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Apple Ram vs Other brands Is there a difference?

I own a iMac 27-inch, Late 2009. I'm looking to upgrade my memory with 4- 4 GB RAM SO-DIMMs of 1066 MHz DDR3 SDRAM in each slot.

I was looking on Apple's site to purchase the memory and noticed there was a HUGE price difference in Apple's Rams vs. other sites.

Is there a reason for this? Does anyone recommened any certain brand of memory to get or are they all pretty much the same? Thanks in Advance


Apple: http://store.apple.com/us/search?find=1066MHz+DDR3+SDRAM


Other Site: http://eshop.macsales.com/item/Other%20World%20Computing/8566DDR3S4GP/

Posted on Jan 17, 2012 3:16 PM

5 replies

Jan 17, 2012 3:46 PM in response to Community User

Agree with other posters, and not to cause unneccesary concern, there were threads like this one https://discussions.apple.com/thread/2567907?start=0&tstart=0 that reported problems with some after market RAM when original RAM from Apple was removed and max of 16 GB (4 X 4) was installed. It seems to have been addressed, but just to say stick with Crucial and OWC and you'll be fine.

Nov 25, 2016 10:19 AM in response to Bob Jackins

Thanks you all so much for all your helpful comments. I can't believe the price difference! I just ordered OWS's 16.0GB (4.0GB x 4 Kit) PC8500 DDR3 1066MHz SO-DIMM 204 Pin Memory. It had a lifetime warranty which I didn't see with Crucial. Thanks everyone!

Apple Ram vs Other brands Is there a difference?

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