[P1] memory question

[Joost van de Griek]

On 2003-05-21 06:33, leigh wrote:

> On Tuesday, May 20, 2003, at 3:05 PM, Shahara9 at aol.com wrote:
> 
>> I presently have an icebook, two years old, and am eventually going to
>> purchase either another 12" iBook, or perhaps a Powerbook, and am wondering
>> if my extra 128 MB DIMM1/J12 SDRAM in this laptop can be used in either of
>> the newer laptops.  Are the batteries similar?  I doubt between iBook and
>> Powerbook, but older and new iBooks ?
> 
> A current iBook should be able to use the RAM in your current iBook.

Unless it's a 500 MHz model, they use PC-66 RAM. Although they *can* use
PC-100, too, so you might be lucky and be able to recycle the RAM in a
PC-100 (600, 700, 800 or 900 MHz models).

> The 15" TiBook should also be able to use that RAM.

Same as above applies, with a twist; newer TiBooks have a 133 MHz bus, so
they need PC-133 RAM.

> However, the new PowerBooks (12", 17") use DDR RAM, not SDRAM -- so
> it's completely incompatible.

Correct.

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