What to do when upgrading the RAM ?

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What to do when upgrading the RAM ?

Hi to all.

I'm about to buy a MBP with 512 MB but I'm thinking about upgrading it up to 1G or 2G depending on the price.

My questions is:
Should I upgrade it at Apple? Or should I buy it from a third party store (which is cheaper right?) In this case, which brand is more reliable? Will this cause those "unexpected shutdowns" ?

Thanks for your help in advance.

Posted on Sep 17, 2006 10:47 AM

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Answer 1

Sep 17, 2006 11:25 AM in response to camilalala

If you buy from Apple, have the 1 gig installed as the base. Then you have the ability to buy a 3rd party 1gig stick later on if you want to upgrade and you won't have to deal with the 512 stick. This is the best and cheapest solution.

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Answer 2

Sep 17, 2006 11:32 AM in response to camilalala

Apple supply Samsung, Hynix, Nanya and Micron (which is Crucial) as standard, so any of these should work as if supplied by Apple. Samsung ram usually has a lifetime warranty - but it is always possible to get a faulty chip from any manufacturer. Shop around and work out the cost/benefit of buying from a 3rd party. Sometimes it pays to upgrade from 512mb to a single 1gb from Apple, sometimes it's cheaper to buy 2gb elsewhere and factor in the resale value of the original chip.

The 1gb Samsung chip is M470T2953CZ3-CE6

Good luck.

PS - FYI this question has been answered hundreds of times already in this forum.

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Answer 3

kuyawil

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Sep 17, 2006 12:09 PM in response to camilalala

All the manufacturers mentioned are all good but I'd like to add one more - Kingston. I just upgraded my MBP to 2GB using Kingston's model KTA-MB667/1G and it works great. This just shows that you don't need to pay the high price of doing this upgrade... Shop around. You'll be glad you saved. Good Luck!

MBP (2.0Ghz) Mac OS X (10.4.7) Also running WinXP Pro on MBP...

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