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| 714058 | 2008-10-24 05:53:00 | so you can buy generic brand ram for macs?, that s good 2 here | GameJunkie (72) | ||
| 714059 | 2008-10-24 06:15:00 | so you can buy generic brand ram for macs?, that s good 2 here yes |
plod (107) | ||
| 714060 | 2008-10-25 09:07:00 | so you can buy generic brand ram for macs?, that s good 2 here Just make sure that you are buying quality RAM. Correct me if I'm wrong, but cheap RAM sucks. The point of upgrading at the point of sale is that you are not discarding the 2x 512 MB that comes onboard. Manufacturers fill the two available RAM slots to make 1 GB with 2 x 512 or 2 GB with 2 x 1 GB... why? Because it is cheaper. This completely bites. Makes my grumpy as. In regards to the cat on the MacBook Air. The kid who told me is trustworthy... so I have no reason not to believe him. I find the story funny... even, if it turns out to be bogus:clap. |
myke (7862) | ||
| 714061 | 2008-10-25 09:09:00 | thats true, i,ve looked at laptop ram on elive.co.nz and the prices seem reasonable | GameJunkie (72) | ||
| 714062 | 2008-10-25 09:45:00 | I originally thought, "all of them come from the few same manufacturers anyway (Quanta, Asus etc)". But you have to admit, Macs -do- come with some pretty innovative features that do not feature in anything else, eg magsafe connectors, accelerometers to park the drive heads when dropped etc. Most notebook drives now have this built in, but it is still mac leading the way. I dont understand why Dell or HP can't come up with innovative things like this. Hmm, I had the impression Mac os is intuitive and usable by grannies and hackers alike... Parts might largely come from the same place... but, yes even Apple sometime get it horribly wrong when things get put together. The magsafe connectors was developed because people were doing serious damage to their logicboards when accidently yanking out the power-supplies. Nice idea. But I've had to replace around half a dozen power supplies (both the older and new) due to the thin cable fraying and breaking. Same problem with keyboard and mouse cables. Thicker, more robust cables please! Apple have had plenty of duds: eMacs with venting capacitors. G3 iBooks with rubbish logic-boards, the silly mighty mouse nipple ball. cracking palm rests, iMovie 08 is in many ways a flop, but not completely. I'm not anti-Apple... don't get me wrong. I'm typing this on a MacBook Pro (using my Microsoft Wireless keyboard and mouse, while happy that the machine has not kernel panicked in 10 months). Just not an Apple-Fanboy. I just don't think that people get it. Computers, software and operating systems cannot be compared to toasters and wooden spoons. Millions of lines of code. Thinking and knowledge light-years beyond the average Joe's School cert math and science. Like most of your relationships, its complicated. Funniest line I heard at work recently, "but it was working yesterday." If a Granny can intuitively use an Apple computer... it is because she is a clever Granny. |
myke (7862) | ||
| 714063 | 2008-10-25 20:15:00 | Parts might largely come from the same place . . . but, yes even Apple sometime get it horribly wrong when things get put together . The magsafe connectors was developed because people were doing serious damage to their logicboards when accidently yanking out the power-supplies . Nice idea . But I've had to replace around half a dozen power supplies (both the older and new) due to the thin cable fraying and breaking . Same problem with keyboard and mouse cables . Thicker, more robust cables please! Apple have had plenty of duds: eMacs with venting capacitors . G3 iBooks with rubbish logic-boards, the silly mighty mouse nipple ball . cracking palm rests, iMovie 08 is in many ways a flop, but not completely . I'm not anti-Apple . . . don't get me wrong . I'm typing this on a MacBook Pro (using my Microsoft Wireless keyboard and mouse, while happy that the machine has not kernel panicked in 10 months) . Just not an Apple-Fanboy . I just don't think that people get it . Computers, software and operating systems cannot be compared to toasters and wooden spoons . Millions of lines of code . Thinking and knowledge light-years beyond the average Joe's School cert math and science . Like most of your relationships, its complicated . Funniest line I heard at work recently, "but it was working yesterday . " If a Granny can intuitively use an Apple computer . . . it is because she is a clever Granny . Finally a sensible answer on the mac v pc :banana |
gary67 (56) | ||
| 714064 | 2008-10-25 21:46:00 | Just make sure that you are buying quality RAM . Correct me if I'm wrong, but cheap RAM sucks . The point of upgrading at the point of sale is that you are not discarding the 2x 512 MB that comes onboard . Manufacturers fill the two available RAM slots to make 1 GB with 2 x 512 or 2 GB with 2 x 1 GB . . . why? Because it is cheaper . This completely bites . Makes my grumpy as . In regards to the cat on the MacBook Air . The kid who told me is trustworthy . . . so I have no reason not to believe him . I find the story funny . . . even, if it turns out to be bogus:clap . The point I was making about upgrading ram after purchase is that it is cheaper even if you discard the ram the laptop came with . |
plod (107) | ||
| 714065 | 2008-10-27 21:04:00 | The point I was making about upgrading ram after purchase is that it is cheaper even if you discard the ram the laptop came with . Just as long as the new RAM isn't rubbish . Also any warrantee issues or trouble shooting could be a little messy if faulty non-Apple RAM is causing the problem . If upgrading at point of sale is going to add less complication to dealing with Apple's customer care support . . . I'd probably advise that folks bite the bullet and spend the extra dollars . RAM is one thing that you really don't want to go too budget on . I mean the quality of the RAM . . . not necessarily the price . Good luck, whatever you decide to do . |
myke (7862) | ||
| 714066 | 2008-10-27 21:07:00 | cheers myke, the place im looking at buying it from i've brought alot of stuff from them so hopefully should get a good deal for the ram upgrade. |
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