In mid 2009, I bought a new all metal 13″ Macbook model, (just like the 2010 Macbook Pro 13″ model). It came with 2GB of RAM, an Intel Core 2 Duo 2.4ghz CPU, and a 250GB sata hard drive. I use my Macbook about 99% of the time, for everything from email, downloading pictures from our Nikon D5000 DSLR camera, to writing posts for this website and others.
Since RAM is the heart of any computer system, I’ve been wanting to upgrade to 4GB for a while. Mac laptops have the smallest phillips head screws that I have ever seen. None of the screwdrivers that I had would work, but I found a small set at Lowe’s the day after Thanksgiving for less than $5. Before I ordered the RAM, I did a trial run of taking the screws out of the back of the laptop to get to the memory slots. While I was there, I cleaned the fan with some compressed air. I got everything back together and fired up the laptop to make sure that everything still worked.
After searching the Internet for the best deal on the RAM, I ordered it from Buy.com, (see the link on the right side of this blog), as they not only had the lowest price, but also FREE shipping. The RAM arrived in a week, and I disassembled the notebook as I had done in the trial run. In less than 10 minutes, I had the RAM installed and was back up and running. The Macbook now runs faster and smoother than ever before. As I’ve said before, extra RAM is the cheapest upgrade that you can do to any computer. For less than $50, I was able to double the amount of RAM in this Macbook, and make it work as a viable computer longer.