When is it time to buy a new laptop rather than upgrade existing?
My daughter has a Macbook with the following config:
Model Name: MacBook
Model Identifier: MacBook4,1
Processor Name: Intel Core 2 Duo
Processor Speed: 2.1 GHz
Number Of Processors: 1
Total Number Of Cores: 2
L2 Cache: 3 MB
Memory: 2 GB
Bus Speed: 800 MHz
Boot ROM Version: MB41.00C1.B00
SMC Version (system): 1.31f1
We have upgraded hard drive, etc, but her system is gumming up. When is it time to buy new rather than refresh/upgrade??
Thanks!!
You can still upgrade the RAM to 4GB (or even 6GB under some circumstances) http://www.everymac.com/systems/apple/macbook/stats/macbook-core-2-duo-2.4-white -13-early-2008-penryn-specs.html
But this doesn't help in general with slowness.
Have a read here http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1342 on how-to use the Activity Monitor to determine whether the MacBook is suffering from too low RAM.
Especially on the amount of page-outs which are the indication that you are short on RAM.
Since you already upgraded the harddisk I assume the MacBook don't suffer from too little free diskspace.
When buying a new macBook I would start with the Refurbished section on Apples Online Store.
Some great findings/savings there to make.
My two current Macs (iMac and Mac Pro) are refurbished ones.
Stefan
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