Until SSD capacity hits 1TB and I have external transfer speeds practical enough to make fresh mirror backups once a week & reliability is proven I am sticking to mechanical storage. I never used my Macbooks stock HDD, WD Scorpio Blue 500gb, 750gb and now black 750gb.
EARLY 2011 MACBOOK MEMORY UPGRADE UPGRADE
Just as an FYI I am not really an SSD guy, but I do believe in upgrading HDDs and usually upgrade once a year, this years upgrade is a 750GB WD Scorpio Black and it performs wonderfully enough to put off upgrading for now (I am dying to get my hands on FW800 & Thunderbolt though). At the top of the post I have shown OWC’s response to my query and can only recommend you stick to their advised 6GB (though I am tempted to try it out for awhile). To the right is a screenshot showing my Macbooks details and memory usage. The RAM I used is CORSAIR VS8GSDSKIT800D2. I have a C2D iMac (iMac 5,1), it supports 3gb of RAM but has 4gb installed, so Activity Monitor only shows 3gb. In my case it reads 8gb, but if OWC, Mactracker and Everymac are right it supports only 6gb.
My early 2009 Macbook (Macbook 5,2 2ghz) apparently supports 8gb of ram (shown in Activity Monitor). Long time no see, initially I couldn’t find this online so I thought it warranted a posting. With 6GB installed, it’s within the limits of the controller/chipset and no issues + the slow down that occurs when you start to actually utilize more than 6GB in active app space also gives the benefit to 6GB vs. This is why we have maintained the 6GB maximum. Doesn’t crash, but the operational performance plunges. Yes – all of the models that take DDR2 and which we support 6GB on (4GB + 2GB) will allow 8GB installed and show it too.īut – there is a problem… As soon as you actually are using more than 6GB or thereabouts of physical memory active, the performance nose dives. We take all feedback very seriously.UPDATE I recieved a Response from OWC, I am very glad for their input and can only recommend you stick to their recommendation of 6GB, here is their response: If you have any thoughts or ideas about this Guarantee or about your experience with us, we invite you to share them with us by sending us an e-mail. We are working very hard to serve you better and listen carefully to your feedback. If you experience a faulty product or an item that has been incorrectly supplied, we promise to rectify the issue as quickly as possible.Įvery Macfixit Australia employee is dedicated to meeting the commitments above and to exceeding your expectations. You can contact us regarding any order/product related issue by call4343 or emailing us via our online Contact Us page We will quickly address any problem you experience.
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