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    Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by veebee, May 16, 2008.

  1. veebee

    veebee Notebook Enthusiast

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    veebee, May 16, 2008
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    gengerald Technofile Extraordinaire

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    I call it business. There are product differences, but the differences do not warrant the price margin. In my opinion, use the crucial ram tool, then go buy the ram from newegg and save yourself even more money.
     
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    bigspin My Kind Of Place

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    Second That! :D

    I brought Kingston 4GB Kit for $75 & Apple charge $220(In Sri Lanka)
     
    bigspin, May 16, 2008
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  4. The_Observer

    The_Observer 9262 is the best:)

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    Because it's Apple site :)
     
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    shazzoz Notebook Consultant

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    It's that way with most notebooks, not just Apple. For some people, they don't want to hassle installing it themselves ... so Apple makes a big margin. It's very easy to install RAM, so if you want to save a few bucks, follow the recommendations provided above.
     
    shazzoz, May 16, 2008
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  6. Raymond Luxury-Yacht

    Raymond Luxury-Yacht Notebook Consultant

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    A 2GB MacBook would come with two 1GB modules installed; so, in order to be able to upgrade to 4GB, you'd need to remove those, and install *two* 2GB sticks (and sadly, waste the stock 2x1GB modules)

    So the 4GB upgrade according to the price you gave, would be $120, not $60.
     
    Raymond Luxury-Yacht, May 17, 2008
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