Extra memory

[danaeris]

secretsoflife, who is much wiser in these things than I, suggested that instead of buying Apple's memory, I buy this:
http://canadacomputers.com/index.php?do=ShowProduct&cmd=pd&pid=014086&cid=RAM.187

Or if I want the same stuff Apple uses, buy this (I think this is the right stuff):
http://canadacomputers.com/index.php?do=ShowProduct&cmd=pd&pid=009302&cid=RAM.187

So, would it be even remotely worth the extra cash to get the Kingston ValueRAM, rather than the Crucial Rendition? It's $47 vs. $54

Is there a happy medium, alternatively? Edit: not sure a happy medium is worthwhile considering that the price differential is so small now that secretsoflife has corrected me on which Kingston ValueRAM I should "go" for.

Thanks in advance for any wisdom/advice!

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[chrisla.livejournal.com]

In my work I buy ~$1 million a year in servers, we always use 3rd party RAM, and I have never had a problem. This includes boxes from Apple. It fails at the same rate as vendor ram in my experience.

We normally get Kingston. One thing to keep in mind is that they offer a lifetime guarantee (or at least they do on server stuff) that is a better deal than you will ever get out of Apple.

Handled properly RAM will typically either fail in the first month or outlast the computer.

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[http://users.livejournal.com/_duncan/]

. . . and I'll let you know if they honor that guarantee. The first pretty sure failure of RAM in-system happened to me a few months ago with a stick of Kingston.

[secretsoflife.livejournal.com]

the second one you linked to is server ram. so don't get that :)

this is the one up from the crucial ram (though "step up" is really just price as Crucial is a name brand too): http://canadacomputers.com/index.php?do=ShowProduct&cmd=pd&pid=009302&cid=RAM.187

[danaeris.livejournal.com]

I hope you don't mind me asking more questions...

So the MacBooks as I understand it come with two sticks of 512 MB each. Is that right?

So if I buy 1 GB of RAM, and replace one of those sticks, I'll have 1.5 GB of RAM, and I can always choose to upgrade the other one later. Is that right?

And if I did it that way, is it possible the two types of RAM (i.e. one crucial, and one kingston) would not play nicely together?

[secretsoflife.livejournal.com]

that is correct.

the differing brands won't be a problem, but try and save up to get the other one within the next 6 months or so, ram gets faster all the time and in 6 months you may have trouble finding the exact one you need.

you might also be able to sell the spare 512's on ebay or craigslist for a bit of $$.