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03-19-2009, 09:33 AM
|  | You don't want to do that. Trust me. Forum Administrator | | Join Date: Mar 2000 Location: atlanta ga | | | heya mac guys - where'd you get your expansion ram?
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i've noticed that there are quite a few folks that sell ram online. i have a history dealing with a few of the places like newegg from when i was building my big cube computer a few years ago, but now i want to get some mac ram for my mac pro.
any of you mac guys deal with the more obscure places? the best deal i'm seeing at newegg is 85 bucks for 4 gigs. figuring 170 + shipping for the 8 gigs i want to get (give me 10 gig total) isn't half bad.
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03-19-2009, 09:48 AM
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Endorsing Artist: see profile | | Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: toms_river.nj.us | | | ram is ram... so long as type/specs are matched. Newegg is still one of the better / reliable deals out there. |
03-19-2009, 09:49 AM
| | You don't want to do that. Trust me. Forum Administrator | | Join Date: Mar 2000 Location: atlanta ga | | | yeah, that's what i'm finding, regarding newegg's prices.
just wondering about the folks that rebrand stuff and sell it.
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03-19-2009, 09:51 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: London UK | | | I just bought mine from a retailer on Tottenham Court Road in London. Its a generic brand but seems to have done the job pretty well. The only issue it caused was when I upgraded to Leopard. The upgrade process kept failing until I removed the Ram. After the upgrade completed, I put the ram back in and everythings fine. Apparently this was a fairly common problem with nonapple branded ram.
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03-19-2009, 09:51 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: PA | | | I heard you could just download moar ram?
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03-19-2009, 09:56 AM
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Endorsing Artist: Karl Hoyt Basses | | Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: upstate NY | | | i buy from new egg, and tigerdirect, for ram, and the littler things, but only from macmall for systems and bigger periphs. they always have scads of rebate deals, it's how they get around apple's price fixing.
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03-19-2009, 10:00 AM
|  | The Lowdown Diggler | | Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Huntington Beach, CA | | | +1 new egg. I buy from them for all my macs. |
03-19-2009, 10:03 AM
| | You don't want to do that. Trust me. Forum Administrator | | Join Date: Mar 2000 Location: atlanta ga | | that's probably what i'll end up doing. just wanted to see what you guys had to say about it  .
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03-19-2009, 10:14 AM
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Originally Posted by john turner  yeah, that's what i'm finding, regarding newegg's prices. | Most manufacturers, for example Kingston, have distinctive product codes for Mac memory modules. I think there's some very minor difference compared to standard PC RAM, but I'm not sure. The prices are pretty much the same on the "Mac" modules compared to the normal ones. Anyways, check their sites, then search the cheapest module of that code.
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03-19-2009, 11:16 AM
| | You don't want to do that. Trust me. Forum Administrator | | Join Date: Mar 2000 Location: atlanta ga | | | yeah, for my mac pro i need the mac-specific stuff because of the larger heatsinks.
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03-19-2009, 01:38 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Madison, NJ | | | Try Crucial.com as well. I doubled the RAM in my Macbook for $56 when Apple wanted $300.
Good products, great prices.
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03-19-2009, 01:41 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2000 Location: Surrey, United Kingdom | | Quote:
Originally Posted by tplyons Try Crucial.com as well. I doubled the RAM in my Macbook for $56 when Apple wanted $300.
Good products, great prices. | Another vote for Crucial here too. I didn't have any probs with the Leopard upgrade with the Crucial memory installed either, as always YMMV etc; |
03-19-2009, 02:26 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Central New Jersey | | | Once in a while Buy.com will have a good deal on RAM. Crucial and New Egg are always a solid choice. |
03-19-2009, 02:34 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2000 Location: DC | | I bought RAM from OWC for my macbook pro a few weeks ago. Works perfectly. http://www.macsales.com/ |
03-19-2009, 03:44 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Central New Jersey | | | I was thinking of OWC when I wrote my initial reply, but I couldn't quite recall the exact name. Thanks, Phat Ham. | | Thread Tools | Search this Thread | | | | 
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