[Bagu]

In searching for the best RAM dealer I figured that 18004Memory is the best one around. I'm upgrading my iBook 500 with 66MHz bus. There are two 512MB modules, but this troubles me:

1) 512MB PC133 SO DIMM FOR NEW IBOOK
600,700,800 and 900MHZ versions $77.75

2) 512 MEG PC100 SO DIMM FOR APPLE IBOOK 500MHZ VERSION $77.93

Okay, #2 one is the one that corresponds to my iBook. But I would rather save a few cents, and buy the newer PC133 module. Why? Because I can reuse it for a future iBook!

My question is, has someone upgraded their 500/66 with a PC133 module?

[buzzedtop]

Originally posted by Bagu:
In searching for the best RAM dealer I figured that 18004Memory is the best one around. I'm upgrading my iBook 500 with 66MHz bus. There are two 512MB modules, but this troubles me:

1) 512MB PC133 SO DIMM FOR NEW IBOOK
600,700,800 and 900MHZ versions $77.75

2) 512 MEG PC100 SO DIMM FOR APPLE IBOOK 500MHZ VERSION $77.93

Okay, #2 one is the one that corresponds to my iBook. But I would rather save a few cents, and buy the newer PC133 module. Why? Because I can reuse it for a future iBook!

My question is, has someone upgraded their 500/66 with a PC133 module?

PC133 will work fine. If it doesn't, its defective.

[pat++]

Both will work... and anyway, there are good chances that iBook will eventually use DDR SDRAM... so I wouldn't count on using this in future models...

[Langdon]

Originally posted by pat++:
Both will work... and anyway, there are good chances that iBook will eventually use DDR SDRAM... so I wouldn't count on using this in future models...

I second that. When the iBook gets a G4 it will move to DDR. So get the RAM in mind for this iBook not the future release. so both speeds would be fine.

[Bagu]

I appreciate the replies. There is no way I would consider a current iBook now. Not until it sports a new design, twice the MHz, and built-in standards like Bluetooth and FW800. That's a long way off, but my maxed-out 500 will pull me through.

After that I need to get a new battery. Mines doesn't hold a charge for more than an hour, even after resetting the PMU.

[buzzedtop]

Originally posted by Bagu:
I appreciate the replies. There is no way I would consider a current iBook now. Not until it sports a new design, twice the MHz, and built-in standards like Bluetooth and FW800. That's a long way off, but my maxed-out 500 will pull me through.

After that I need to get a new battery. Mines doesn't hold a charge for more than an hour, even after resetting the PMU.

I totally, totally agree. I was itching for a new Apple laptop for a while, but I upgraded to the latest beta of 10.3 (ahem) and it just FLIES on my 600mhz iBook. There are going to be a lot of very happy people when 10.3 ships.

[Applefreak01]

PC133 will work fine. If I remember correctly PC100 and PC133 will slow down to the 66MHz bandwidth of your iBooks bus, so it doesn't matter which you get.

And by the time Apple gets around to making a new iBook with DDR, SO DIMM DDR will be more common and the price will drop and then you can sell your current iBook to help pay for the new one

[tooki]

PC133 might work -- or it might not!

As I have pointed out numerous times on the Power Mac and PowerBook forums, the memory controller may not be able to recognize properly the high-density RAM chips with which a large proportion of PC133 modules are made, resulting in only 1/2 of the module's capacity being recognized.

Spend the extra 18¢ and buy the correct module.

By the time you get a new computer, it won't be using PC133 anyway.

tooki