Hey,

What would be the max MEMORY capacity for this type of Mac Book, i have read somewhere it is 2GB and somewhere else 4GB, has anyone got a definitive answer...

With the information provided I can not give you a clear answer. I would need to know when the model was released. You can look up the information on this website.

Cheers for the reply, i will post more info a bit later, i have given you a repo point !!!

heres the main prob tho:

MacBook - MacBook (Early 2008) - Technical Specifications - (only has early 2008) - got mine in NOV

then Apple goes onto the Aluminum Notebooks MacBook (13-inch, Aluminum, Late 2008) - Technical Specifications

Now, My Apple has the Intel Graphics Card, but is not EARLY its LATE 2008

The website you provided suggests that all MAC BOOKS early / late 2008 take 4GB, However, in the link above (from apple - early 2008) it states that the max is 2GB,

I really need to know what to do before buying 4GB of Ram.

The old ones could do 3 GB not 2. I had mine running with 3 and no problems. Only the new ones with new firmware can do 4GB.

My white MacBook with Model Identifier:
MacBook3,1
Intel Core 2 Duo, 2.2 GHz
can have 4GB Ram (that is 2 x 2 GB, DDR2 667)

MacBook model earlier than that can only use maximum 3GB Ram

Originally Posted by JayBird

Hey,

What would be the max MEMORY capacity for this type of Mac Book, i have read somewhere it is 2GB and somewhere else 4GB, has anyone got a definitive answer...

Your question cannot be answered without further clarification,... By maximum limit supported for memory for a MacBook, do you mean, hardware-wise or kernel-wise?

If you meant hardware-wise it's 4GB... since October 2007, if I recall correctly, Macbooks had a max capacity of 4GB (in 2x2GB configuration). This means that the hardware can handle the 4GB of memory without problems

BUT——

—that does not mean you get access to all 4 gigabytes... Because the 32-bit kernel cannot address more than 3.2GB (might be wrong) Leopard, as an OS, probably cannot address all 4GB. You'll have to wait for Snow Leopard for that (Mac OS X v10.6 is a 64bit OS)

(Sorry bout the mess, that's as simple as I can get on this matter)

just an update 4GB works a charm, However, XP via BootCamp -> Only sees 3GB MAX

Originally Posted by JayBird

just an update 4GB works a charm, However, XP via BootCamp -> Only sees 3GB MAX

XP 32 or 64?

XP 32-bit only supports up to 3 gigs. Actually 2.73 i think, which puts the rest of the ram into use trying to figure out what the extra ram needs to do. So unless you're 64-bit, you're only going to see 3 gigs or so max. It sucks, but that's windows for ya.