GiantRobotDelux
02-28-2008, 04:42 PM
Reader Carlos wrote in to note that RAM prices on the newly released MacBook and MacBook Pro were much better than they used to be. That seems to be the case, but I still personally recommend against upgrading your RAM through them. You will encounter overly loyal fans that will not put a stick of RAM into their Mac unless it’s been kissed by someone at Apple.
To upgrade your MacBook with 4 GB of RAM through Apple, it costs $400. That’s better than the $700 more it used to cost. However, Other World Computing is now offering 4 GB upgrade kits for $95.99. That’s a quarter of the cost and they don’t have the profit of the machine itself to defray cost.
To make things even better for you as a customer, they offer a trade-in program. Assuming you don’t want to try to sell those two now useless 1 GB sticks of MacBook yourself, you can send the RAM to them and get a $20 rebate off your order. You can upgrade the RAM for less than $80. That’s a fifth of Apple’s option cost. Now you know. Don’t let your friends overspend on RAM upgrades.
http://www.macuser.com/hardware/apple_ram_cheaper_but_still_4.php
To upgrade your MacBook with 4 GB of RAM through Apple, it costs $400. That’s better than the $700 more it used to cost. However, Other World Computing is now offering 4 GB upgrade kits for $95.99. That’s a quarter of the cost and they don’t have the profit of the machine itself to defray cost.
To make things even better for you as a customer, they offer a trade-in program. Assuming you don’t want to try to sell those two now useless 1 GB sticks of MacBook yourself, you can send the RAM to them and get a $20 rebate off your order. You can upgrade the RAM for less than $80. That’s a fifth of Apple’s option cost. Now you know. Don’t let your friends overspend on RAM upgrades.
http://www.macuser.com/hardware/apple_ram_cheaper_but_still_4.php