[P1] Clamshell Memory Part 2

[Bill Lockhart]

On Thursday, January 23, 2003, at 10:13  PM, Joel Troyer wrote:

> I asked a question a week or so ago about upping my clamshell (300mz) 
> memory higher than the stated 256 sodimm in the top slot.  Seemed to 
> draw allot of interest.  Lots of replies, with most feeling it would 
> work with the latest firmware update.  That's all I needed to here.
>
> I purchased a used 512mb sodimm off Ebay for about $80 and stuck it 
> in. (I already had the latest firmware.)  Poof, works fine.  Shows I 
> have 544mb of Ram.  OSX (which barely ran on this clamshell) purrs 
> along just fine.  The only "real" test I can do to see if there truly 
> is a speed increase is to time functions in Photoshop.  Saving, 
> sizing, sharpening and all manipulations are noticeably faster now 
> then when I had the 256mb dimm in.
>
> Anyhow, for what it's worth, adding the 512mb sodimm made a noticeable 
> difference for me.
>
> Thanks to all that replied.
>

its nice to hear that the older iBooks can use the bigger memory.
have you noticed any difference in the battery life?

Bill