{"id":53,"date":"2007-03-24T16:16:03","date_gmt":"2007-03-25T00:16:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/2007\/03\/24\/pulled-the-trigger-and-bought-a-mac-now-where-to-buy-ram\/"},"modified":"2007-03-24T16:17:38","modified_gmt":"2007-03-25T00:17:38","slug":"pulled-the-trigger-and-bought-a-mac-now-where-to-buy-ram","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/2007\/03\/24\/pulled-the-trigger-and-bought-a-mac-now-where-to-buy-ram\/","title":{"rendered":"Pulled the trigger and bought a Mac – now where to buy RAM?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Thanks for everyone’s input today about what Mac laptop to get. Here’s what I ended up getting:<\/p>\n

MacBook Pro 15.4″
\n2.16 GHz, 1 GB RAM, 120 GB Hard Disk, 128 MB graphics card<\/p>\n

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\nAfter people pointed out some good reasons to go for the Pro, the decision was then about the higher-end version or not. The benefits of the more expensive version would have been a faster processor (2.33 vs 2.16) and a 256 MB graphics card. The faster processor didn’t seem worth the extra price. The extra graphics RAM was more tempting, I don’t know, maybe I should have gone with that instead. As someone pointed out, the upcoming CS3 release from Adobe is going to have more intense graphics requirements, which was one reason to go for the Pro vs. non-Pro. Maybe once I get CS3 I’ll have wished I went with the 256 MB graphics RAM. But I figure I’m gonna drop 3 GB of RAM in there, so I should be able to run whatever the hell I want without problems.<\/p>\n

So one more question for people out there: where should I buy a single 2 GB stick of RAM for a MacBook Pro Core 2 Duo?<\/p>\n

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Someone pointed out macsales.com, and I was checking out the different options. There are three different options I could go with. I’m not a RAM expert, so I have no idea what the benefits and drawbacks for any of these choices are. Here are the choices:<\/p>\n

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  1. $260 – Other World Computing Brand<\/a><\/li>\n
  2. $340 – Micron<\/a><\/li>\n
  3. $450 – Samsung<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Crucial’s got a 2 GB stick for $355<\/a>.<\/p>\n

    They all look exactly the same to me. The only difference I can spot is that the Micron option says it’s “128 x 8” versus the other two are “256 x 64”. I have no clue what this means. Is there any reason to not go with the cheapest option?<\/p>\n

    I’m going to be using the 1 GB stick of RAM that comes from Apple and just adding the new 2 GB stick I buy. Is there any brand that would play better with the 1 GB stick from Apple? <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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