is there any reason for getting Apple RAM ?

[sanzu3]

Well, if the money is burning a hole in your pocket, then get:
Airport Extreme Base Station, Apple TV, or iPod =)

also got the extreme base station - and a free ipod nano when i got a mb last year

wouldn't mind an apple tv, but i think ii'll wait and see if that gets upgraded (or ditched?)

 

[sanzu3]

umm.. No, i hope you're satisfied. You made a purchasing mistake, and we told you a way to correct it. We did it for YOU, not us.

Anyway, i recommend/vouch for crucial ram and/or owc ram (otherworldcomputing.com)


Edit @ CanadaRAM : i agree but a small part of me says keeping the original Apple branded ram to use to test to see if the 3rd party ram is bad and/or to use when you send your machine back to apple would be a good idea (read: buying the smallest amount of apple ram you can). But since apple regards ram as a user replaceable part would that mean that any ram that went bad and may have messed something up apple would fix under applecare, no? (i mean the ram, not something the user does in process of changing the ram)

part of me still wants to get 4 gigs of apple ram - but i guess i'll go with crucial

 

[gnasher729]

For academia you have to go through a long chain of commands to get approval for new computer orders. Specifying that you intend for IT to upgrade your computer with ram that you buy from a third party would not pass along the lines of command. And if it would, you would have to justify it, formally with letters from consultants (A pain, and slim chance that it will work, due to dealing with multiple warranties and the like). In cases such as these it is simpler to pay the premium, as the processes is shorter and less hassle.

-I'm only referring to research labs at universities, the process might be different for other areas of academia.

-In your case, I don't think that I can find justification other than dealing with one warranty

That's not just academia. If I had the choice of ordering a Mac with lots of expensive memory, vs. a Mac with little memory and more, cheap memory from another source, the second option would take so much time of so many people, including me, it wouldn't be worth it.