I have an iMac OS X 10.6.8 and looking to upgrade.

I have an iMac OS X 10.6.8 and looking to upgrade.
I don't know which upgrade I should get and would it all be the same price.
Please make it easy..;))
My iMac processor is 3.06 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
2GB 800 MHz DDR2 SDRAM

marie187 wrote:
Where can i find out what year my computer is.
There is a code from which we can look up the exact specs. Do "About this Mac..." from your Apple menu and, in the reslulting window, click the "More Info..." button. That launches System Profiler for you. The opening screen of Profiler in OS 10.6.8 looks like this:
[click image for a larger view if needed]
Note the SECOND line in the main pane under "Hardware Overview", "Model Identifier." There are numbers after "iMac." Post those numbers and we can look up the Model year as Apple sees it.
Do I keep the original?
If you have the model I think you do, you have two RAM slots and will have to remove the original RAM to make room for the new.
NOTE: Crucial.com does not recognize this computer's ability to use more RAM than the outdated Apple specs show (4GB). If you really want to go to the full 6GB it can handle with today's RAM modules, you have to look elsewhere like the previously referenced OWC ( http://eshop.macsales.com/shop/apple/memory/iMac ). For over  a decade, I've bought 95 percent of our Mac RAM (and we have 17 Macs in the family!) from OWC and have never received any RAM that did not work perfeclty.
OWC is a US company, but does ship to certain overseas addresses. If you are not in N. America, letting us know where you are may save you time looking. That's why Apple puts "Geographic Location" field in the user profile. Very handy when looking to order upgrades.

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