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    do the new MBP's with multitouch use PC or special mac ram?

    Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by JonnJon, Jul 30, 2008.

  1. JonnJon

    JonnJon Notebook Geek

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    im new to mac so im not sure which to buy, and does it void your warranty if you swap out the ram?
     
    JonnJon, Jul 30, 2008
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    BHD Notebook Deity

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    i uses same ram as the pc and no it wont void your warranty.
     
    BHD, Jul 30, 2008
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  3. Xirurg

    Xirurg ORLY???

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    ram is same as in other notebooks
    it wont void the warranty!
     
    Xirurg, Jul 30, 2008
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  4. Sam

    Sam Notebook Virtuoso

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    No, no special Mac RAM, as long as it is 200-pin 667 MHz or 800 MHz DDR2 RAM, it will work with the MBP!
     
    Sam, Jul 30, 2008
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    cdnalsi Food for the funky people

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    But if you ask one of the Apple "Geniuses" they will say "Apple Certified RAM" and yes it costs "$1,000 to upgrade from 2GB to 4GB". Hilarious! :D
     
    cdnalsi, Jul 30, 2008
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    agentphish Notebook Geek

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    www.macsales.com is the best place to get it IMO. It's all tested w/ Apple machines...that said I've put G.Skill, Crucial, Transcend, Samsung RAM in Macs and never had issues.

    I like MacSales because you get matched pairs.
     
    agentphish, Jul 31, 2008
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    willard Notebook Consultant

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    I pulled the 4 gigs i had in my X61T and swapped it when i got the MBP. 1.5 months later no problems.
     
    willard, Aug 1, 2008
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