RAM for classic iBook

Charles Martin chasm at mac.com
Thu Apr 24 01:17:41 PDT 2003


> From: David Crump <davecrump at mac.com>
>
> My questions:
> a) why are there both PC100 and PC133 RAM listed?  Can both be used in
> my iBook?

Yes.

> b) Is the "Low Power" RAM really worth that much more?  Does it help
> battery life that much?  Any experiences with it?

Reports here indicate that it's worth the extra money IF you run your 
machine off the battery most of the time. I have no direct experience 
with this.

> P.S.  I bought my 256 MB chip from 1-800-4MEMORY, and have no
> complaints, except that their website doesn't seem to think that my
> iBook can take 512MB.  Too bad, because their prices are cheaper on the
> 256MB sticks.

Sure they do: 
http://www.18004memory.com/category.asp?catid=9&subcatid=902

_Chas_
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