apple ram wtf!?
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- OBBTKN0
Buy a pc
- Raniator0
Welcome to the Pleasure Dome...
Seriously though, NEVER buy RAM from Apple. Bad bad bad.
Like you said, Crucial have the same thing much cheaper...
PS. Apple computers are PCs. And they now run Windows. I can't see why people still by these ugly Windows-native boxes... but hey, that's my common sense taking over again.
- de4k0
yeap I have never stuffed a new mac with ram direct from the apple store, and that pattern won't change this time. I'm just stunned at the markup.
- Drno0
- Ahaahahahaha...Mishga
- hahaha, this reminds me of
http://marriedtothes…Jaline
- Drno0
ooops wrong thread
- scrap_paper0
I was actually told by one of the retail sales knobs at the Mac store in Toronto that applecare would be canceled if I didn't use Mac Ram. I then spoke to her manager and found that to be utter horsesh*t.
Mac Ram is a rip off and only gives you about 7% more operating efficiency. Totally not worth the cost.
- akrokdesign0
I got my from ---> http://macsales.com
- ev0
I have a Powerbook G4 and I bought 1GB of Kingston RAM last year...however it didnt get on with my laptop at all...Everytime I installed a new program the bloody thing would crash and Id have to reinstall OS X...I didnt realise it was the non-apple RAM until Id had to reinstall OS X twice...is there something I am doing wrong here? As I type this the RAM is in a drawer in my desk cos I just got sick of having to take it out everytime I wanted to install a program...
from my experience I would say dont waste your money on non apple RAM cos its more hassle than its worth...but has this changed since mac went intel?
- this sounds like a different problem then just the difference between apple and non apple ram
scrap_paper
- this sounds like a different problem then just the difference between apple and non apple ram
- thenuge0
a friend of mine has a macbookpro. he bought 2 gbs of RAM off of crucial. he started having problems with his mac later on and apple would not honor his applecare because he had aftermarket RAM.
- ribit0
the only important thing is the spec... doesn't matter who makes it. If you follow the Apple specification for the RAM you should be OK... Most good RAM makers give a lifetime guarantee, so if you run the Apple Hardware test (on the install DVD or get it seperately) and it fails, get it exchanged.
- Jaline0
Before going to see Apple, just take out the RAM and put in the old one.
- ribit0
why did you 'have to reinstall OSX'? How did you work out the RAM was at fault? (have you run the Apple Hardware test? If not, how you are diagnosing the RAM as the problem?)
- ev0
Well actually I was told it was the problem at the genius bar in the apple store in Osaka...So i suppose I just believed them...but ever since I took the RAM out I have had no problem at all...Like the computer would crash, say when I was installing a proper program with an installer, then Id restart and OS X wouldn't boot up...so I would have to reinstall OS X...thats basically what was happening...
- ribit0
Did the Genius Bar guys say how they worked out the RAM was bad? If the RAM was to Apple spec, and it doesn't work, you should get it exchanged by the manufacturer and try again.
- ribit0
You don't need to reinstall OSX if it isn't starting btw , there are other things you can do first...
There's lots of diagnostics you can run, like this:
http://docs.info.apple.com/artic…
- ribit0
You might want to go to http://www.crucial.com
and use their RAM configurator to check the spec you should have for your machine...and check that against Apple's specs as well... just so you are sure what the spec is.
- that ram configuraot is awesome, makes it so simple.mrdobolina
- agreed to thatlajj
- ribit0
of course you then have to work out what spec the RAM you have is.. is it listed on the receipt?
- ev0
Well to be honest I have given up on this computer anyway...its shat the bed a while ago...its over 3 years old...HD crapped out and had to be replaced twice and the DVD drive hasnt been working all year...I am just going to get a new one when the redesign and issue them with penryn...Not dissing the computer though cos I have used it practically every day for the last 3 years so its been good to me...but its time to put her to bed...Nice to know i wont need to shell out for apple RAM in the future though...i guess I should have done my homework properly...
- draydog0
Chip Merchant has the 2GB modules for $50.82/ea. I've been using these guys for years. Seems better than paying $1000 from Apple, damn.
http://www.thechipmerchant.com/i…
- planet010
it's always always been that way, I guess enough people fall for it.