how hard is to upgrade the RAM on say a 20 inch. Id rather save some money doingit myself than irder it with 2 gigs of ram form Apple
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Upgrading RAM on iMac
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Pretty straightforward. Unscrew the little panel on the underside of the iMac, insert RAM, replace panel.
Make sure you shut down first.
While working for Apple I did meet someone who tried replacing RAM while the machine was running.
Common sense, not always so common.
the guy at the Apple store said it would void my warranty and stuff coudl fall out and i wouldnt know where to put it, was he just tryin to make a sale?
Make sure you shut down first.
While working for Apple I did meet someone who tried replacing RAM while the machine was running.
Common sense, not always so common.
Those are the same people that require the "Caution: Contents may be hot" warnings on coffee cups.
I think some of those people need "Caution: May Produce Children" on their nether regions.
He's talking rubbish. RAM is a user upgradable part. The new RAM wouldn't be covered by Apple's warranty, but usually the RAM vendor offers a warranty on the RAM anyways.
Apple makes a large profit on RAM and he probably has been told to push RAM sales. I am shocked that he was bold enough to lie about it. It definitely does not void your warranty.
Call his store or submit a report on Apple.com reporting him. Apple does advertise and give instructions on doing it. Anything to the contrary is deliberate misinformation and said employee shouldn't get away with it. Apple is not in the business of such questionable business tactics. Now they have some other questionable business tactics as a corporation, but that's another thread for another day.
The only issue is that if you have a problem with your Mac and no original RAM then if the problem is found to be the RAM you'll be charged for it, so it's worth keeping the old RAM for your iMac in case it has problems.
Well, if you bought 1 2GB, you could keep 1 of the 512MB modules in the other slot, giving you 2.5GB total.
so its best to keep the original RAM? i had planned to sell the 512 sticks on ebay depending on the going price.
what is the ideal RAM set up for the iMac? don't want 2 two gig sticks since 3.2 is all that is recognized.
GET 1 1GB and 1 2GB or 2 1GBs if you don't want to spend the extra. Sell your RAM on ebay and don't worry about it.