Hi Sean How old is your wife's MacBook? Anything before late 2006 or early 2007 will not run Lion.
I think any of the MacBooks made after 2008 can hold up to 4GB of RAM. Your MBP should be able to take up to 8 GB. You might want to try Other World Computing for RAM. You can find them at: http://eshop.macsales.com/shop/apple/memory/ TC :) James On 27 Jul 2011, at 11:46, Sean Murphy wrote: > HI all. > > My wife has an old Macbook and we are planning to upgrade it to Lion. What > memory does the Macbook use? > > In fact, I might even upgrade my Macbook Pro laptop from 4gb to 8gb. I would > have to find out the memory used to upgrade it. I am not even sure the > maximum for both of these laptops. > > Any assistance is welcomed. > On 27/07/2011, at 8:26 PM, Chris Moore wrote: > > > Sean >> I have just upgraded my Macbook Pro and iMac from 2gb to 4GB and yes it does >> make a difference. VM Fusion runs better too. I got my memory from >> www.crucial.com, bargain. >> >> On 27 Jul 2011, at 10:17, Dane Trethowan wrote: >> >>> Hi! >>> >>> Just curious, I have 2GB of memory in both iMac and Macbook. I notice that >>> 2GB is the minimum memory requirement for OSX Lion so I'm wondering is it >>> worth the bother upgrading from 2 to 4GB and if so will I notice any >>> performance increase? >>> >>> >>> <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> >>> >>> To reply to this post, please address your message to >>> [email protected] >>> >>> You can find a monthly formatted archive of all messages posted to the >>> Mac-Access forum at the following URL: >>> <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html> >>> >>> The Mac-Access mailing list is guaranteed malware, spyware, Trojan, virus >>> and worm-free! >>> >>> Please remember to update your membership options periodically by visiting >>> the list website at: >>> <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/> >> >> <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> >> >> To reply to this post, please address your message to >> [email protected] >> >> You can find a monthly formatted archive of all messages posted to the >> Mac-Access forum at the following URL: >> <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html> >> >> The Mac-Access mailing list is guaranteed malware, spyware, Trojan, virus >> and worm-free! >> >> Please remember to update your membership options periodically by visiting >> the list website at: >> <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/> > > <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> > > To reply to this post, please address your message to > [email protected] > > You can find a monthly formatted archive of all messages posted to the > Mac-Access forum at the following URL: > <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html> > > The Mac-Access mailing list is guaranteed malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and > worm-free! > > Please remember to update your membership options periodically by visiting > the list website at: > <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/> <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> To reply to this post, please address your message to [email protected] You can find a monthly formatted archive of all messages posted to the Mac-Access forum at the following URL: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html> The Mac-Access mailing list is guaranteed malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and worm-free! Please remember to update your membership options periodically by visiting the list website at: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/>
