Macbook Ram?

[buck91]

Recently replaced the Other Half's Macbook 13" Late 2008 with a Groupon-purchased Macbook 13" Late 2009. Was hoping somebody here would have a short and simple answer for a quick ram question. She upgraded the original 1gb RAM in her old machine to 2gb. Need to open it up an check if its a 1x 2gb card or 2x 1gb cards, but in either case assuming the new macbook has 1x 2gb card from the factory am I able to plug one of the old RAM cards into the new machine to add RAM? Used to be somewhat into computers and built my share but pretty ignorant about Mac's. Thanks!

 

[Quattro Pete]

Originally Posted By: buck91
am I able to plug one of the old RAM cards into the new machine to add RAM?

Go to crucial.com and look up memory specs for both machines. That'll tell you if they use the same kind of RAM or not.

 

[mattwithcats]

Another site is Data Memory Systems,
they will give you the specs too...

http://www.datamemorysystems.com/apple-memory/

 

[brslds]

clicking on the apple icon top left->select about this mac->click memory tab.

That will show you how many slots you have, speed of the ram, and type (ex ddr3 etc).

 

[Johnny2Bad]

Better site for error-free answers to Mac RAM questions is Other Workd Computing.

www.macsales.com

Macs can be tricky with RAM requirements; the Power-On Self Test (POST) on each startup is tighter than many Intel motherboards and MS-Windows itself. OWC gets it right every time.

OWC branded memory is tight specification lifetime warranty and competitively priced and although I've only needed to replace one stick in my long computing life, the replacement was painless.

Using generic PC RAM in Macs has been the ultimate source of more problems than I can count. You can, of course, use other high quality modules such as those from Crucial, etc

the situation is the same with high memory spec PCs, its just that few people buy those machines for home use.

 

[Tony_Mack]

Originally Posted By: Quattro Pete

Go to crucial.com and look up memory specs for both machines. That'll tell you if they use the same kind of RAM or not.


+1

Crucial.com has never steered me wrong.

 

[Matinicus]

Originally Posted By: Johnny2Bad
Better site for error-free answers to Mac RAM questions is Other Workd Computing.

www.macsales.com

Macs can be tricky with RAM requirements; the Power-On Self Test (POST) on each startup is tighter than many Intel motherboards and MS-Windows itself. OWC gets it right every time.


Right on!

Retired BSEET with 4 decades of computer experience.

 

[buck91]

Originally Posted By: mattwithcats
Another site is Data Memory Systems,
they will give you the specs too...

http://www.datamemorysystems.com/apple-memory/


Looks like a "no" to my question. DDR2 vs. DDR3...