Mid 2007 Macbook Ram

Why only up to 2gigs??
Anyone experimented around with more ram to the Mid 2007 Macbooks and Ram
let me know
thanks!

jtotin wrote:
Why only up to 2gigs??
Anyone experimented around with more ram to the Mid 2007 Macbooks and Ram
Yes this was done at OWC. You can see the different speeds achievable with the different RAM configurations at MacBook Memory Benchmark Test.

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ciao.

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