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2x4GB DDR3 SO-DIMMs for MacBook Pros
Posted by: tji (IP Logged)
Date: October 10, 2009 02:35PM
I have been holding off a while on upgrading my MacBook Pro from 4GB to 8GB because the 4GB SO-DIMMs were so expensive ($700+ for the 8GB kit).
But, they seem to be coming down now. The best price I have found is at NewEgg, $399: [www.newegg.com]
Has anyone seen a better price than that? I'm also wondering if now is the time to buy as the prices are just beginning to drop.
But, they seem to be coming down now. The best price I have found is at NewEgg, $399: [www.newegg.com]
Has anyone seen a better price than that? I'm also wondering if now is the time to buy as the prices are just beginning to drop.
Re: 2x4GB DDR3 SO-DIMMs for MacBook Pros
Posted by: Gigantic Robotic Penguin (IP Logged)
Date: October 10, 2009 04:48PM
Don't go on price alone. I think at least one person posted in the last month about buying generic spec RAM for a Mac and it not working.
These are the retailers with a decent history of supporting Macs in the past.
[ramjet.com]
[eshop.macsales.com]
[www.datamemorysystems.com]
Sadly, it seems Dealmac has abandoned DealRAM since it only lists one retailer with DDR3 SO-DIMMs specifically for a Mac. I commented on it almost a year ago. [forums.dealmac.com]
From a Raines Cohen T-Shirt: "The day Microsoft makes a product that
does not suck will be the day they start making vacuum cleaners."
These are the retailers with a decent history of supporting Macs in the past.
[ramjet.com]
[eshop.macsales.com]
[www.datamemorysystems.com]
Sadly, it seems Dealmac has abandoned DealRAM since it only lists one retailer with DDR3 SO-DIMMs specifically for a Mac. I commented on it almost a year ago. [forums.dealmac.com]
From a Raines Cohen T-Shirt: "The day Microsoft makes a product that
does not suck will be the day they start making vacuum cleaners."
Re: 2x4GB DDR3 SO-DIMMs for MacBook Pros
Posted by: mnop (IP Logged)
Date: October 15, 2009 04:23PM
tji Wrote:
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> I have been holding off a while on upgrading my
> MacBook Pro from 4GB to 8GB because the 4GB
> SO-DIMMs were so expensive ($700+ for the 8GB
> kit).
> But, they seem to be coming down now. The best
> price I have found is at NewEgg, $399:
Caveat emptor. I tried the same 4gb generic in my macbook pro and it didn't work, I got them to exchange it thinking that it might be a bad part.... still didn't work. And this was despite some online threads with people reporting that it worked in their machine. I ended up eating the cost of the memory (newegg wouldn't take it back) and buying a set from OWC that were guaranteed to work, which they did.
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> I have been holding off a while on upgrading my
> MacBook Pro from 4GB to 8GB because the 4GB
> SO-DIMMs were so expensive ($700+ for the 8GB
> kit).
> But, they seem to be coming down now. The best
> price I have found is at NewEgg, $399:
Caveat emptor. I tried the same 4gb generic in my macbook pro and it didn't work, I got them to exchange it thinking that it might be a bad part.... still didn't work. And this was despite some online threads with people reporting that it worked in their machine. I ended up eating the cost of the memory (newegg wouldn't take it back) and buying a set from OWC that were guaranteed to work, which they did.
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