Will apple genius bar install third-party RAM for you?

My guess whould be no.

And, $65 for a 1GB stick? It's probably not that good anyway. I wouldn't pay less than $100 for a 1GB stick.

It's very easy to do yourself. Why would you pay someone to do that easy job?

I reccomend doing it yourself. It's very simple and requires no computer knowledge.

MacBook is dirt simple... MBP is only slightly more difficult and both are documented in the manual.

No, the genius bar will not install 3rd party RAM or any other hardware for that matter (such as a hard drive) into any Mac unless you purchase it direct from Apple. The Corsair memory should be just fine, but as others have mentioned, it's so easy to install yourself that there is no sense in paying someone else to do it.

ghall said:

And, $65 for a 1GB stick? It's probably not that good anyway. I wouldn't pay less than $100 for a 1GB stick.

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Then you are getting ripped off.

ghall said:

My guess whould be no.

And, $65 for a 1GB stick? It's probably not that good anyway. I wouldn't pay less than $100 for a 1GB stick.

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or it could be that he just got a good deal on the RAM

If anyone is interested, Newegg has Crucial RAM on sale--a 1 Gb stick is $69.99.

Link here: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820145048

Their normal price is $79.99, which is the most affordable I've seen it....

Bob

ghall said:

My guess whould be no.

And, $65 for a 1GB stick? It's probably not that good anyway. I wouldn't pay less than $100 for a 1GB stick.

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So...things that are more expensive are automatically better? Wow, I'm glad you're not my accountant.

$100 for a 1 GB stick these days is a complete ripoff. Very good memory can be had for $65-$75 per 1GB, or even less in a couple places.