8gb of OWC or Samsung RAM?

[DarwinOSX]

Most ram is manufactured by samsung, whatever the brand.

Samsung is the worlds largest chip manufacturer which is not the same as the entire ram module.

 

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I bought my 8GB kit from data memory systems which had Samsung branded modules that looked almost identical to the modules I pulled from my MBP. Same ID sticker etc.

I decided to go this route as should my machine ever fail and need to be replaced by apple (happened before) I know the replacement Mac will have equal or better value.

I had an iBook G4 which was max factory specced aside from the ram which I installed a 1GB module bringing it to 1.5GB. Long story short, Apple replaced my iBook with a brand new CTO MacBook (1,3 Santa Rosa @ 2.2Ghz) which Apple kindly supplied me with 4GB of ram.

 

[TheFarmer]

I've had good luck with OWC RAM in all my MacBooks I've owned over the years. Never had an issue.

 

[themac23]

I bought my 8GB kit from data memory systems which had Samsung branded modules that looked almost identical to the modules I pulled from my MBP. Same ID sticker etc.

I decided to go this route as should my machine ever fail and need to be replaced by apple (happened before) I know the replacement Mac will have equal or better value.

I had an iBook G4 which was max factory specced aside from the ram which I installed a 1GB module bringing it to 1.5GB. Long story short, Apple replaced my iBook with a brand new CTO MacBook (1,3 Santa Rosa @ 2.2Ghz) which Apple kindly supplied me with 4GB of ram.

Wow! Thanks for the info. The Smasung 8gb kit is almost $40 cheaper at datasystemsmemory.com than at OWC. I am definitely going for the Samsung at that price. Hell, I should be able to get $30 back from the stock 4gb on ebay anyways.