![]() Not long after that I discovered that the maximum amount of memory could be bumped up to 8GB if you updated the BootROM. I (stupidly) ordered two sticks of 2GB memory from Crucial and bumped the system's memory to the maximum of 4GB. The notebook came with two 1GB RAM sticks. This might seem crazy to new Apple fans but yes, in the past you could actually upgrade your MacBook yourself (without a soldering iron)! Over the years I've done a lot of upgrades to my MacBook. ![]() I was very happy! The Intel Core2Duo was so much faster than the PowerPC G4 and the battery lasted between 4 to 5 hours, a nice improvement over the 12 minute battery life that my PowerBook had (the battery degraded very quickly). I quickly transferred all my files over to it, installed all my applications and started using it. It ran Mac OS X Leopard (10.5) and was so much faster than the PowerBook G4 it replaced. My model was the entry level 15" MacBook Pro at the time. "About This Mac" showing the specs of my MacBook
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