G4 iBook RAM: Apple or...?

[Waynuzzo]

This is my first thread in this community, so... hi everyone

I'm italian, I'm coming to NY on saturday (for a month... or even more, who knows? ) and I decided to switch.

I'm going to buy an iBook (if someone is wondering why I don't buy it in italy, please go to apple.it and see how much is the difference $$$ --> €€€ ... unbeliavable ), and I was wondering, since I have to work basically with photoshop which is a famous ram-sucker, if I should buy the additional memory apple.com is selling, or if it's ok if I buy it elsewhere ( I saw http://www.18004memory.com and http://eshop.macsales.com/shop/memory/iBooks-PowerBooks/G4-iBook/ which are both cheaper than Apple)?

I know this is a looong debated question, but I didn't find anything specifical to the new G4 iBook, so...

...hello everyone!

 

[The_Man]

Definitley do not buy apple RAM. Their pricing is rediculous.
Buy RAM from a third party website that gaurantees compatibilty and offers a good (possibly liftetime) warantee. I like crucial.com but there are many other good websites as well, including 18004memory.

 

[assscat]

I bought third-party RAM from Crucial for my new iBook. A whole 1GB to take it up to 1.5GB. The RAM from Crucial is guaranteed to work with the iBook, so I didn't have any worries about buying it.

I did have one heck of a time getting it into the slot though. Adding RAM to my iMac was a breeze, but the advise to put the RAM in at a 30 degree angle and press down did not work for my iBook – once it was horizontal I still had to *force* the RAM into the slot. I didn't feel at all comfortable doing that, especially since the advice in the manual says not to force it. But it's there and working now, so I'm happy.

 

[gwuMACaddict]

welcome to the forum! congrats on the mac!

never buy apple RAM, soooooooooooo overpriced...

 

[20rogersc]

First rule - never buy Apple RAM, everyone will tell you that.

I would reccomend Crucial, as they do guarantee it to work with macs, however, these too are sometimes on the overpriced side. I would just have a search through different shops, trying to find the correct specs, as there must be some bargains to find somewhere.

::20ROGERSC::

 

[greatdevourer]

If you're not happy doing it yourself and you don't want to void your warrentee, then I would recommend Apple. However, if you're comfortable with either of the above, www.crucial.com have some great deals

 

[Waynuzzo]

Thanks everyone

 

[ftaok]

If you're not happy doing it yourself and you don't want to void your warrentee, then I would recommend Apple. However, if you're comfortable with either of the above, www.crucial.com have some great deals

Replacing RAM will not normally void the warranty. The only way you could void the warranty while replacing the RAM would be if you damaged something while doing it. Which may be what you were trying to convey.