...that is from a 3rd party vendor, in this case Crucial, will that invalidate my Apple warranty? 
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...that is from a 3rd party vendor, in this case Crucial, will that invalidate my Apple warranty?
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no.. Unless you break something while installing the ram then the warranty doesn't cover that..
apple uses crucial ram anyway
are you sure they use Crucial RAM because if I buy a shiny new macbook and upgrade to 4GB through Apple it will cost me £539.99 but if I go to Crucial it will cost me £115.14?????
You could say that Apple sometimes uses Crucial RAM, but I have had a lot of Macs, and none of them have come with Crucial RAM. Micron is the brand I have seen most often.apple uses crucial ram anyway
And for the OP, yes, comparable RAM is much more expensive from Apple.
apple likes to rip people off
yup its insane, im sure they switch mfgs occasionally i know my imac had crucial ram in it, i dont really remember what my MBP had though
delete your crucial cookies as i bought a 2GB chip for £48 which means you can get 4GB for ~£96.
apple likes to rip people off
With memory, yes...I bought 2 GB of RAM (Samsung) for my PowerBook from OWC, it cost me $135.98. The same RAM from Apple was $600 at the time.
Hey i was thinking of upgrading to 4gb on the new macbook pro.
Obviously not from apple,
Question one, what is the best ram in terms of performance and compatibility with macbook pro?
Question two, what to do with the old ram, seems like such a waste? I wonder if apple would want to buy it back, lol....
Obviously not from apple,
Question one, what is the best ram in terms of performance and compatibility with macbook pro?
Question two, what to do with the old ram, seems like such a waste? I wonder if apple would want to buy it back, lol....
Short answer...no it wont void your warranty, unless you break something while doing it. Its easy to install ram though.
My opinion: RAM is RAM. If it meets the specs and isn't broken, then it's exactly the same as any other RAM with the same specs. It's a different story for overclockers maybe, but we aren't in that situation.
OWC will buy back the RAM you've removed. I assume you've had to buy from them in the first place.
The free market provides a price incentive for Apple to innovate. And from these profits arise more funds for research and development, which allows for their release of more innovative products.
Apple provides me a price incentive to purchase RAM from another vendor and install it myself.
Apple buys Hynix, Samsung and Micron, all direct from the foundries. Apple never installs retail brands such as Crucial.
Crucial (the brand) is owned by Micron, Crucial sells RAM manufactured by Micron primarily, but also Samsung, Hynix, Swissbit and Elpida.
Crucial (the brand) is owned by Micron, Crucial sells RAM manufactured by Micron primarily, but also Samsung, Hynix, Swissbit and Elpida.
It's called mark-up (and there's some legitimate-albeit minor-labor costs in there)
That too (for RAM and HD upgrades that is).apple likes to rip people off
Right, but for RAM, they like to rip off the consumer.
I say keep it. If all else fails, you can always go back to it or even send it back to Apple in the event that your notebook suffers some great calamity. Giving it to someone who can use it might also be a good idea.
AFAIK, the macbook comes with 512+512, so you'd be forced to replace both in order to get 2GB. However, as RAM prices continue to fall (and as Christmas is around the corner), I suggest you go for 4GB. You might get lucky after Thanksgiving (if you're in the US) and get 2X2GB for real cheap. That'll really make your macbook fly.
Crucial is a subsidiary of Micron. The whole reason for the existence of the company is to sell Micron RAM to the public.
But you do have to be cognizant of which MacBook you have. Pre-Santa Rosa MacBooks, such as mine, will only recognize 3.3gb of RAM, whereas the newest MacBooks will recognize 4gb.
In my case, would it be better to buy 2x 2gb sticks of RAM or 1x 1 gb and 1x 2gb?