PowerBook memory price DROPPED!

well depending on the new mac formating of hardware current RAM may not work on the new notebooks

Now you're making me have second thoughts, man...

Maybe its time I add that extra GB to my G5?

That memory generic vs. "name brand" is a scam. don't believe it because somebody who has interest in selling you higher priced ram tells you that.

Why don't you search the internet for "generic ram compared" or other things. You'll see that generic ram is usually made in the same factories as expensive name "brand" ram.

It's the same stuff. It is more common to have a bad generic ram module simply because they do less testing. So if somebody at the apple store tells you your 1gb model is bad order another 1gb of the exact same "generic" brand and odds are you will be fine.

Don't belive that $500 more for kensington on a ram module means anythign, it just means it went through the "name foil" stamping machine at the same plant as the ram you saved $500 on...

Hey, i was looking at memory upgrades for my powerbook g4 1.5ghz on Crucial.com Boy, are they down! My powerbook 17" memory used to be over $800 for two 1GB dimms. It's down to less than $400 for 2. Check it out, i already gobbled up the 2GB for my powerbook. Enjoy

edit: srry for the post i didnt notice the one on this exact topic below..

Do you need a towel, Figital?

;)

Originally posted by webmail
That memory generic vs. "name brand" is a scam. don't believe it because somebody who has interest in selling you higher priced ram tells you that.

Its not a scam. Its business. People pay for reputation, and the brand names have a reputation for making memory that works. If you have time to stuff about with machines that dont work properly, or crash, then no problem. When you are using them for work you should just pony up the extra cash for reliability. As soon as you loose a few hours work to a crash you have just wiped out the cost benefit of that cheap memory.

Memory isnt just about the chips, the design and manufacture of the board is very important. Every DIMM also has a configuration ROM, incorrectly matching the ROM and the RAM on the stick can cause errors. Memory testing machines are expensive, cheaper manufacturers may not have as many, and may do less testing of actual production batches. The name brands also test for compatibility with specific machines ( check out Kingston site, it is great ), which cheap manufacturers wont do. The complexity of memory design, and interaction with the motherboard is such that a 'good' design may not work in any given machine.

Originally posted by Figital
I double posted this because i was soo excited b4 i noticed RANSOMED posted it already, srry but im really excited as now i have 2GB instead of 1 in my 17"PB and the fact that i payed unbder $400. WOOO HOOO!!! About compatibilty, my sister saved about $500 purchasing her RAm from crucial.com instead of Apple for her 12"PB and shes had it for 6months now and nooo problems, where do the cheap ram theories hold up there? Also, on my custom built Windoze gaming and productivity PC i have 2GB of crucial ram in an ASUS mobo, once again, nooo problems for the last year and a half sooo get it cheap. You get what you pay for, good ram and good prices.
:D

So it sounds like everybody agrees crucial is pretty reliable and my 17" 1.5 Ghz PB will be pretty happy, huh?

Hey Figital! How's running now? Do you run Photoshop or Illustrator on your PB? How about Final Cut? Just want to find out if the uptgrade will be worth it for me.

Originally posted by Figital
I designated over 1.5GB of memory to photoshop becasue it the program i use most and i usually always use it alone except for with bridge open and it blazes now.

Thanks for the review! I'll definitely get it as soon as I get the chance.

Originally posted by octane
Why are the prices on newegg's site so much better than Crucials? Which chips are correct spec for powerbooks?

that's the thing that crucial is charging more $$$ for.

i did a search on newegg and found pc2700 sodimm 1gb

ranges from $100 for a patriot to $173 for corsair fully branded

of those ram chips, the only thing i know with any certainty is that the corsair valueselect for $147 should work with powerbooks because of (a) anandtech reports and (b) one or two appleinsider reports

get this now. Apple Asia (Malaysia country hq) advise dealers against using the Kingston 1gb which is specifically made for Powerbooks because they have noticed issues like kernel panics after some time.

then there is Apacer brand pc2700
http://www.computerhq.com/Apacer_1GB_PC2700_DDR_200-pin_SODIMM/hardware/partinfo-id-535289.html

the Apacer pc2700 sodimm 512mb has been in my iBook g4 for 1.5 months or so now, and is doing swell. i could get a 1gb piece for about usd $110 in my country, i bought the 512mb for us$65 or so.

Apacer memory for notebooks uses Infineon chips. I think some of those chips are manufactured in Malaysia, where i'm living right now, that's why its cheap here...

it's a bit of a morass out there, because of whether something is fully-JEDEC compliant and whether RAM will work flawlessly in your apple for years and years to come.

at the end of the day, that's what crucial.com is offering, extra cash for peace of mind.

IMHO the ebay dealers that specialise in Mac memory offer a good blend of guaranteed compatibility and value for money. admitedly i have not had personal experience with them though, such as 'omni technologies'...

good luck peoples...