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iMac upgrade

Hi I would like to upgrade my 2008 8,1 2.66ghz i believe this model can be upgraded to at total of 4gb of ram

Is that correct? If so what are the best make of boards to buy and where from. I want to install and run adobe photoshop 10 which needs 4gb of ram and I currently only 2gb

iMac, Mac OS X (10.5.2)

Posted on Apr 15, 2013 11:31 AM

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Kappy

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Apr 15, 2013 11:35 AM in response to Lyssian

Maximum Memory	6.0 GB (Actual) 4.0 GB (Apple)
Memory Slots	2 - 200-pin PC2-6400 (800MHz) DDR2 SO-DIMM

Above are your memory upgrade limits. It truly makes little difference what brand of memory you purchase, so buy from a reliable vendor and shop for price. I recommend DataMem or OWC.

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MichelPM

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Apr 15, 2013 11:44 AM in response to Lyssian

Your year and model iMac can take 6 GBs of RAM.

My advice...install the maximum RAM for best performance.

Here are the proper RAM specs.

6.0 GB (Actual) 4.0 GB (Apple)
Memory Slots	2 - 200-pin PC2-6400 (800MHz) DDR2 SO-DIMM

Purchase correct and reliable Mac RAM from online Mac RAM sources Crucial memory or OWC (macsales.com).

http://eshop.macsales.com/item/Other%20World%20Computing/6400DDR2S6GP/

Here's how to Install your new RAM.

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1423?viewlocale=en_US#2

Good Luck!

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Lyssian Author

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Apr 15, 2013 2:42 PM in response to MichelPM

That's great thanks Im not sure if I do this that I will be able to run photoshop 10 my iMac is osx 8.1 the software needs 10.6 through v10.8 but thanks for the help

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MichelPM

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Apr 15, 2013 3:37 PM in response to Lyssian

You keep stating Adobe Photoshop 10. There is no such thing. It is either Adobe Photoshop CS5 or CS6. If this is Adobe Photoshop Elements 10 you are referring to, then OS X 10.5.8 is the minimum OS X requirement.

See this link.

http://www.adobe.com/eeurope/products/photoshop-premiere-elements/tech-specs.htm l

If you are considering running the current Adobe Photoshop Elements 11 version, here are the OS X system requirements here.

http://www.adobe.com/products/photoshop-premiere-elements/tech-specs.html

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Lyssian Author

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Apr 16, 2013 1:03 PM in response to MichelPM

Typo it is actually 11 the spec is in the box that came with the software

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mende1

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Apr 16, 2013 1:15 PM in response to Lyssian

Your Mac can run Adobe Photoshop Elements 11, so you can install it

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Apr 16, 2013 1:50 PM in response to MichelPM

MichelPM wrote:

You keep stating Adobe Photoshop 10. There is no such thing.

Of course there is a Photoshop version 10, it is part of CS 3

CS refers to the marketing name given to the version of the Creative Suite of applications that Photoshop is a constituent. All Photoshop applications have a technical version number such as; Photoshop version 10 which is part of CS 3.

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