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Update memory in 2006 iMac...should I bother?

I'm not sure exactly which iMac I have..it says it's a 5,1 but that doesn't seem to fit the categories. It's intel, has a CD slot, and two 512 667MHz memory dealies.

So it seems pretty sluggish lately, even though I've transferred my photo library to my Time Machine backup ext. disk, and that did help.

So is it worth it to buy the max of memory, which is just 2gigs, I think? After 6 years am I heading for a demise anyway?

Any advice is welcome! Thanks.

iMac Snow Leopard, Mac OS X (10.6.6), iPad--the first one; born 12-10

Posted on Aug 2, 2012 7:50 PM

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Posted on Aug 2, 2012 8:49 PM

I think you would see a benefit from having 2GB of RAM. True it is fairly old, but these days RAM is quite cheap, so it is not a huge investment. Worth the bother definately.

I have 10.6 running with 2 GB and it works quite well.

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Aug 5, 2012 7:19 PM in response to Gail Zlatnik

It looks like you can go to and use the 3 Gig in a 2Gig and 1 Gig confuguration

What you may want to do also is go to Crucial.com and use their free memory scanner to get the exact model of the DIMMs you would need. Crucial is where I normally deal when buying memory for the computers I support. They have a lifetime warranty and on the one time I had to return a DIMM because the manufactuer of a PC not Apple, had a board that was rated for 4 gig but would not work with 4 in one particular MB, Crucial took it right back with no problem. Other than that instancxe I have never had to return a stick that was specified by their scanner. Also, Apples can be somewhat particular about RAM and Crucial has never given me trouble.

Update memory in 2006 iMac...should I bother?