The Notebook Review forums were hosted by TechTarget, who shut down them down on January 31, 2022. This static read-only archive was pulled by NBR forum users between January 20 and January 31, 2022, in an effort to make sure that the valuable technical information that had been posted on the forums is preserved. For current discussions, many NBR forum users moved over to NotebookTalk.net after the shutdown.
Problems? See this thread at archive.org.

    ram upgrade

    Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by yankee doodle, Sep 13, 2006.

  1. yankee doodle

    yankee doodle Notebook Enthusiast

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    41
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    15
    is it better to have the ram equal on both sides in the macbook as in like 2 sticks of 512, or is it ok or better to have a 1gig stick in one slot, thanks all the reply
     
    yankee doodle, Sep 13, 2006
    #1
  2. hollownail

    hollownail Individual 11

    Reputations:
    374
    Messages:
    2,916
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    55
    Most people have been saying it doesn't matter. I haven't had much dealing with duel channel vs. single channel. If you are not planning on upgrading past a gig, go ahead and get 2x 512 or 1x1 gig and 1x512 if you want to just buy a 1 gig stick on top of what comes with the macbook.
    I ordered 2x1 gig for my MBP.
    But overall, it's doubtful you'll see much of a difference between single and duel channel.
     
    hollownail, Sep 13, 2006
    #2
  3. xbandaidx

    xbandaidx Notebook Deity

    Reputations:
    174
    Messages:
    1,402
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    55
    There is a review showing that the MBP has shown a 20% increase in speed using dual channel memory. I will try and find it for you and give you a link.
     
    xbandaidx, Sep 13, 2006
    #3
  4. hollownail

    hollownail Individual 11

    Reputations:
    374
    Messages:
    2,916
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    55
    that would be cool if you could find that xbandaidx. I'd be curious whick apps actually benefit from it. I could see really only the Pro level apps benefiting from dual channel.

    why did I spell dual duel on my previous post? lol...
     
    hollownail, Sep 13, 2006
    #4
  5. cashmonee

    cashmonee Notebook Virtuoso NBR Reviewer

    Reputations:
    787
    Messages:
    2,859
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    55
    Well I can tell you from my personal experience of going from 1.5 gigs in single channel to two gigs in dual channel that the difference is probably not that big. Certainly not 20%, unless it is a memory benchmark. As far as overall performance, I don't think it would be perceivable.
     
    cashmonee, Sep 14, 2006
    #5