I installed both 4GB sticks, one in each slot, for a total of 8GB. Memory installation is simple, remove the battery, three P1 screws, and then use the little levers to remove the ram. Since I had them, there was nothing to lose.

Both of these being PC2-5300 (667mhz) memory, 200 pin SODIMM's.Īs noted above, I had a couple of sticks of Hynix PC2-6400S memory and decided to give those a try. I'd read, via several internet sites, that the A1181 could use 4GB with some later models reporting 6GB. This is first mostly because I already had the memory modules in my Dell Studio and decided to snag them for this effort. The first item on my upgrade list is to install more memory. If your budget is a bit more, track down more RAM and do both. If you have a limited budget, install the SSD. In my experience, the most improvement in performance is gained from an SSD upgrade with additional memory being second. I hadn't initially planned to do anything with the Macbook but since it was in such good shape and since it seemed perfectly usable even in today's world, I decided I ought to upgrade it a bit. I clocked it at just over one minute (60 seconds) to boot from chime to login. The most notable area needing improvement being startup time. It performed about as you'd expect for a 9 year old Macbook. Using the Macbook with Yosemite was an alright experience. There are tons of them under $100 and with another $100 in upgrades, you can have a machine capable of performing any modern day task including YouTube and Photoshop image processing. In my opinion, this is one of the best bang-for-the-buck MacBook's out there. No cracks, chips, discoloration and hardly any scuffs or scratches in the polycarbonate case.

This particular Macbook looked nearly new. The system included 4GB of memory and a 128GB 5400 RPM SATA hard drive. For $84, I got one of the last A1158 models made an early-2009 A1158 with a 2.0 ghz Intel Core2Duo processor, Nvidia Geforce 9400M graphics and running OSX Yosemite. Recently, I found a good deal on a white Macbook A1158 (mid-2009) on eBay and snagged it.

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