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1 stick vs 2?

I don't play games very often - I might fire up something once or twice a year, but that's all. I normally do have a lot of windows open though, and that's where it matters. These are just browser windows, Word, Excel, PDF's, etc. and on OS X, that adds up to a lot of memory because of how it operates.

Currently: 2x 1GB

My choices:
1) 1x 4GB
2) 1x 4GB + 1x1GB
3) 2x 2GB

I want to eventually move up to 8GB, which is why I'd like to stick to option 1 or 2.

First, is option 2 even feasible? Just depends on how picky my system is? (Macbook Pro, 13" Mid 2009) Anyone have experience with this?

Second, between options 1 + 3, for a non gamer, will it matter much?

Third, if I do option 1, and buy another 4GB stick later, will they have trouble being paired up if it's the same brand? Maybe depends on where the chips for it came from? I don't mind it operating at the slower of the 2 latencies.
 
id go with the 4+1 with the option for 4+4 later.

i highly doubt you would notice any performance degradation at all.
 
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