I'd be surprised if they worked - notebook RAM is usually different to desktop RAM in my experience.
I'd go to www.crucial.com/uk - they sell memory there - and type in the details of your father's Mac. Then get it to search for the right memory. You may be able to compare the photo of the memory there with what you've got in your drawer. You may also be surprised how cheap memory is to buy new (when it's not from Apple!). cheers Rob ----------------- Rob Beattie Freelance writer and book author www.robbeattie.com 07769 902820 Twitter: @robbeattie On 9 August 2011 07:12, mac98aop <[email protected]> wrote: > Smuggers > > I help my father with all his Apple input, but to do so I often need > help from those more helpful than me! > > He has a 4 year old iMac and wants to upgrade to Lion. It IS Intel > Core 2 Duo, but only 1GB of Ram, so... > > 1. I have two 1GB sticks of DDR3 Ram from an old MacBook sat in a > drawer. Will one of those work for him? What's the worse that could > happen if I tried and it wasn't right? > > I'd/he'd be so grateful if someone could confirm either way. He's more > than happy to buy a new stick if needed, but freecycling and all that! > > Thanks > > Adam > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Sussex Mac User Group" group. > To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/smug?hl=en-GB. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Sussex Mac User Group" group. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/smug?hl=en-GB.
