RAM Question for iMac and Macbook

Rollo Tamasi

Howdi folks,
I know threads like this prop up every now and again but the search feature on here is soo cack. So here it goes..

What is the maximum capacity for RAM in the iMac and the MacBook?
Can the RAM from a Macbook be removed and placed into an iMac?

I have a Macbook with 512mb of RAM and an iMac with a 1GB. What I want to do is to put the 1GB into the MacBook from the iMac and then buy 2GBs of RAM and put that and the 512mb from the Macbook into the iMac.

Is this possible?

Wizoom

Oh God, I just typed this out and then firefox crapped out on me...

Here I go again!

Long story short, no, it would not be possible, as laptops use smaller RAM modules (size-wise rather than capacity) as I understand it. Your best bet for a Macbook RAM upgrade would be http://www.crucial.com, as they are who most of the Mac-heads in this forum use for the same purpose

iMac wise I think you can probably purloin your RAM from any parts vendor. As far as I can see they take the same sort of RAM as other computers? However I may be wrong on that. I would imagine though that your maximum iMac RAM is 4GB, and that there are two slots for it, so either buy 2x2gb sticks or 2x1gb sticks to utilise the dual-channel memory advantages. The same thing goes for the Macbook, where I think the max RAM is 2gb (matched), or 3gb (unmatched).

Hope this helps!

K.O.Kiki

Late model G5's & all Intel iMacs use 240-pin DDR2 DIMMs.
All Macbooks use 200-pin DDR2 SO-DIMMs.
Therefore, you cannot trade between the two.

Also, up until the new aluminium iMac, the chipset of an iMac could not address more than 3Gb RAM. So buying 4Gb would be a waste.

As for buying more RAM: always check all stores. For instance, I've got 512mb RAM for my iBook coming from Dabs.ie for a good bit cheaper than from Crucial.com/eu/mac. Also, always try Shop4memory.com & Komplett.ie as well.

Thumper Long

all intel macs with the exception of the mac pro use the same ram 667mhz sodimm's kingston part kta-mb667. g5 macs used standard dimms.

K.O.Kiki

Thumper Long wrote:

all intel macs with the exception of the mac pro use the same ram 667mhz sodimm's kingston part kta-mb667. g5 macs used standard dimms.

You're right, my mistake.

Dunno why I made the wrong conclusion there...