I have a Mac Book, Can I increase the RAM to 3GB if 2GB is recommended?

I have a Macbook with the following:
Hardware Overview:
  Model Name:          MacBook
  Model Identifier:          MacBook2,1
  Processor Name:          Intel Core 2 Duo
  Processor Speed:          2.16 GHz
  Number Of Processors:          1
  Total Number Of Cores:          2
  L2 Cache:          4 MB
  Memory:          1 GB
  Bus Speed:          667 MHz
  Boot ROM Version:          MB21.00A5.B07
  SMC Version (system):          1.17f0
An individual on this forum has a similar Mac Book with the following:
2.16GHz Black MacBook
3gbRAM with
Windows XP on a
32gb Boot Camp partition,
Mac OS X (10.6.7),
Mid 2007(2,1),
which information I copy and pasted from this forum reply.  Does anyone see any issues with obtaining more than the 2GB I believe is what is recommended?
Any input would be appreciated.
Tq1

Yes, it will work.
http://www.everymac.com/systems/apple/macbook/stats/macbook-core-2-duo-2.16-whit e-13-mid-2007-specs.html
http://www.everymac.com/systems/apple/macbook/stats/macbook-core-2-duo-2.16-blac k-13-mid-2007-specs.html
I put 4 GB in my white 2.16 GB MacBook, and the System Profiler recognizes the full 4 GB (although whether it actually utilizes it, I can't say).
This is the kit I used in mine:
http://eshop.macsales.com/item/Other%20World%20Computing/5300DDR2S4GP/
OWC says there is actually a benefit to adding the full 4 GB.
Note: Although limited to physically utilizing a maximum of 3GB, there is a performance benefit due to 128 Bit addressing when 4GB( 2GB x 2 Matched set) is installed.
http://eshop.macsales.com/shop/memory/MacBook/DDR2/

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