Q: Macbook (Mid 2010) 2.4 Ghz Core 2 Duo 2GB Upgrade Help
Hello.
After 5 years i've finally signed up to the forum and in need of help. I have the following Macbook:
Macbook 13inch (Mid-2010)
2.4 Ghz Intel Core 2 Duo
250GB SATA Disk
2GB 1067 MHz DDR3
OS X: 10.9.5
I started having performance issues over a year ago and after repairing the disk several times through disk utility I finally had to wipe the hard drive. Since then i've been managing and only using a very small amount of my hard drive. However for the past 6 months I've been having issues again with performance to a point when it became unbearable and where I couldn't make it to the log in screen on start up, thus having to reinstall OS X Mavericks twice through recovery mode. Yesterday it seemed that every time I would click to close an application or open a new window the spinning beach ball would appear. So I backed up all my data (not that I have much) and wiped the hard drive again.
Everything is running fine at the moment but I would like to make some upgrades rather than splashing out on a newer model. Firstly I know Apple state that the max RAM upgrade for this model is 4GB but actual is 8GB or even 16GB if using the right operating system. The main application I use is Microsoft Office and sometimes a sports trading programme but that is about it. How much memory would you recommend, would 16GB be too much? I'm aware OWC sell 16GB but i'm based in the UK and wondered if this from Global Memory would work http://www.amazon.co.uk/1066MHz-PC3-8500-204-PIN-MEMORY-MACBOOK/dp/B00EYNPLFI/re f=sr_1_1?s=computers&ie=UTF8&qid=1449955…
Secondly if I was to upgrade my hard drive what is the maximum size it can take and again how much would be necessary. Prior to deleting my hard drive yesterday I was only using a very small percentage of the available space.
Thanks in advance.
MacBook (13-inch Mid 2010), OS X Mavericks (10.9.5)
Posted on Dec 13, 2015 3:42 AM