Re Safe to use macOS X replacement discs on macbook 4,1?bySBV?

1. Is it safe to use Mac OS X replacement discs on Macbook 4,1 (make sure is 4 1)? This macbook is like a child w/o parents.
2. Is it true this macbook 4 1 was upgrade to 6MG and that can be downloaded from apple? sbv.illi

1. If they are the gray install disks that came with the MacBook. The gray disks are specific to a machine. They only have the drivers and files for the machine that they came with. You have the operating system on disk one and iLife and additional software on disk 2.
Otherwise you'll need to use a retail disk.
Snow Leopard 10.6
or Leopard 10.5
2. The model 4.1 can use 6gb (not mb) of RAM. It's physical chips and not downloadable. http://eshop.macsales.com/shop/memory/MacBook/DDR2/
Here's instructions on replacing RAM http://homeoffice.consumerelectronicsnet.com/articles/viewarticle.jsp?id=44404
. To make sure which model you have go to the Apple in the upper left corner and select About This Mac, then click on More Info. When System Profiler comes up check the Model Identifier.
Here's specs on the model 4,1 http://www.everymac.com/systems/apple/macbook/stats/macbook-core-2-duo-2.1-white -13-early-2008-penryn-specs.html

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Here's the official response from Apple:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3226
When I worked at the Apple Store we used iKlear every night to wipe down displays on all the floor models as well as any machine in for service. The cleaning solution was never sprayed directly onto the display or any part of the machine, only into the microfiber cloth and then a gentle wipe down of the targeted area. The application of cleaning solution was minimal as well to the cloth to avoid the potential for causing any sort of harm or damage to the product.
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Last Friday I spilled a glass of water all over my MacBook Air's keyboard. I jumped up, tipped the laptop over to get as much water off as possible, and dried off the outside. I took it in to Apple immediately and was told it needed so many repairs, that it would cost more than the laptop itself. The guy who looked at my Air was able to turn it on, but the monitor was flickering and had horizontal lines. He took it apart and said the motherboard was fine, but I would need a new logic board, speakers, screen, etc. and said I should be able to get my files off onto an external hard drive. Since it was such a costly repair that I couldn't go for, I didn't get a list of everything that had to be replaced.
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