Celebrity Mac Chick sighting: Tyra Banks
Filed under: Apple Fanboyism, Awesomeness, Celebrity Mac Chick, MacBook, Photos
The always fashionable Tyra “I have a fear of dolphins (4:20)” Banks, and her Speck-covered Mac. And her giant shoes.
Who sits like this?
Thanks to faithful Macenstein reader Pao-Lung for the pic!
[via ekstrabladet]
Identify my MacBook, win a prize!
[OK, I am giving the prize to James, because he was the first one to actually give me the real model number and RAM capacity in a convincing manner, but thanks to all of you who were nice enough to try to help me. For money. Oddly, the prize is going to cost me almost as much as the RAM.]
OK, normally I don’t like using the mighty power of this site to just ask a self serving question of my readers, but I am well and truly stumped. 
I am trying to buy RAM for a November 1st, 2007-purchased, 2.0 GHz white MacBook, and for the life of me I cannot figure out which model I have. It currently has 2 GB, and I would like to bump it to 4 GB if possible. I will outline the information I have below, and the first person to convince me of the model I have will win a $20 iTunes gift certificate.
I am planning to buy the RAM through Crucial.com. As you can see below, they list the MacBooks mainly by their Part numbers (although 1 white models has no number).
The odd thing is, I bought this MacBook direct from Apple online, and while I still have the box (complete with 2 dead spiders on it), it lists the Part number as Z0F90000X, where as every other Apple product I have ever bought, including my new MacBook Pro, AirPort Extreme, and even my original iSight camera all list the “MLA” number on the box. A quick Google of Z0F90000X turns up nothing, as does a search for it on Apple’s site. (I suppose if nothing else, at least there now WILL be a Google result for “Z0F90000X”). There is no other part number visible on the device, or under the battery.
The Apple system profiler shows me this:
So we know it is the model MacBook3,1. I used the free utility MacTracker (suggested by faithful Macenstein reader Jay) and it unfortunately turned up 2 results for the white MacBook3,1 model - models MB061LL/B AND MB062LL/B.
The problem is, under “memory and graphics” in Mactracker’s listing on that machine, it says the Maximum RAM is 6GB (Actual) and 4 GB (Apple).
I’m not sure what that means, exactly, but on Crucial.com, 1 of those models says it holds 2 GB of RAM maximum, the other says 4 GB.
Apple-History.com says the late 2007 MacBook can handle 4 GB of RAM, but makes no distinction between any model numbers.
I did a Google search for the MacBook model Z0F9, and came up with an expired MacMall page which lists the tech specs at 4 GB max.
A search on Apple’s support site for Z0F9 returns 1 relevant result, which shows that the Z0F9 model DID exist, and is certified for Snow Leopard, but that’s it.
So, knowing all this, what MacBook do I have, and which RAM selection from Crucial’s drop down will work, if any? Again, I have 2 GB currently, and am hoping to upgrade to 4 GB (if not that mythical 6 GB Mactracker mentioned?)
(Oh, I only can do US iTunes certificates, so if you are from across the pond or such, I guess I’ll just PayPal you $20 for your trouble).
Thanks.
- The Doc
Jonathan Ive is rolling over in his highly stylized, brushed aluminum grave
Yeah, I know Ive isn’t dead yet, but this might kill him. Behold the Hoffbook.
The white MacBook iBook was never going to win awards for manliness before, but this takes “ghey” to a whole new level. Personally, I have the much manlier, drunk bloated Hasselhoff eating a cheeseburger on my MacBook Pro (see below). It just seems more professional.
Denise Milani does MacBook unboxing right!
Filed under: Apple Fanboyism, Awesomeness, Celebrity Mac Chick, Mac Chick of the Month, MacBook, Photos
I never really got the whole “unboxing pictures” phenomenon. It seems every time a new Apple product comes out, a slew of Mac sites rush to their Apple store in hopes of getting their photo gallery of the new device to Digg first – usually in vain because Gizmodo or Engadget pretty much always beats them to it. Well, as much as I don’t really go in for unboxing galleries, for some reason I am strangely drawn to these pictures Mac Chick Denise Milani sent us detailing her trip to the Apple store to pick up her new MacBook this month. Read more
Celebrity Mac Chick Sighting Revisited: Heidi Montag
Look who’s rocking out on iTunesl? It’s Heidi Montag, she of The Hills, and a confirmed iPhone owner. Looks like she’s the real deal when it comes to Celebrity Mac Chicks (if not actresses).
Oh, and that things in the background with arrows pointing to it. Yeah, that’s a bong.
[via Celebslam]
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