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I would like to upgrade an older MacBook Core Duo from 512 MB to 1.5 GB of memory using memory from my old MacBook Pro. Two questions: 1. Can MacBook take MacBook Pro memory? The speed of the memory appears the same. 2. Can the MacBook have an unbalanced memory allotment? I.e., 1 GB in one...

I want to see if my laptop is faster after upgrading it. Can someone recommend a benchmarking utility? THanks!

Thanks; this is useful. I just loaded Parallels/XP/Chrome and I am amazed by the slow-down and the low free meg. I am slightly skeptical though that upgrading to 4 GB will help much on pre-2007 laptops. Will report if something amazing happens.

I am replacing a 5400 rpm 8MB cache with a 7200 rpm 16MB cache drive. I was curious whether perceptible speed improvement is more due to rpm speed or the size of the drive cache? Any ideas?

Thanks for the info! Given that memory is incredibly cheap I am going to try it. I purchased so-called "optimized" memory from OWC and I intend to remove all my current memory and put in 2 x 2GB upgrades. (I can resale the original memory). About $40. I am curious whether I will notice a speed...

I have an late 2006 MacBook Pro 2.16 with 3 GB of memory. Is there a performance gain when going from 3 GB to 4 GB? I often run Parallels 3/XP while running Safari, Mail, NoteBook. Thanks!

Help! Suddenly, Safari or Webkit or Twitterific cannot load any webpages. It reports that the host can't be found. However, when I go to Google Reader it DOES give me a login page but when I enter in my correct userid and password it then gives me the webpage can't be found. Firefox, however...

Is it possible to have a Sidebar of bookmarks (not tabs) in Safari as in Firefox? I've tried SafariStand and this just puts tabs/thumbnails into a sidebar. Thanks for any help!

Simbalala: Is there some app that will download nightlies for Minefield and another app that will download the latest webkit? Automatically? Thanks.

I am using Minefield which is the "pre-beta" version of FireFox 3.1 and it seems more responsive than Safari 3.1 and Stainless and Cruz. I was wondering if anyone has any opinions on it compared to the new browsers coming out.

One someone confirm that you CAN sync iCal and gCal without a third-party add-on but the sync-ing will not work on subcalendars. Just one calendar. Is this correct? I am still having trouble getting it to sync more than one calendar. If anyone can sync more than one iCal calendar, can they email...

Hi! I have a Samsung M300 cellphone and was disappointed to learn that it is not supported by iSync for address book, calendar syncing. I checked several add on utilities like BitPIM, BluePhone Elite, Nova Media iSync plugins and none seem to support this phone. Should I give up hope of...

I searched for the answer to this question but could not find anything on Leopard. Question: Can Leopard DVD player play REGION 2 (UK) videos? Can VLC play Region 2 dvds? Thanks!

My wife's MacBook hard drive crashed and, despite, my frequent reminders, she had no back up. I am searching for a backup strategy for her that she can't ignore. Is anyone happy with Time Capsule for scheduled back up use? I searched these forums and noted several problems but perhaps most...

Apple supplied memory but out of warranty on MacBook. I'll try each chip separately. If one works and one fails I will assume I should get new chips from a Third Party unless Apple will cover it.

Thanks! Yes I tried this for both chips and they seem firmly in. I also tried to test the memory (Rembr) but could only test 250MB of free memory. No problems. Can you suggest anything else I should do before buying new memory? Thanks again.

Update: I went to System Profiler and clicked on Diagnostic and got this: "Power On Self-Test: Last Run: 8/25/08 7:31 PM Result: Failed Failure type: Memory Memory slots: DIMM0/BANK 0, DIMM1/BANK 1" Does this mean that I likely have a memory problem?

My wife's MacBook no longer recognizes its built-in hard drive. When I do a cold restart it simply gives a folder icon with a question mark. I can boot into an external disk drive (10.5) but Disk Utility and the demo version of Drive Genius does not recognize any internal hard drive. Any...

I am having the same problem. Did you ever find a solution to this?

I've just started to resume using my ScanSnap S500M in Leopard. I've made sure I installed the latest driver from Fujisitu. When I start the ScanSnap Manager there is a red slash through it and the About box does not indicate that my scanner is recognized (it is on and the cables are firmly...