ibook ram question and advice

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ibook ram question and advice

I'm considering buying a 366mhz clamshell ibook (not ibook se), and was total ram capability. Apple spec sheets list the ibook's max ram as 320mb (64 on the mobo plus a 256 chip). OWC, however, shows a 512mb chip to be compatible, which would bring max tam to 576mb. Anyone know whether the ibook will actually recognize a 512mb chip? Anyone tried it? I think that would make the clamshell viable for a few years into the future as a reasonably competent machine, and I'd be a little more apt to jump on this.

Well, here's the deal, it's a 366mhz clamshell that's basically stock (64mb, 10gb). There's a couple problems--some stuck pixels, an undiagnosed problem with the CD drive (I should find out more about this later), and one missing key on the keyboard. I think we've worked the price out to $200. Good deal? Bad deal? Anyone had experience with the 366mhz model? Does it run well with OSX? I'm not sure what the difference between the powerpc 750 and powerpc 750cx chips is either (the ibook SE 366--the graphite one--has the 750 chip, while the 366 (indigo/lime) and the later ibooks (including the dual usb models) have the cx chip. Any clues? Any help on this would be appreciate, as I'm hemming and hawing over this a bit.

All the best,
Tom

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idiocy

So the first sentence is supposed to be "I was wondering what the total ram capability was. Thanks Wink

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If it helps, most machines th

If it helps, most machines that Apple releases have a lower "official" memory ceiling than they'll actually take; for example the 933MHz iBooks say they'll only take 768MB or so of RAM (from the internal 256 + 512) but at that point in time, there were no 1GB DIMMs (which there are now, bringing the actual total memory capacity at this time to 1.25GB).

Best of luck; the clamshell/"handbag" iBooks are invincible!

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been there, done that

512MB sdram sodims will work in any iBook.

$200 seems a little high for that ibook with a bunch of problems, but if your budget is tight that may be a way to get into a clamshell affordably. Do an eBay completed-items search for current values.

Dan K

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