4 gigs of ram bought, use al in imac?

[glocke12]

I bought 4 gigs of ram from crucial, with the intent of using it all in my imac. I just realized I can use some the of the same ram in my MBP. What should I do? Use it all in my imac, or split it between the two, so each has three gigs of ram? FWIW, my MBP runs fine with two gigs...

 

[erikpmort]

lol so much ram, what to do... i actually just posted a question about ram.... in your imac you only have 2 slots right? so i guess unless they are 2 gig sticks then you can't put them all in your imac....

 

[psu2010]

Personally I would max the iMac out. Unless you are using real memory intensive apps on your MBP.

 

[jsw]

I agree with the above posters - max out one of the systems, preferably the one you'll run the most simultaneous and/or memory-hogging apps on, as long as you've got at least 2GB on the other.

 

[bluedoggiant]

Max out the RAM on the iMac, 2 gigs of ram on a laptop is good enough.

 

[tersono]

Personally I'd max out my MBP, but that's the machine I use the most for graphics work, so it makes sense.

Basically, max out the machine you use most heavily

 

[vansouza]

I bought 4 gigs of ram from crucial, with the intent of using it all in my imac. I just realized I can use some the of the same ram in my MBP. What should I do? Use it all in my imac, or split it between the two, so each has three gigs of ram? FWIW, my MBP runs fine with two gigs...

Put them in the iMac the MBP will be happy the way it is...

 

[glocke12]

cool...just dumped them in the imac, what an improvement.

gotta admit, installing the ram was the easy part. Finding the correct screwdriver was alot harder....