Mar 3 2009, 05:10 PM
QUOTE(Shin1022 @ Mar 2 2009, 08:44 PM)
Quality and Pricing
Apple's prices for RAM and hard drives are outrageously high. Remember, Apple loves profit, not you. Whenever you can buy your Mac with the stock RAM, and upgrade later with third party RAM from a reputable supplier. Apple buys Samsung, Hynix and Micron RAM modules in bulk, just like good third party brands do, there is nothing special about Apple branded memory..
When buying memory, it is generally not advisable to go with the absolute cheapest stuff you can find. Many Mac models have a reputation for being very picky about the quality of RAM they will work with. Low quality memory can and often will cause application crashes, total machine crashes, and data corruption. Do your homework on quality reputation up front, and be advised that while buying generic memory saves you money, you assume a greater risk of trouble later on.
You may also have issues if you use High Density RAM in your Mac (this is the most common form of RAM that can be purchased from eBay). You may find it simply doesn't work with your Mac, the computer only accepts half the amount or it runs much slower. RAM bought from a recommended supplier will not be high density and will work correctly.
It is not recommended to buy RAM faster than your machine will handle. It won't make the machine run any faster (the Mac sets the memory bus speed, not the RAM module), and there may be compatibility issues with the RAM clocking down to the Mac's bus speed. 800 MHz SODIMMs are widely reported to be incompatible with Penryn Core2Duo Macs, which require 667 MHz memory.
http://guides.macrumors.com/Buying_RAM
Added on March 2, 2009, 8:45 pmbasically, there's nothing special about apple certified ram...
mac rumors recommend crucial, but this ram is expensive...
Probably the CAS latency makes a difference,but KVR or Mushkin is good enough,im using both on my merom MB 2GBKVR and 1GBMushkin = 3GBApple's prices for RAM and hard drives are outrageously high. Remember, Apple loves profit, not you. Whenever you can buy your Mac with the stock RAM, and upgrade later with third party RAM from a reputable supplier. Apple buys Samsung, Hynix and Micron RAM modules in bulk, just like good third party brands do, there is nothing special about Apple branded memory..
When buying memory, it is generally not advisable to go with the absolute cheapest stuff you can find. Many Mac models have a reputation for being very picky about the quality of RAM they will work with. Low quality memory can and often will cause application crashes, total machine crashes, and data corruption. Do your homework on quality reputation up front, and be advised that while buying generic memory saves you money, you assume a greater risk of trouble later on.
You may also have issues if you use High Density RAM in your Mac (this is the most common form of RAM that can be purchased from eBay). You may find it simply doesn't work with your Mac, the computer only accepts half the amount or it runs much slower. RAM bought from a recommended supplier will not be high density and will work correctly.
It is not recommended to buy RAM faster than your machine will handle. It won't make the machine run any faster (the Mac sets the memory bus speed, not the RAM module), and there may be compatibility issues with the RAM clocking down to the Mac's bus speed. 800 MHz SODIMMs are widely reported to be incompatible with Penryn Core2Duo Macs, which require 667 MHz memory.
http://guides.macrumors.com/Buying_RAM
Added on March 2, 2009, 8:45 pmbasically, there's nothing special about apple certified ram...
mac rumors recommend crucial, but this ram is expensive...
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