Q: MacBook 5.1......is it worth updating/upgrading ?
Hi all,
I am new to apple products other than iphones so when explaining anything to me I do not mind at all if you pretend you are teaching a small child.
Up until recently I only ever had PC's. My laptop recently totally gave up on me so my sister was kind enough to donate me her MacBook 5.1
One of the problems I faced was I could not use iTunes due to the operating system being too old and was lead to believe the operating system could not be updated. Which to be honest I could live with, beggars cant be choosers and I was happy to be able to browse the next and use word excel etc.
So a couple of days ago, I discovered actually I can update the OS, by purchasing Snow Leopard and then once installing that I could then further upgrade from there, brilliant I thought. Also somewhere I have read I can run a maximum of 4GB RAM and other places I have read I can run 8GB of RAM.
So I guess what I would really like to know from anyone with any experience is that, what is the maximum amount of RAM I can install ? Also if I were to purchase Snow Leopard and then do the further OS upgrades how far can I upgrade to. And most of all I would like to know if it is actually worth me doing any of this ? Or shall I just be content with what I have, is the money spent updating OS and RAM worth the end results for a laptop that was produced in 2008 ?
Below I have copied and pasted the Hardware Overview and System Software Overview, I left out the serial number and Hardware UUID I didnt think they were relevant.
I look forward to any advice.
Thank you
Hardware Overview:
Model Name: MacBook
Model Identifier: MacBook5,1
Processor Name: Intel Core 2 Duo
Processor Speed: 2.4 GHz
Number Of Processors: 1
Total Number Of Cores: 2
L2 Cache: 3 MB
Memory: 2 GB
Bus Speed: 1.07 GHz
Boot ROM Version: MB51.007D.B03
SMC Version (system): 1.40f2
System Software Overview:
System Version: Mac OS X 10.5.8 (9L31a)
Kernel Version: Darwin 9.8.0
Boot Volume: Macintosh HD
Boot Mode: Normal
MacBook, Mac OS X (10.5.8)
Posted on Oct 22, 2014 1:23 PM