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MacBook Ram

Tumeg101

Tumeg101

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I have decided, when I get my macbook, I want to get it with 2gb ram, instead of 1, but after reading the forums, and about other people that are going to, or have done this same thing, I can't decide which to do:

a) Buy the laptop, with the 1 gig ram, then buy a $45, 1gb stick of ram and add it to the 1 that is already there (Have heard this might not have as much effect as if I bought it with 2)
b) Buy the laptop, but have apple add the extra gig, and spend $175, instead of $45...


So, idk if I should save $130 and do it myself, which might not have as much effect as it would if they added it(not sure if this is true, I have only read this once)
Or, not save any money, and have them do it right...
 
Tumeg101 said:
I have decided, when I get my macbook, I want to get it with 2gb ram, instead of 1, but after reading the forums, and about other people that are going to, or have done this same thing, I can't decide which to do:

a) Buy the laptop, with the 1 gig ram, then buy a $45, 1gb stick of ram and add it to the 1 that is already there (Have heard this might not have as much effect as if I bought it with 2)
b) Buy the laptop, but have apple add the extra gig, and spend $175, instead of $45...


So, idk if I should save $130 and do it myself, which might not have as much effect as it would if they added it(not sure if this is true, I have only read this once)
Or, not save any money, and have them do it right...
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MB comes with 2x512 and they're are two slots. to get 2gb, you'd need to buy 2x1gb sticks.
I think this is correct but feel free to check it out.
 
Tumeg101 said:
I have decided, when I get my macbook, I want to get it with 2gb ram, instead of 1, but after reading the forums, and about other people that are going to, or have done this same thing, I can't decide which to do:

a) Buy the laptop, with the 1 gig ram, then buy a $45, 1gb stick of ram and add it to the 1 that is already there (Have heard this might not have as much effect as if I bought it with 2)
b) Buy the laptop, but have apple add the extra gig, and spend $175, instead of $45...


So, idk if I should save $130 and do it myself, which might not have as much effect as it would if they added it(not sure if this is true, I have only read this once)
Or, not save any money, and have them do it right...
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Since you have 2x512M in you MacBook, it'll end up with 1.5gb if you just buy 1gb RAM.

I just bought the 1gb RAM MacBook. And then I bought a 2gb kit RAM from Frys yesterday for $45 AR. I think the deal ends today.

It's easy to install RAM in MacBook. I don't see why you should spend $175 on it.
 
mwxiao said:
Since you have 2x512M in you MacBook, it'll end up with 1.5gb if you just buy 1gb RAM.

I just bought the 1gb RAM MacBook. And then I bought a 2gb kit RAM from Frys yesterday for $45 AR. I think the deal ends today.

It's easy to install RAM in MacBook. I don't see why you should spend $175 on it.
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did you buy the exact same ram (brand) as what was in your mb?
thanks
 
Ram

so...What's the right RAM module for the Macbook? I'm getting the MB with 1GB of ram but I'm planning to upgrade it to 2GB by the end of the year, i don't want to have 1.5GB, apple recommends to have an equal amount of memmory on both slots so...:confused:
 
Keep your original ram

Not sure if this advice really will apply to you. I own a Powerbook G4 which originally had 512 Ram. I purchaced two sticks to replace the original two and now have 1G. (I live in China.) Anyway, when I went to reinstall ilife, unrelated to the ram issue, I got lots of messages saying that it would not install properply. It turns out that my Mac would only reinstall ilife if I put back in the original ram sticks that came with the computer. All the best.
 
Thanks!

This is exactly what I needed to know! as soon as i can upgrade the ram, i will do it..:)
 
love4china said:
Not sure if this advice really will apply to you. I own a Powerbook G4 which originally had 512 Ram. I purchaced two sticks to replace the original two and now have 1G. (I live in China.) Anyway, when I went to reinstall ilife, unrelated to the ram issue, I got lots of messages saying that it would not install properply. It turns out that my Mac would only reinstall ilife if I put back in the original ram sticks that came with the computer. All the best.
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Well, I don't know if that happens with macbooks, never heard that one before! i'll keep it mind:eek:
 
love4china said:
Not sure if this advice really will apply to you. I own a Powerbook G4 which originally had 512 Ram. I purchaced two sticks to replace the original two and now have 1G. (I live in China.) Anyway, when I went to reinstall ilife, unrelated to the ram issue, I got lots of messages saying that it would not install properply. It turns out that my Mac would only reinstall ilife if I put back in the original ram sticks that came with the computer. All the best.
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That is a complete anomaly -- unless some of your third party RAM was out of spec or defective. The Mac (and the software) really have no way of knowing the brand of the RAM that is in there and whether it was supplied by Apple.

All the machine can tell is the properties that the memory chip's SPD settings reads back as -- speed, capacity, density, latency, etc.
 
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