Upgrading Ram?

It won't make any difference when you put the memory in. You just won't have the extra 24GB of RAM until you install the upgrade.

No reason to wait... the iMac won't get attached to the 8GB of RAM and refuse to date the new ram.

 

As long as the RAM is the same speed as the Apple installed RAM it should be fine. I have extra RAM from Crucial waiting to go in mine when it arrives.

 

Firstly if you change ram before first boot the apple logic board will recognize this so it will bsod and you'll need to send it back for repair....secondly the OWC 24gb would alienate the lone apple 8gb and the data channels would be clogged with claims as to which ram was actually the dearest, OWC would probably win but you bottleneck would be the apple stick as it 'in theory' owns the ram stomping ground.

Yes you should also change your underpants tomorrow also

Welcome to MAC land!

 

Use it, upgrade it, use it. There is no reason NOT to use the system prior to your upgrade.

 

It won't affect it in the least. Go inside the computer that's another story.

 

Errr sorry I was only pulling your leg with that b.s. ;-)

Listen to the others.....

 

I didn't think pyzon's post was that bad, at least compared to some of the stuff you see around the 'net. And he/she did apologize.

If you do leave, though, you'll be hard pressed to find a community like this. Sure, the signal to noise ratio isn't always as high as I'd like, but there's lots of good information here, too.