Hi all,

I'm new to Mac...
Would like to ask sifu here... if I get a iMac with 1GB RAM... If I want to upgrade the RAM to 4GB, can I get the RAM from normal PC store?
Are those special RAM different from the PC ones???
Coz one of the Mac store guy told me if the RAM not get from them, it may have problem and with possibility of MELTING~!
Is it true???

Thanks in advance~!

This post has been edited by takashilcw: Feb 1 2008, 05:26 PM

What the hell? Mind telling us the name of the store?

Labbish i guess.
Though i am not using a iMac, using a Macbook, my RM100+ ram from Lowyat shop is working perfectly AFTER my first boot FREEZE.

Yeah the first time i start my Macbook after upgrading, some freezing occurs, after that, it works like charm.

Well, getting RAM from Apple store = big profit for them.

do PLEASE tell me it was not a Machines staff.
i will seriously wreak some havoc on the fella.

I PM lilredridinghood the store name.
I'm not sure izit appropriate to mention name openly.

Well, I asked them if upgrade from 1GB to 4GB how much. The guy told me is RM699 per 2GB, so I need to pay RM1398 for 4GB.
So I asked what happen to the 1GB which come with the original price package??? He said that 1GB will not be included if I take 4GB with RM1398, and I will not get any rebate from the original 1GB... is that true also???

This is why I think of get 1GB first... then go somewhere to get 4GB RAM later if I need to.

Any advice???

crazy liao, telling people such thing...

using other compatible RAM is ok... as long as u get the right ones laa...

I just got his PM, but it isn't entirely nice for me to state out here without his permission. And as I thought, it's the store that I thought.

And dude, it doesn't matter if you do state out the store's name

This post has been edited by lilredridinghood: Feb 1 2008, 05:45 PM

Yala, what is so secretive about the shop name?

btw, no rebates meh for the old RAM? I remembered got.

Ehmmmm... the shop i went is Machines at Mid Valley.

MissMoo , can u kill those guys?

missmoo is nadialeong?

PLEASE tell me the name of the person.
Really sorry. That is wrong information from our side.

Unless they told you that normal RAM from PC store and the RAM used with Apple computers are different, then that's okay. But KTA RAM can be found at outside PC stores as well. Just make sure if you upgrade, you get KTA RAM.


jia lat.
wait 'til i find out who this guy is.

This post has been edited by MissMoo: Feb 1 2008, 05:59 PM

hi, i also wan to know is the mac RAM different from the normal PC RAM ?

MissMoo,

I PM you his name already.
To be fair. He is a very friendly and polite person when serving me.
Just that I'm not sure the info he given me so I come here and ask sifus here.

May I know whats your relation with Machines?

So, anyone know for sure izit NO REBATE for the 1GB RAM?

This post has been edited by takashilcw: Feb 1 2008, 06:01 PM

Noooope.

The only difference is APPLE CERTIFIED RAM are CERTIFIED by APPLE that it'll work flawlessly in their MAC.
You can google around for models/serials/version of RAMs that are "certified" by MAC user and buy them off any PC shop and install it.

Way cheaper.

Thanks ed0gawa,

How about warranty wise? If i install the RAM by myself, will this void warranty?

there is no different.

Quote from my post
Sauce

Well, I think NOOOPE~~
Apple is kind enough to let us upgrade the ram and hdd without voiding warranty.

no it won't void. Same goes to HDD. DIY ram and hdd won't void warranty.

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Added on February 1, 2008, 6:08 pmCoz one of the Mac store guy told me if the RAM not get from them, it may have problem and with possibility of MELTING~!

should post this in joke heaven.. Either that dude is joking or he just stupid apple-fanboyism

This post has been edited by allvin: Feb 1 2008, 06:08 PM

i actually been doing extensive research on this RAM thingy and no forum has been able to give a straight cut explanation on the RAM issued

I have compared the RAMs from many providers and the ones Apple provides. Everything is exactly the same up the the 5-5-5 timing cycle. Even the so called Apple RAM from Mushkin also has exactly the same specs down to the most nitty gritty level. I have done Memory benchmarking using both type of RAM in both Apple iMacs and other Notebooks and all return the same benchmarks. KVR and KTA also same result. So at the end I also give up. I don't know what is the the real deal. I have been happily swapping my RAMs from my non-Mac notebook to my iMac.