Is 3GB RAM ok?

In the online store, only the following options are offered for the iMac:
1GB 667MHz DDR2 SDRAM - 1x1GB
2GB 667MHz DDR2 SDRAM - 2x1GB [Add $150]
4GB 667MHz DDR2 SDRAM - 2x2GB [Add $850]
Is there anything wrong with doing a total of 3GB - 1x1GB + 1x2GB RAM?
doug

Some people say its recommended because they give you dual channel memory (or something like that) which basically means slightly faster/enhanced memory - I think. But 3 GB is more than enough and will work with your iMac.
As I said before, go for Crucial.

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already read the threads about memory limitations,
the snow leopard limitation has not been withdrawn, and the Mac OS Lion restriction will be removed? or not?

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may I ask if there is a way to boot with 3GB RAM, so to use the the 1GB that it won't be able to see as ramdisk?
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No programs open, but 3GB RAM in use?

I'm running into some problems with the amount of free RAM I have available to me, and it's causing serious performance problems.
I have a new 2011 MBP and I just ran into a situation where I ran out of RAM and the computer became extremely sluggish. I had 1 Safari window open and XCode open, editing a very small project. Between these two programs I was using about 600MB of my total 4GB of RAM. Even though I was only using 600MB of RAM on actual programs, Activity Monitor reported I was out of Memory, and did not say that any programs were using all my memory, only that it was gone.
I decided to quit all open programs, but the problem did not go away. Sitting there with no open programs, my computer was using 3GB of its total 4GB of RAM in either wired or active state, and another 750MB in inactive state. I seem to be entirely unable to reclaim that 750MB even when using the "purge" command in Terminal. Activity monitor claims that kernel_task is using 300MB right now, but doesn't list any other programs using significant amounts of memory, yet I only have 400MB of my 4GB available as "free" memory.
If this were only a reporting error from Activity Monitor, and the RAM really was free and it was just reported incorrectly, then that would be fine. But the computer behaves as if it's constantly out of memory. Also, rebooting isn't a great solution because this happens to me all the time, even after reboots. It only solves the problem for a few minutes.
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I have a legitimate concern with the 24" iMac and wanted to know if anyone else thinks it's an issue. Read Apple's tech note on late model 2006 iMacs including the new 24" model.
http://developer.apple.com/documentation/HardwareDrivers/Conceptual/HWTechRAM/Articles/RAM_implementation.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/TP40003899-DontLinkElem entID5
In order to use RAM in an interleaved fashion it states you must use matched pairs. Meaning same size and type. SO.....if the new iMacs will take a 2GB SO-DIMM then why won't it register 4GB total? You can configure your new iMac with 3GB of RAM but it won't be interleaved. On top of that 2GB SO-DIMMs are super expensive in the +$700 range. More then MacPro's FB-DIMMs.
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b) do you feel that the extra 1GB was worthwhile paying for in terms of performance under programs such as photoshop CS2 etc.
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Yes, I received my 15-incher with 3gb of RAM and 160gb HD. I ordered about an hour after the store came back up with the updated specs on 10/24, it shipped late on 10/26, and I received it on 10/30.
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3gb ram in MBP

Has anyone upgraded their mbp to 3gb? I just got one a couple days ago and am trying to decide on a ram upgrade. Yes I will be using cs3 and some 3d programs. Is it worth the 200+dollars?

if you can afford to throw money around, then you could go for 2x2GB in the knowledge that you won't get more than 3.2GB of actual addressable RAM. but, you'll theoretically maintain a whisker of increased memory speed over the 3GB config.. which you'll most likely never notice even if you ran benchmarks.
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