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Memory Recommendations.

mcapanelli

mcapanelli

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Original poster
Aug 2, 2008
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Ellijay, GA
Hello all,

Soon I'll be upgrading the memory in my Macbook pro to 4GB. What brands do you al recommend? I was thinking Crucial but would like to get all of your opinions and recommendations first. Thanks.


Model Name: MacBook Pro
Model Identifier: MacBookPro5,1
Processor Name: Intel Core 2 Duo
Processor Speed: 2.4 GHz
Number Of Processors: 1
Total Number Of Cores: 2
L2 Cache: 3 MB
Memory: 2 GB
Bus Speed: 1.07 GHz
 
...Crucial, Rendition (made by Crucial), Corsair or Kingston are major brands that have been in the industry for quite some time, they are your best bets all with lifetime warranties...

G. Skill, Super talent, etc... are new comers to the industry and do offer lifetime warranties but if they go out of business and you have a problem, well...
 
good choice! crucial has served me well in both of my Mac's! never had a problem and with the system scanner you can be sure to not get the wrong one!
 
Yap. Been using OWC for years to supply my Mac computers since iMac G4. It has never a single problem come up. Also a great price too!
 
crucial is cr@p, my 4gb kit actually slowed my computer a bit, Kingston in the otherside performed great (also crucial shippin, from their web site is low 3weeks took to ship it, so if you still want to commit suicide with crucial, at least buy off some other retail such as newegg)
 
xoggyux said:
crucial is cr@p, my 4gb kit actually slowed my computer a bit, Kingston in the otherside performed great (also crucial shippin, from their web site is low 3weeks took to ship it, so if you still want to commit suicide with crucial, at least buy off some other retail such as newegg)
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oh yea i forgot about Kingston. yea there great too. and xoggyux, the crucial slowed your comp down? i would say that it was bad RAM. i have a 2GB and a 4GB crucial in my machine and i didnt notice any slow down. it actually made the benchmarks faster. anyway, when i upgrade to 8GB i think i will sell the crucial and go to Kingston.
 
Even though I've got the previous gen MBP, I'm going to recommend Kingston. I bought 4gig of their Apple certified memory (yeah, probably not really a difference in the product, but it's marked certified for Apple, so it's probably passed an additional quality check.) I got it at newegg.com because of the very high (97%) excellent rating by customers. The other 3% rated it good, and nobody rated it less than 4 eggs. I'm sure most reputable memory makers have good products, but Kingston is clearly in the top tier.
 
My suggestions are either OWC, Crucial, Kingston or Mushkin. Have used all in the past and never had a problem!
 
if crucial RAM slowed your computer down, then you should use that lifetime warranty and ask for a replacement.
 
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