IMac :: 27" I5 (late 2010) RAM Upgrade?
Nov 14, 2010
I've got a 27" imac i5, with 4 RAM slots. I do actually have 2x2Gb installed, but that's not enough to run windows 7 smoothly with Parallels.
I would like to upgrade the RAM. Can I buy 1x4Gb now, and add another 1x4Gb later? (short on money at the moment...)
The two original modules are installed in BANK 0/DIMM0 and BANK 1/DIMM0. Should I install the new module in any free slot available?
Another question: is this memory fine?
PATRIOT SODIMM DDR3 4GB(1X4GB)1333Mhz MacCompliant
I read some topics about ram upgrade, but it's not clear wether you can add one single module...melagodo
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May 15, 2012
I have a 13" MBP (late 2010) with a 320Gb HD. I would like to upgrade to a 512Gb SSD.
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MacBookPro, 13", 2.66GHz Intel 2 Duo
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Jun 22, 2012
I have a late 2010 Macbook Air, 13 inch, with the 126 gb hard drive. I was curious if there was a way to upgrade the hard drive at all. I know this isn't "officially" suported, but I've seen some compines online that claim to do it.
I haven't priced out the SSD drives or anything, so I'm not even sure if it's cost effective to upgrade.Â
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MacBook Air, Mac OS X (10.6.8)
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Aug 7, 2010
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Oct 23, 2010
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Does it make any sense to consider swapping my computer for a late 2010 i7 refurb (+ $200) so that I have an upgrade path to SSD in the future?
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Aug 7, 2010
finally, I decided to get a new 21.5 iMac.and I want to upgrade it to a 2GBx4 memory but i don't know what kind of memory i need.How about the "Kingston 2GB 1333MHz DDR3 Non-ECC CL9 SODIMM KVR1333D3S9/2G"?
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it is possible to upgrade memory on iMac 24-inch Late 2006 up to 8 GB from 3 GB
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iMac, Mac OS X (10.7.3)
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Nov 5, 2010
Currently have 4GB of ram in the iMac.
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The iMac is a i3 3.2GHZ
I play SC2 and TF2 in OSX and Win7.
I can get this [URL]
so i'll keep the 2 x 2GB already in the machine and just add another 2 x 2GB sticks for �50
Or am I wasting my money ?
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Apr 22, 2012
I've got an iMac 27" late 2009 with these: Processor 2.66 GHz Intel Core i5 Memory 4 GB 1067 MHz DDR3Â Graphics ATI Radeon HD 4850 512 MB and I would like to upgrade my "ATI Radeon HD 4850 512 MB" to something higher with 2 GB. My question is: is it possible? Like taking off the screen and display and replacing the old video card with a new one without any issues?
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Oct 28, 2010
I'm planning to get a 13' refurbished MBA (Late 2010). Getting the stock model wouldn't be an issue, but if i wanted one with a 4GB RAM, is it possible to get one? SInce the RAM is soldered onto the board and upgrade is not an option.
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May 26, 2012
I'm so worried. I turned off my MBP as usual yesterday and when I tried to turned it on today I get a white screen with the Apple Sign and a loading bar which never ends up loading. Nothing like this has ever happened and I haven't made any hardware or software modifications on my MBP. I thought the days of my computer crashing were behind once I switched to Apple. Ugh I don't/can't afford to lose all my files. I also tried booting from the OS X disk and trying to repair the disk but it tells me it can't be done.
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Apr 21, 2010
I have a late 2009 MBP 13". Can I put the new 2010 MBP's battery in my MBP?
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Jun 10, 2012
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Reset the SMC
Tryed Safe ModeÂ
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Is that a know issue? Does apple offer an extra warranty period on this issue because it seems to be a comon issue on this machine.Â
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MacBook Air, Mac OS X (10.7.4)
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Nov 30, 2014
I returned from a trip during which I used my MacBook Air (Late 2010) constantly. Upon leaving the hotel I closed the computer and put it into my carrier and did not open it until arriving at home later that day. There was moisture on the keyboard and screen at the corresponding position in an area about the size of a 50¢ piece, I cleaned that up and turned the machine on and it booted up and then created. Several times it would turn off and on a few times without any input from me. At times it will boot up like all is well but with any keystroke it crashes to a black screen. If I had to guess, I'd say the HD is toast. It was replaced under warranty once already. The moisture is a complete mystery.
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MacBook Air, OS X Yosemite (10.10)
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Apr 7, 2012
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iMac, Mac OS X (10.7.3)
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May 2, 2012
My Macbook pro's keyboard is acting abnormal. They are not as bright as they should be, some are brighter than the others.Already tried to resetting the SMC setting. No luck at all.Â
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MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.2)
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May 10, 2012
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iMac (27-inch Mid 2010)
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Oct 23, 2010
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I will keep an updated list of games people have requested to see benchmarked here in this first post. All you have to do is pick a game (preferably one you already own) and benchmark it! You can add your benchmark to this thread and again i will direct link to your benchmark in this first post. Useful and awesome eh? Games can be mac or boot camp just so long as you let us know which you are trying out! I'll get us started on a list but request away.
Games awaiting benchmark:
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- Dragon Age
- Mass Effect 2
- Half Life 2
- Left 4 Dead 2
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Benchmarked Games
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Mar 10, 2012
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MacBook Air (11-inch Late 2010), Mac OS X (10.7.3)
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MacBook Air (11-inch Late 2010)
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Nov 15, 2009
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Oct 30, 2010
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Oct 28, 2009
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Apr 5, 2012
Is it possible to upgrade the ram in a late 2011 macbook air?
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Jun 2, 2010
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Aug 5, 2010
I've been following many threads on Mac Rumors for a while and thought I finally post something (hopefully) useful for others and in hopes that I can get a meaningful answer. So please don't flame me if this may be a newbie question... here I go:
So I have a MacBook Pro 2.2 Ghz Late 2007 computer, equipped with a 500GB WD Scorpio Blue HD and 4Gb of RAM. What I do with this computer primarily is graphic design and editing (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Final Cut Pro, etc...) and some amature music production (Reason, Garageband, Djay...)
I've followed the 6gb/8gb RAM upgrade forum for a long while for Mac products and finally bought myself a 6GB upgrade kit from Other World Computing. My package arrived today, and I hate to admit but I'm afraid to upgrade the RAM because of the slight hit/miss ratio I heard about using it. It's usually a good thing to upgrade to something higher I know, but I read that even if I did upgrade, I would only be using about 3GB worth of memory on it and not the full 6GB. Plus, I would lose the dual channel architecture doing this... if that did make a big difference to my heavy use of RAM.
Just today I learned about ExpressCard SSD's and how they can act like a separate HD in themselves. I'm highly interested in a very economical 64GB ExpressCard I researched. They're super fast and sound like a better alternative to RAM upgrading, especially if I can only use a max of approx. 3GB of RAM on my model computer.
So after all of my gibbering and jabber, here's the question:
From your experienced perspective, what's a better option for me to take...
1) Use the 6GB RAM upgrade?
2) Buy an ExpressCard SSD and use memory intensive programs on that?
3) Use the 6GB RAM and buy the ExpressCard SSD together?
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Apr 4, 2012
I Have a late 2007 (nov) mac book and was wondering what the best type of RAM ungrade would be for my labtop. I believe I read I can put a 4 GB upgrade in.
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