149 ?

that's double the price of normal RAMs, for no benefits at all u decide hehe

indeed SSD is way more expensive than RAM, but 4gb->8gb makes not much different if you don't open big file or super multi tasking. SSD will improve your daily experience, even when you start up your mac. So you decide. My advice 8gb not necessary (might be waste of money), save more for SSD, or don't upgrade at all.



This post has been edited by kuekwee: Aug 17 2011, 01:18 PM

mind sharing cheaper and works on macbook pro i5 13' ?

would be really useful

i see. u mean and and write still feel slow?

the max mentioned on apple tech spec is 8GB. but some ram manufacturer claims it's possible. that would be pretty awesome but the 2 X 8GB DDR3 1333 would burn a huge hole in your account.

in my opinion, go for kingston. it's cheaper.

if you're keen on getting only the best for your macbook, have a look at hynix. i think apple uses hynix rams in their macbooks by default. i'm not sure if you can get it easily here, though. and it definitely won't be cheap.

i spent hours today looking for corsair sticks @ computer shops. most only carry kingston. so, i ended up buying kingston KVR sticks for my mbp. RM69 a stick at thundermatch digital mall.

is all kingston work?some say using kta than kvr better....

wow just found out that the upgrade is so cheap!
gonna drop by one of the computer shops this weekend.
reagrding optibay, does it void the warranty?

any different using 4gb ram with 8gb ram is using booycamp or parallel...

any PC shop should have the ram u need. corsair, kingston, mushkin brands should be okay. for 2x4gb the price shud be rm150 tops. if possible, bring ur mac together and ask them to install for u. this way if it doesnt work, can easily swap another one

i believe hynix only produces the chips, not the RAM module itself. some kingston module uses hynix rams. apple does not only use hynix though, some use micron. i THINK some using samsung chips too

cannot answer that ques bro. it depends on what application u using. if u never need more than 4gb, then even if u upgrade to 8gb u wont feel any improvement. this is true for any operating system.

thanks for correcting me on the hynix stuff. i can confirm that apple uses samsung chip. i just replaced mine with the 4GB kingston KVR and the factory 2GB sticks are samsung.

Does AutoCAD for Mac 2011 works on Lion? Mine happens to crash every single time.

Since we talk a lot about RAM upgrades here. I was just wondering who actually does the certification for so-called "Apple Certified Ram". Certainly it's not Apple, since they don't have a ram certification program.

Just a marketing ploy?

When I sell the ram from my MBP, can I sell it off as Apple-Certified since I've been running it constantly on my MBP with no probs for x no of months. I also have 4 sticks of 1GB DIMMs which are "Hackintosh certified". I'll even print a Certificate for you.

This post has been edited by soonwai: Aug 18 2011, 02:22 AM

an excuce to charge couple of hundred extra

yeah i dont think apple tested the rams. i just think kingston etc tested the ram on macs (not all of them of course) n that's it. quick way to make extra money

soonwai i dont think u should use the term apple-certified, maybe just mentioned u used it in ur mac n hackintosh w/o problems. juz make sure to give a full refund if for some reason it doesnt work on the buyer's mac/hackintosh

since i saw this forum regarding upgrading of ram from 2GBx2 to 4GBx2 at only less than RM200, i also would like to upgrade mine. My MBP is mid 2009, do u think i can upgrade to 8GB? so following this thread, getting Kingston KTA is good? My current RAM is DDR3 1067mhz, so getting 1066 would be confirmed suitable?

^ yeah 8gb sure no problem for yours

kingston KTA = good, expensive
kingston KVR = equally good, less than half the price of KTA

1067mhz is actually 1066.66666... some brands prefer to name it 1066 and some prefer 1067...same thing lah actually.

That means 1070 MHz DDR3 also can. :-)

just bring your laptop to the store to test it out with the rams.
it costs around RM150 for the upgrade.
but 1067 is rarely in stocks now, i went around DM and LYP today only a few stores have them

haha this one i havent see