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Went to buy a Macbook... but...
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And you're surprised why? You go to the Apple store to buy stock configurations. Either order configured to order online or buy your RAM from a reputable third party like http://www.macsales.com. Get the 1G for $100 and sell your stock RAM.
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Yes, this has been discussed several times before, and it's an unfortunate oversight in the way Apple runs its stores. Basically, when you buy online, you're upgrading from one amount of RAM to another. When you buy in person, it's already got the stock RAM, so you're buying RAM at the full replacement price and ending up with the stock RAM too, thereby adding to your cost. They should really have a policy to deal with this ('Books that they ship to stores without any RAM, for example, so that customers can custom-configure with more), but they don't.
Unless there's a way of talking them down (I wouldn't know), your best bet is to either just order online configed the way you want, or buy the RAM from a 3rd party and install it yourself. If you just go all the way to 2 gigs, it'll cost you about $200, and you're good to go.
Unless there's a way of talking them down (I wouldn't know), your best bet is to either just order online configed the way you want, or buy the RAM from a 3rd party and install it yourself. If you just go all the way to 2 gigs, it'll cost you about $200, and you're good to go.
Don't sell the stock RAM. From what I hear, Apple won't touch the machine without their RAM in it. So just keep the stock RAM in a safe place, and if anything ever happens to your MacBook where you have to send it in, put the stock RAM back in before sending it in.
Talk to the manager. Tell him that you want the same deal that you can get BTO online, or that you'll order elsewhere. Online and stores are in competition. I was set to buy at an apple store with that deal assured by manager, but have decided to wait a month.
You can't be serious right? From what you 'hear'? What you hear should be the same thing all of us hear on these forums and anything outside of that has got to be a damn good inside story.zephead said:
Dude, Apple overcharges bigtime for more RAM. Just buy the machine and order some 3rd Party memory, installation is easier than changing a light bulb.
It only cost you $800-1000 for an automatic transmission when you order a vehicle, but it won't cost that much in labor to do it after you buy the 5 speed.jonomo said:
Many companies have lower build-to-order prices versus going in and doing it after it is built.
Nature of the beast ...
It isn't $100 on the Apple Store, since Apple will charge you $200 to order the memory online -- it is only $100 when you do a CTO machine, not when you order the memory a la carte online.
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