icloud.com >>>> >>>>> On Aug 15, 2015, at 8:52 PM, Sunshine >>>>> <sunsh...@abe.midco.net> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> From what my friend can tell it looks like a 2011 macbook >>>>> white polly carbon they are having trouble getting into the >>>>> overview part of the about this mac if this helps it has a >>>>> built in super drive how much memory can a macbook be fully >>>>> upgraded to? Meanning 8 gigs is this the fullest amount a >>>>> macbook can take? or can it go higher? On 8/15/2015 8:18 >>>>> PM, Shawn Krasniuk wrote: >>>>>> What year is the Mac that they have? Yosemite and El >>>>>> Capitan run on 2009 or new model Macs. Also, it wouldn't >>>>>> hurt to upgrade the ram. I have 4 GB of ram in this thing >>>>>> and it ran perfect with Yosemite. It may not be necessary >>>>>> but who knows how slow the Mac will run with only 2 GB of >>>>>> ram. HTH. >>>>>> >>>>>> Shawn Sent From My White MacBook Facebook Username: >>>>>> Shawn Krasniuk Twitter Handle: shawnk_aka_bbs Skype >>>>>> username: bbstheblindrapper Facetime: >>>>>> bbssh...@icloud.com >>>>>> >>>>>>> On Aug 15, 2015, at 6:03 PM, Sunshine >>>>>>> <sunsh...@abe.midco.net> wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> a friend wanted me to ask what are the requirements for >>>>>>> using osx 10.10 the latest version of osx they have a >>>>>>> macbook running snow leppard 10.63 2 gigs of ddr3 ram >>>>>>> and an intell core 2 duo processer that is running 2.4 >>>>>>> ghz. Would they need to up the ram to be able to handel >>>>>>> the osx 10.10 and then possibly the osx 10.11 when it >>>>>>> is released? >>>>>>> >>>>>>> -- You received this message because you are subscribed >>>>>>> to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To >>>>>>> unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails >>>>>>> from it, send an email to >>>>>>> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post >>>>>>> to this group, send email to >>>>>>> macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at >>>>>>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For >>>>>>> more options, visit >>>>>>> https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>>>> >>>>> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to >>>>> the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe >>>>> from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>>>> email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To >>>>> post to this group, send email to >>>>> macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at >>>>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more >>>>> options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- Take care, Ty twitter: @sorressean web:http://tysdomain.com > pubkey: http://tysdomain.com/files/pubkey.asc >> > >
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