I have a 2Ghz/2GB macbook2,1 (13" monitor ) from 2007. Â
Just replaced the rechargeable battery which finally died, and the memory is maxed, is it worth it or even possible or even to increase memory in this little fella?Â
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MacBook, memory upgrade
I am considering buying a Macbook Air (June 2012 13" with i7-3667U CPU and the 4000 HD on-chip GPU) as it fits most my requirements. I occasionally like to play games and it seems that this graphics processor should be enough, but the question is how much memory can it use from the main memory and if the maximum amount can be changed. Â
More specifially I am loking at the requirements of ANNO 2070Â (as this is the kind of game I really like) and even though it has been known to perform ok with that GPU, the minimum requirements would be 512MB of video ram (on low or medium settings). The previous MBA was only able to use ~350MB of the main memory if I understand correctly.
1. What is the limit of memory the GPU can use form the main memory?Â
2. Is it user configurable under OSX?Â
3. Is it user configurable under Windows when bootcamping?Â
4. Is it "somehow" (unsupported software-only method) configurable?Â
5. Is the game ANNO 2070 playable under Windows (AFAIK using bootcamp is the only way to play it currently) on a new (June 2012) MBA?Â
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MacBook Air, Mac OS X (10.7.4)
Will increasing the memory of my laptop help my game run faster?
-Macbook 3,1
-Processor Speed: 2.2 GHz
-L2 Cache: 4MB
-Memory: 2GB
-Bus Speed: 800 GHz
The only thing that loads extremely slow is the video game I play. Otherwise, I don't have any speed problems.
is it possible to increase the shared memory on macbook?
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MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.3)
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increasing the amount of RAM in a MacBook Pro (latest model unibody 15" i7 processor). If I increase the amount of RAM in this laptop from 4Gb to16 Gb, should that in and of itself result in a decrease in battery performance? This is assuming no increase in number of active programs, etc. A friend of mine was told by an Apple employee that just increasing the total RAM in a laptop would result in the battery draining more quickly. I am no computer genius, but that does not sound right to me? After all, why should the battery work harder if the excess RAM is not being used at the time.Â
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MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.6.4)
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MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch, Mid 2014), iOS 8.1.1
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It seems that the Back to the Mac philosophy will not apply just to the Air but will go further on the other laptops series.
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So far all the MacBook can get up to 500GB HDD and the Pros have also the option up to 512GB SDD.
However even if this is quite predictable I would like to know your opinion on another matter: DVDs.
Will Apple gamble on removing the DVD drive or this could be too early?
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I am wanting to upgrade my RAM on my 2.4ghz Core 2 Duo black Macbook from 2gigs to 4 gigs. The apple website has the RAM in their store for $200. Seems like a good price for Apple backed RAM. Can I order that and have it installed in a local Apple retail store? If so, how much will that cost??
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Black Macbook 2.4ghz Core 2 Duo, Mac OS X (10.5.8)
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I thought the definition of a cycle was the equivalent of 100% depletion of the battery -- whether that's one long unplugged stint that sucks it dry or 10 really short ones. A cycle is the same as using ~5000 mAh of battery power. I've been really good about keeping it plugged in while I work (the outlet is conveniently located). I've run the battery most the way down maybe 5 times. I do, however, run it down 10 or 20% almost every day as the machine travels with me in sleep mode or spends the night unplugged in sleep mode at my girlfriend's place).
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A few at first, but masses growing are growing rapidly. In the past 3 weeks the problem has started to spread to both my right and left edges as well. Under different viewing angles the dots sort of dissapear. The dots are not uniform in size or pattern.
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Machine Details:Macbook Pro 13inch model (2011)/Core i5 4gb RAM 250gb Standard harddriveÂ
The laptop was running like a dream and much better than I remembered my last mac (Macintosh LC) ever did. Ive had minor hickups this last year (a trackpad that went bust under warranty and a broken power supply) otherwise its been a wonderfull experience. The final hiccup that might be a cause, not sure hence I will mention it is that my battery is Conditon: Replace Now for about a month now. Â
The laptop, as always was left ON, on its own connected to the wifi home network, when I returned the computer was working very slow. Any load on the harddrive/CPU. The cursor starts lagging (jumping), any keypresses are registered with a 2-10second delay. Any vidoes that i would try to play would suffer freezes in framerates/jams but audio remained fine. First step i was afraid that i may have contracted one of the new trojans so i downloaded an antivirus program, scanned the drive, but came out clean. Second step was to format the drive and perform a fresh install of OSX but no luck. Being inexperienced in Apple products i assumed that my harddrive (used to PCs) was on the fritz and went out and bought a 160gb Western Digital Black series 2.5inch harddrive.
I placed in my installation OS 10.6 CD formatted the drive through the disk utility and performed a fresh install. Before doing any steps I went through the update cycle a couple of times till only the thunderbolt update remained (havent updated as I never used it). Sadly it hasnt solved the problems with cursor repsonse lag, video playback, and keyboard input lag under load. On this install I have performed:
Verify Disk Permissions Many were found so I performed Repair Disk Permissions
Verify Disk Came up with "Appears to be OK"
performed a Pram reset (CMD+option +P +R)Â
My main problem is that I live in europe nowadays (Poland to be precise) and cant go to a genius bar as they dont exist, and sadly the support is a tad behind the US standards and any minor repair will be at least a 4 week wait?
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MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.6.8)
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Core 2 Duo- Penryn 2.1GHz +
Matt option
Price: $1500
4Gb Ram
256 SSD
Faster Graphics Chip 9800 Nivdia
Geforce low-end GPU with Purevideo HD
Firewire
Wireless USB
Smaller footprint
Matte Screen
Higher Resolution Screen
3G network support
thin bezel
1440x900 OLED-backlit screen
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Bigger mouse button
Trackpoint
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Keyboard coated with nano-sized silver ion powder (like the Samsung X460)
30% lower density
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