buy ram from apple?

[pr5owner]

http://store.apple.com/1-800-MY-APPLE/WebObjects/AppleStore.woa/wa/RSLID?nclm=9AED2EE7

is there a reason why apple is trying to charge $1000 for 4GB of ram?

4GB of DDR2667 ram is ~ $75 and even cheaper at frys

http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&N=2010260381+1309121118&name=4GB+(2+x+2GB)

not only can you buy the upgraded ram but you can also buy a whole laptop and upgrade that laptop to 4GB as well and still have money left over for a laptop bag and a bluetooth mouse.

 

[Airforce]

Most of the time, companies like Apple, HP, Dell, ect. try to make a buck off the stupid consumers who do not know their options when it comes to RAM

 

[Silver-Fox]

do not buy from apple seriosuly over priced stuff

check out www.crucial.com

 

[Eidorian]

Don't buy Apple RAM. I'm using the $80 G.Skill in my MacBook right now. You might want to consider RAM that is guaranteed compatible though.

http://eshop.macsales.com/item/Other World Computing/53IM2DDR4GBK/

 

[pr5owner]

Most of the time, companies like Apple, HP, Dell, ect. try to make a buck off the stupid consumers who do not know their options when it comes to RAM

i realize that but dell only charges $297ish for 4GB, apple is $1000!!!!!!!

http://search.dell.com/results.aspx?s=gen&c=us&l=en&cs=&k=4+gb+ram&cat=all&x=0&y=0

i would never buy generic parts from the manufacture, OCZ only since they have a life time warranty as well as being one of the highest quality and best performance.

 

[pr5owner]

do not buy from apple seriosuly over priced stuff

lol that could be taken the wrong way on this forum

 

[Silver-Fox]

lol that could be taken the wrong way on this forum

lol not meant as in all there products, just the ram...mainly

 

[jdr70]

Crucial is the way to go

I can vouch for crucial on ram. Never had a problem in any of my macs and the price is good.

 

[benpatient]

most people on here will point you towards Other World Computing, and I wouldn't disagree.

Good prices and they are mac-centric, so you can basically just tell them exactly which model you have and they will tell you which RAM that they sell will work in your machine.

It's their specialty, i guess you'd say.

I've used crucial and corsair and geil RAM in my PC builds over the years, and they were all fine. Crucial makes better "performance" RAM, but you can't easily modify the timings on a Mac, so it doesn't matter at all, truthfully.

 

[arnette]

Apple would have you swallow the pill by telling you that the RAM through their store is covered by the same warranty (1 yr normal or 3 yr through Apple Care) as the computer. But if you factor it out, you could buy replacement RAM chips for less regardless. The whole thing is a ruse. Just like .Mac and ProCare. Don't bother with all 3.

 

[Steradian]

Just like .Mac and ProCare. Don't bother with all 3.

ProCare has saved my butt a few times, when your income is based on your machine the 24 hour turn around on in-house repairs is godly!

 

[BDK1022]

I'm not sure if Apple just doesn't care at all about selling RAM or if they think they can actually trick people into thinking they need overpriced "Apple RAM" for their macs.