Upgrade Ram DIY or in store?

[smactley]

I'm buying my first Macbook tomorrow! I plan on getting the 2.0 version but want to upgrade the ram to 4gb. I've never done it on my own before but it looks like it could be cheaper. A few questions....

1) If i want to upgrade to 4gb, do I buy 4gb or just an extra 2? (i.e. do I remove the ram thats already there or just add to it?)

2) Are there any specific specs I need?

3) Any recommendations?

I was looking at this one on macmall:

http://www.macmall.com/macmall/shop...d~1972~actionId~getSpecificReview.asp#reviews

but it seems so cheap...is it relaly a good deal?

 

[Tallest Skil]

You know, there's a thread on this topic happening right now. SEARCH.

Do it yourself. Cheaper.

 

[smactley]

Well obviously. I did search....I couldn't find exactly what I was looking for, I could only find specs for Macbook Pro and no real suggestions. Could you point me to the thread?

 

[skorpien]

http://guides.macrumors.com/Installing_RAM
http://guides.macrumors.com/RAM
http://support.apple.com/specs/#macbook
http://support.apple.com/manuals#macbook
http://support.apple.com/kb/index?page=search&q=install ram macbook late 2008

Something tells me you didn't try hard enough...

 

[smactley]

http://guides.macrumors.com/Installing_RAM
http://guides.macrumors.com/RAM
http://support.apple.com/specs/#macbook
http://support.apple.com/manuals#macbook
http://support.apple.com/kb/index?page=search&q=install ram macbook late 2008

Something tells me you didn't try hard enough...

I found those afterwards,after not just searching the forums. However, still nothing about recommendations...i'll look elsewhere.

thanks anyways....