Buying 2 gig ram stick from apple cheaper as an after purchase than a BTO!

[student_trap]

just checked this out and its really strange...

to upgrade your mbp at the time of buying from 2 to 3 gigs costs:

£380

to buy a 2 gig stick after from apple costs only:

£240

is it me or is that really strange? Just thought id let you guys know!

 

[mattscott306]

The memory section upgrade is for 2- 1 gig sticks, not for 1- 2 gig stick.

 

[student_trap]

oh i see, so you cant at current upgrade through apple then? or am i looking in the wrong place?

 

[mattscott306]

oh i see, so you cant at current upgrade through apple then? or am i looking in the wrong place?

No, you've got to go through a third party retailer.

 

[smueboy]

Seems a bit odd to me that they don't sell the 2GB chips, since they are an option on the computers.

 

[mattscott306]

Seems a bit odd to me that they don't sell the 2GB chips, since they are an option on the computers.

Ehh, I honestly don't see why they offer any chips at all. They are about 2x the price of most other retailers, but they use the same parts. (I believe they use samsung mostly). Shoot me if I'm wrong on that last part.

 

[markjewiss]

Seems a bit odd to me that they don't sell the 2GB chips, since they are an option on the computers.

I just got a 3GB MPB... I was told by the local store that the 2GB chip is specially made to order in China - nowhere stocks them (at least across the UK) as the simply don't sell many of them. Searching for an equivalent chip in the UK though, I couldn't find anything that was that much cheaper for this chip...

Mark.

 

[CanadaRAM]

I just got a 3GB MPB... I was told by the local store that the 2GB chip is specially made to order in China - nowhere stocks them (at least across the UK) as the simply don't sell many of them. Searching for an equivalent chip in the UK though, I couldn't find anything that was that much cheaper for this chip...

Mark.

Local store story ^ - Bulltweet

 

[BoA*]

Fyi

Newegg and Crucial sell 2GB ram in both ways (2x1GB) and (1x2GB) sticks.

I know, I was going to buy some tonight but decided only on a one gig chip for my iMac G5.