3rd Party RAM Not Compatible with the Late 2008 Aluminum MacBooks?
The new MacBooks aren’t working well with 3rd party RAM. I tried Patriot DDR3 PC3-8500 1066Mhz RAM. Others have tried RAM from Crucial and OWC. Check out this thread at Apple’s discussion forums to keep up with the problem.
The good news is that the official Apple 4GB RAM seems to work fine AND they are charging a very agreeable $150 (after buying back the original 2GB the MacBook comes with).
Hopefully, a firmware update will come along to resolve the issue.
Upgrading the new (late 2008) MacBook
I installed new RAM and a new hard drive in my late 2008 MacBook.
The RAM didn’t work. Based on the responses to my post on the Apple discussion board, the new MacBooks are extremely finicky about their RAM. PC3-8500 DDR3 1066 Mhz may not be the only qualifications required…
The hard drive did/does work. It’s a Western Digital Scorpio Black 7200 RPM 320GB drive. The installation steps in the MacBook owners manual are incomplete, though. You’ll NEED a #0 phillips and a Torx T6.
GOOG 411 for Addresses in the Apple Carputer
In the upcoming Apple Carputer / Car PC, I hope the gps guidance system is as easy to use for finding addresses as Goog411 is for finding phone numbers.
Maybe if I keep talking about it as if it’s definitely going to be released, It will actually happen.
More on the Apple Carputer
Oppenheimer said: “We are working to develop new products that contain technologies that our competition will not be able to match. I cannot discuss these new products, but we are very confident in our product pipeline.”
I think that Apple can beat the competition so well because a) it builds the hardware and the software, b) it’s OS (OS X) has an unprecedented level of scalability in footprint, UI stretchability and power usage, c) the developer community supporting Apple is notoriously agile and loyal.
Yes, the tablet that people have been predicting for years will be fantastic when it arrives and I’ll certainly buy one, but the carputer could also be a huge win. Podcasts, Tivo for your radio, better and more integrated (with your macbook, phone and web) navigation, voice notes, etc… would be a good start. Wait ’till the App Store comes, though!!
Apple and the Carputer
Prediction: One of the new products from Apple over the next 2 years (maybe even their latest hint about a future product transition), will be a car pc.
My recent move bumped my commute from 5 minutes to 45 minutes and there are dozens of ways a carputer built right could make that time more productive and enjoyable (without risking anyone’s safety).
John Tokash 