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I just order the OCZ 2x2GB DDR2-667 kit for my MacBook yesterday, and when I looked at the tracking, its already out for delivery! Has anyone used this kit with their MacBook? Just want to make sure it will work.
 
most any DDR2-667 memory will work. I think most folks use either A-DATA, OCZ, G.Skill or Corsair.
 
Got my 4GB Kingston RAM upgrade from the Egg, too. :D
Hard to believe Apple gets away with charging over $700 to slap 4GB in an MB/MBP. :rolleyes:
 
Apple and PC Notebooks use the same ram? :confused:

If so im a bit confused how some places have 2 categorys one for apple notebook memory and one for pc notebook memory.. :confused:

Can someone confirm?
 
The Kingston RAM I installed in my MBP works perfectly and would do the same in any PC laptop. Any Apple sales, tech support or fan-boy geek who claims that only Apple-designed RAM will work properly in a Mac is an idiot, liar or both.
 
Although sometimes (I think there was a kit that didn't work) it won't. But usually, its just the same components.
 
Mr. Wolf said:
Got my 4GB Kingston RAM upgrade from the Egg, too. :D
Hard to believe Apple gets away with charging over $700 to slap 4GB in an MB/MBP. :rolleyes:
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Or, to quote our higher education executive sales rep: "Yeah, well, Mac RAM is more expensive." I guess you pay more for the fairy dust and pixie farts they sprinkle on every stick. I've got 4GB of Corsair in my MBP that cost something like $65 and it's working just fine. It's nice for VMware, but I think all I noticed in OSX was that my dock finally stopped stuttering when it went to auto-hide.

 
Jasonx82 said:
Apple and PC Notebooks use the same ram? :confused:

If so im a bit confused how some places have 2 categorys one for apple notebook memory and one for pc notebook memory.. :confused:

Can someone confirm?
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Mr. Wolf said:
The Kingston RAM I installed in my MBP works perfectly and would do the same in any PC laptop. Any Apple sales, tech support or fan-boy geek who claims that only Apple-designed RAM will work properly in a Mac is an idiot, liar or both.
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alexfort93 said:
Although sometimes (I think there was a kit that didn't work) it won't. But usually, its just the same components.
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These guys are both correct. Macs use the same RAM as PCs. They have for quite a while now. I guess sometimes they can be a bit pickier, but certain brands of motherboards are pickier about RAM than others.
 
got in on a deal at buy.com awhile back for 4gb of the same OCZ memory for $60-$20MIR =$40 bucks after rebate+goggle checkout coupon, works in my penryn macbook pro like a charm. Rebate even arrived fast, weird.
 
Jasonx82 said:
Apple and PC Notebooks use the same ram? :confused:

If so im a bit confused how some places have 2 categorys one for apple notebook memory and one for pc notebook memory.. :confused:

Can someone confirm?
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It's called "Branding".
 
Apple computers havn't been picky about what type of ram they can support ever since they began using Intel Chipsets.
 
MrJohnson said:
Apple computers havn't been picky about what type of ram they can support ever since they began using Intel Chipsets.
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I'd say they haven't been picky about RAM since they started using DDR. Either way, current Macs and even most of the ones made in the past 3 or 4 years use standard RAM.
 
I installed a set of 2x2GB DDR2 Patriots on a friends mac laptop, worked great, not a single problem
 
I own a Powerbook G4 Aluminum and those systems were a bit more picky with ram than the latest MBP's with intel chipsets. Sometimes even the same company brand, and model of a ram will be a hit or miss on the powerbooks (perhaps a difference in the chips used)
 
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