i understand the HD is easy to change, but what about the RAM? Should i just upgrade my RAM one time as i am in the store? or by it cheaper somewhere else and do it myself?
And if you haven't bought it yet, just upgrade your ram when you are ordering it/in store.
Never ever buy RAM from Apple, unless you like to spend the extra money. Buying RAM from a trusted 3rd party and installing it yourself is much cheaper.
I suggest Crucial.com, but you can search for forums for more opinions. Be careful with cheap RAM from unknown websites, they may be a great discount, but if they are not good quality they will not work on your Mac and may damage it.
Also check out:
http://guides.macrumors.com/Buying_RAM
http://guides.macrumors.com/Understanding_Intel_Mac_RAM
I couldn't find documentation on installing RAM from Apple, but here's a good one. Just do up to step 10.
http://www.ifixit.com/Guide/First-Look/Mac/MacBook-Pro-Unibody
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Never ever buy RAM from Apple, unless you like to spend the extra money. Buying RAM from a trusted 3rd party and installing it yourself is much cheaper.
Right now this is not the case. DDR3 ram is not very common in the marketplace. The cheapest RAM you could get from NewEgg is $169.99, very close in line to Apple's current prices. Since Apple is always way behind on lowering prices, this will most likely not be the case in a few months.
Now that you mention it, I did hear about the price regarding the DDR3.
However, when I looked on the apple page adding a 2GB stick to make 4GB total was $150 extra.
I checked NewEgg and it looked like around $80 for 2GB DDR3 laptop RAM, $170 looked like DDR3 desktop RAM.
On crucial, I did the Memory-picking tool and a 2GB DDR3 stick for the new MacBook was $70.99
http://www.crucial.com/store/listparts.aspx?model=MacBook%202.4GHz%20Intel%20Core%202%20Duo%20(13-inch%20DDR3)%20MB467LL
They don't add a 2Gb stick. They remove the two 1Gb sticks and put in two 2Gb sticks, so your paying for 2 sticks.
Never ever buy RAM from Apple, unless you like to spend the extra money. Buying RAM from a trusted 3rd party and installing it yourself is much cheaper.
I suggest Crucial.com, but you can search for forums for more opinions. Be careful with cheap RAM from unknown websites, they may be a great discount, but if they are not good quality they will not work on your Mac and may damage it.
Also check out:
http://guides.macrumors.com/Buying_RAM
http://guides.macrumors.com/Understanding_Intel_Mac_RAM
I couldn't find documentation on installing RAM from Apple, but here's a good one. Just do up to step 10.
http://www.ifixit.com/Guide/First-Look/Mac/MacBook-Pro-Unibody
Because RAM prices will go down while Apple's won't?Its easier to just have them customize it in store, why risk scratching the case?
and the screws are very smallSeems like the RAM removal process is a bit more complicated because you have to remove 8 screws of varying lengths.
This is a super easy upgrade - save the money and do it yourself. This is on my older style MBP (2 revisions ago).
http://www.geardiary.com/2008/02/13/newcomers-guide-to-upgrading-macbook-pro-memory-and-saving-620/
This is a super easy upgrade - save the money and do it yourself. This is on my older style MBP (2 revisions ago).
http://www.geardiary.com/2008/02/13/newcomers-guide-to-upgrading-macbook-pro-memory-and-saving-620/
The MacBook Pro User Guide, page 42, has instructions on how to install RAM.i understand the HD is easy to change, but what about the RAM? Should i just upgrade my RAM one time as i am in the store? or by it cheaper somewhere else and do it myself?