4GB DDR3 1066Mhz sticks for $210 each

[jjahshik32]

C'mon now... how do you know he doesn't need it? Maybe it's cool in his opinion. Macs are cool... I don't need one. I could get a PC...

I sure could use 8gb of RAM on my 17" mbp. I get page outs so easily up to gb's worth. Especially running vmware.

 

[gr8tfly]

I sure could use 8gb of RAM on my 17" mbp. I get page outs so easily up to gb's worth. Especially running vmware.

I get a few, but an insignificant number/size.

Stats over a couple days:
174864(0) 683MB pageins,
2801(0) 10.9MB pageouts

Not enough to notice, and nothing out of the ordinary.

 

[puma1552]

I would guess that 95% of people would benefit far greater by spending the money on an SSD. 4 GB of RAM is plenty for most users - sure there are a few who could use 8 GB of RAM. I would suspect that the SSD would speed up an average users normal experiences 4-fold for things like startup times, large files, multiple read and writes and etc. Actually an HDD is the biggest constraint and also greatest rate of failure of any computing component. The SSD is a huge improvement not in just speed but also reducing read/write failures and minimizing the constraint.

Anyone considering 8 GB of RAM now should already have an SSD. Otherwise buy SSD now and wait two years until you might actually utilize RAM and buy for less than $100 per 4 GB stick.

If a MBA came out with 8 GB tomorrow morning you'd wet yourself before you were even on the phone to Apple to order it...let's not kid ourselves, Scotty.

 

[bugout]

That sounds like a great price. Has anyone heard of the manufacturer for the cheaper one before? The integrity and stability isn't probably the best. Wonder if it would be worth it?

Apple uses hynix memory at the factory. I pulled 2 sticks of it out of my 09 mini.

 

[Scottsdale]

If a MBA came out with 8 GB tomorrow morning you'd wet yourself before you were even on the phone to Apple to order it...let's not kid ourselves, Scotty.

That's true... LMAO... but NOT the point. The point is, that most people would benefit much more by an SSD than 8 GB RAM. Now, I already have an SSD, and I know I benefit much more by having an SSD than 8 GB RAM... heck, I would crap myself for 4 GB in the MBA.

 

[Sneakz]

I guess some people have been buying that G. Skill RAM I linked to. Out of stock until October 12.

 

[ECJ]

I would love to get a SSD first, but I currently have a 500GB drive installed. The prices for those way too high. I might just get a 250GB, remove my DVD drive, and install the current 500GB in that spot. Still prices are not falling fast enough yet got SSDs.

 

[jetjaguar]

I would definitely like 8gb of ram in my 17inch mbp for final cut pro .. a SSD would also be nice .. but im still waiting for prices to come down

 

[sdsvtdriver]

Has anyone put through 2 orders for 1 stick at 187.99?