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[840quadra]

So in other words apple forces 90% of people to buy there more expensive ram through them..

Actually their RAM prices are about spot on currently. If you order your system with more memory it is actually competitively priced with sources such as New Egg and such. In the store it may be a different deal, but still, the process of opening the case to access the RAM only takes a couple of screws, and a touch of time .

Regards,

 

[rdowns]

Actually their RAM prices are about spot on currently. If you order your system with more memory it is actually competitively priced with sources such as New Egg and such. In the store it may be a different deal, but still, the process of opening the case to access the RAM only takes a couple of screws, and a touch of time .

Regards,

The $150 price for the upgrade to 4GB is pretty competitive but you don't get your 2 1GB sticks back from Apple. If you buy the upgrade elsewhere, you can sell your sticks or keep them in case of a RAM problem.


Oh, I haz me some new toys.

 

[lost eden]

The $150 price for the upgrade to 4GB is pretty competitive but you don't get your 2 1GB sticks back from Apple. If you buy the upgrade elsewhere, you can sell your sticks or keep them in case of a RAM problem.

Agreed, 4GiB of RAM on Newegg will set you back $145 whilst Apple will only charge you $150, however 2GiB sells on Newegg for $82 so you could probably flog the set that comes with the machine for $50-60 no problem, which brings the price of doing it yourself down to ~$85-95 which is a fair bit cheaper.

But this is what really annoys me about Apple's prices;

 

[Shannighan]

Exactly. The RAM that was in mine was Samsung RAM, and they wanted $750 to upgrade it to 4GB. No thanks. I'd rather replace it myself for $130. As for this new computer, who knows why they did this!

one the new ones its only $150 to upgrade to 4gb ram.

Its also only $80 to install 4gb of memory on your own as well now...

 

[lofight]

Agreed, 4GiB of RAM on Newegg will set you back $145 whilst Apple will only charge you $150, however 2GiB sells on Newegg for $82 so you could probably flog the set that comes with the machine for $50-60 no problem, which brings the price of doing it yourself down to ~$85-95 which is a fair bit cheaper.

But this is what really annoys me about Apple's prices;

Same with euro

Ipod nano 149 dollars = 139 euros ???

 

[daneoni]

Agreed, 4GiB of RAM on Newegg will set you back $145 whilst Apple will only charge you $150, however 2GiB sells on Newegg for $82 so you could probably flog the set that comes with the machine for $50-60 no problem, which brings the price of doing it yourself down to ~$85-95 which is a fair bit cheaper.

But this is what really annoys me about Apple's prices;

American prices don't include tax whereas we have a whopping 17.5% VAT added to our prices

 

[bartelby]

American prices don't include tax whereas we have a whopping 17.5% VAT added to our prices

This comes up with every new release. You'd think people would learn.

 

[lost eden]

This comes up with every new release. You'd think people would learn.

Even if you take 17.5% off of the UK price, we're still paying at least $100 more than the US?

 

[ipodtoucher]

Even if you take 17.5% off of the UK price, we're still paying at least $100 more than the US?

Did you factor in state tax?



Thats for VA...

Plus I would get the student discount heehee

 

[sycho]

I love that everyone is forget that the new MacBooks use DDR3, which is more expensive then the RAM from the past MacBooks. Apples RAM seems to be a fair price to get it from them.

http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Produc...60381 1052939102 1309121118&name=4GB (2 x 2GB)

 

[840quadra]

Wirelessly posted (Mozilla/5.0 (iPod-3G1; U; CPU iPhone OS 2_2_B like Mac OS X; en-us) AppleWebKit/525.18.1 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/3.1.1 Mobile/5F138 Safari/525.20)

I love that everyone is forget that the new MacBooks use DDR3, which is more expensive then the RAM from the past MacBooks. Apples RAM seems to be a fair price to get it from them.

http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Produc...60381 1052939102 1309121118&name=4GB (2 x 2GB)

Who is everyone

Quite a few of us on here are agreeing that Apple's price is fair .

840

 

[UMHurricanes34]

 

[miamiracing]

nice, how much did that set you back?

dunno just got it yesterday.. have no news yet

SWEET!!! Oh and please do tell how much. Also how much did your insurance go up?

PS: If you fight this and win, your my hero.

look up there.. got it fresh yesterday (like 3 hours before post)

i already pay $155 a month for all of my cars.. i bet its gonna be like $300 now

 

[techlover828]

I love that everyone is forget that the new MacBooks use DDR3, which is more expensive then the RAM from the past MacBooks. Apples RAM seems to be a fair price to get it from them.

http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Produc...60381 1052939102 1309121118&name=4GB (2 x 2GB)

Yes, the ram apple is offering now is actually reasonably priced, considering owc has it for ~130 and apple is charging 150

 

[smwatson]

Noob question-

What happens if you put DDR3 RAM in a Macbook like mine?

 

[UMHurricanes34]

Noob question-

What happens if you put DDR3 RAM in a Macbook like mine?

It doesn't work right?

 

[smwatson]

It doesn't work right?

Worth a shot...

 

[Artofilm]

Roland TD-20 drumset, and Tama Iron Cobra Flexi Glide double bass pedal
She's a beaut!

 

[Adrien Baker]

Roland TD-20 drumset, and Tama Iron Cobra Flexi Glide double bass pedal
She's a beaut!

Very nice...can't wait to buy mine.

Until then, new snowboarding pants.

LE 686/Levi's

Adrien

 

[SuperCompu2]

...I just don't know if I'd be able to get my money's worth out of this old machine, would I?

Old. Pfft. You're talking to someone still using a 15" PowerBook G4 for daily tasks. Still flies, and I don't care what anyone has to say about it!!

 

[jackiecanev2]

Very nice...can't wait to buy mine.

Until then, new snowboarding pants.

LE 686/Levi's

Adrien

Those are hot. I have the Burton Generator (women's snowboard "jean" fabric) and I love them. Do the Levi's come in womens?

 

[klymr]

Old. Pfft. You're talking to someone still using a 15" PowerBook G4 for daily tasks. Still flies, and I don't care what anyone has to say about it!!

Yeah, I know it's not that old, but it is rather large to carry to school, etc. It is old compared to other MBPs.

 

[Adrien Baker]

Those are hot. I have the Burton Generator (women's snowboard "jean" fabric) and I love them. Do the Levi's come in womens?

Yep...and they too are hot.

Check em' out here: http://www.dogfunk.com/dogfunk/grou...et~+on_sale~+page_name~Womens-Snowboard-Pants

Adrien

 

[Artofilm]

Very nice...can't wait to buy mine.

Until then, new snowboarding pants.

LE 686/Levi's

Adrien

You play drums?
Are you actually looking to buy a TD-20?

 

[Adrien Baker]

You play drums?
Are you actually looking to buy a TD-20?

Mmhmm. Probably during Q1 of 2009. Why do you ask?

Adrien