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All Reviews | More Computer Hardware Reviews Other World Computing 2GB Apple MacBook SODIMM DDR2 RAM Kit ReviewDate: 2007-09-21 Reviewed by: Shane McGlaun Manufacturer: Other World Computing
Specifications Benchmarks & Testing The MacBook I am testing the memory on is an Intel Core 2 Duo 2GHz system. With all my benchmarking applications running on Windows, only I opted to benchmark with Windows Vista Ultimate thanks to Boot Camp. The Windows Vista Experience rating for the OWC RAM modules was 4.5. For other benchmarks, I used Sandra XII’s memory latency, cache and memory, and memory bandwidth tests. The first test up was the Memory latency benchmark. This benchmark showed a random access speed of 191ns with a speed factor of 52.6o. The linear access time was 30ns with a speed factor of 8.0. Next test up was the cache and memory benchmark, which showed a cache and memory bandwidth of 8937 MB/s and a speed factor of 23.60. The final benchmark that I ran was the memory bandwidth test with Sandra XII. The Int Buff’d iSSE2 memory bandwidth was 2503 MB/s and the float buff’d d iSSE2 memory bandwidth was 2580 MB/s. Synthetic benchmarks don’t mean as much to most users as real world use does. In Windows Vista, I could tell with the 2GB of RAM onboard that my programs and applications launched much faster. With 1GB of RAM, that the MacBook shipped with installed it seemed to take forever for Outlook 2007 to launch. I can also have more browser windows and applications open at once without having the notebook slow down. In OS X, I use VMware Fusion to run Tiger and Vista at the same time because I prefer to use Outlook 2007 for my email. With 1GB of RAM installed in the system Vista was as slow as a person filing taxes that knows he has to pay in. With VMware splitting the amount of RAM between Tiger and Vista, things just weren’t smooth. It took a good 15 seconds for a simple change of the mailbox on Outlook 2007 with 1GB of RAM. After installing the OWC 2GB (1024MB x 2) Matched Pair DDR2 PC2-5300 667MHz DIMMs the computer RAM much faster under VMware. I could change mailboxes in outlook with lag of only a second at most. Running Photoshop Elements was also faster and the entire system in general ran smoother. If you are using virtualization software on a Mac and not running 2GB of RAM do yourself a favor and whip out your credit card right now. You need the OWC 2GB (1024MB x 2) Matched Pair DDR2 PC2-5300 667MHz DIMMs in your notebook.
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