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Can new MacBooks handle more than 4GB of RAM?

by Jake Gaecke on Oct 19, 2008 at 06:14 PM

New MacBooks might be able to handle more RAM than Apple says they canWant more than 4GB or RAM in your new Apple notebook? There might be hope for you after all. 9to5Mac seems to think that Apple is lying to you when they say the machines top out at 4GB.

The article cites that Mac Mini owners are able to use 4GB or RAM when the stated limit is 2GB. So, apparently, RAM limits are not always set based on physical limitations.

This is just a rumor, but 9to5Mac seems to think that the NVIDIA 9400M chipset should be able to handle more than 4GB of RAM, even though it’s 32-bit. Their reasoning stems from the fact that the equivalent chipset for desktops, the 9300, is also 32-bit and tops out at 8GB, not 4GB.

I personally would love to test this rumor out, if 4GB DDR3 sticks weren’t so expensive that is. If you have the resources to test this out, definitely let us know in the comments.

Read [9to5Mac]

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