Installing one 2 GB ram memory....Can I?

Hello everyone...
I just bought a 2 GB DDR2 SODIMM 667 for my MacBook Pro and when I was reading the instructions about how to install more memory in the laptop I noticed that it says " The maximum amount of memory you can install in your MacBook Pro is 2 GB, using 1 GB DIMMs in both memory slots", does this mean that I can not install "ONE" 2 GB memory in one of the slots and have 2.256 GB of RAM in total?
Please help... My MacBook Pro is from the very first batch when they came out...1.83 GHz Intel Core Duo...512 MB 667 MHZ RAM....Thanks in advance...

Actually, your MBP came with a single 512 MB stick and an empty slot (specifications are here), not 2 x 256 MB. So, you can install a single 1 GB stick for a total of 1.5 GB (or 2 x 1 GB sticks, and remove the 512 MB stick for use as a coaster or something ). 2 GB is the maximum your MBP can support.
You may read lots about "matched pairs" of RAM. What that means is that there's a very slight benefit by having 2 RAM sticks +of the same size+. However, the benefit from more RAM is much greater than the matched pairing. In other words, if you have 1 GB of total memory, having 2 x 512 MB sticks is very slightly better than having a single 1 GB stick and an empty slot. But having 1.5 GB (not matched) is substantially better than having 1 GB total, paired or not.
Hope this helps...

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