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    Good Memory for new MacBook?

    Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by transburgh, Jan 11, 2008.

  1. transburgh

    transburgh Notebook Enthusiast

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    I'm new to Apples. What companies have the best memory for Macs? I just dont want to buy parts that might be good for Dells but not so hot in a mac. Thanks guys.
     
    transburgh, Jan 11, 2008
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  2. Sam

    Sam Notebook Virtuoso

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    Buy your RAM from third party sites such as Newegg.com.

    You will need 200-pin PC5300/PC5400 DDR2 SODIMM 667 MHz RAM.
     
    Sam, Jan 11, 2008
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    zadillo Notebook Virtuoso

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    Crucial's always good, as is Corsair. Some good RAM prices over at macsales.com too. For something a bit more inexpensive, check out G.SKILL; good prices, but works very well, and I know lots of MacBook and iMac owners using G.SKILL memory with no problems.
     
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    rams are very expensive but with my employee discount i get a $120 ram for $30
     
    kamkazeephi, Jan 11, 2008
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    SGT Lindy, Jan 11, 2008
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  6. transburgh

    transburgh Notebook Enthusiast

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    This is the correct specs??

    Crucial 2GB 200-Pin DDR2 SO-DIMM DDR2 667 (PC2 5300)
     
    transburgh, Jan 11, 2008
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    I'd just like to point out that when I had a macbook, kingston value ram worked pretty well for me.
     
    00fez, Jan 11, 2008
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  8. Sam

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    Yes, that is right.

    Make sure you check if its 1x2 GB, or 2x1 GB. As in, is it two RAM sticks with 1 GB each to equal 2 GB, or is it one RAM stick that has 2 GB on it.
     
    Sam, Jan 12, 2008
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  9. SGT Lindy

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    The link I posted is a single 2 gig stick. If you get 2 of them you will have 4gig....for $66 plus shipping (after rebate). While you may not need 4gig today at that price it cant hurt.

    If you run Par/vmware to do any VM's you will use it.
     
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    Do remember that older models of Macs do not support 4GB RAM.
     
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  11. Sam

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    Yes, that's right.

    The Core Duo MacBook supports 2 GB of RAM, the Core 2 Duo MacBook supported 3 GB of RAM, and the newest Santa Rosa-platform MacBooks support 4 GB.
     
    Sam, Jan 12, 2008
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    just curious.. say you buy two of the 2gb sticks to make 4gb... would it be dual channel? because when you click on 4gb(2x2gb) it says dual channel in the title. just wonder what the difference was. thank you!
     
    nycfly89, Jan 12, 2008
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