I just purchased a refurbished 17" MacBook Pro and I'd like to upgrade the memory from 4 gig to 8. Any recommendations regarding where I should purchas the RAM?
I always use Crucial.
They have a tool on their site where you enter your system CPU speed and year of release etc, and it lists compatible RAM.
The RAM is also guaranteed to work with your system and has a lifetime warranty.
Odd, because the memory I got for my computer when I got it was a great deal. I've also purchased other hardware there, and had great experience with the hardware and service.
Had a lot of random crashes with custom ram the last owner of my Macbook installed. After I installed crucial ram I haven't had a single system crash. So yeah crucial Mac ram is Highly recommended. It's also relatively cheap ^^