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uv23 · Dec 7, 2003, 09:19 AM

Heads up everyone:

http://guide.apple.com/redirect/king...4ram_pdad.html

I wish I had seen this earlier. Those are great prices, seeing as I just paid $270CDN for a 512mb SODIMM for my 12" PB. Cheers.

P.S. Maybe this should be a sticky?

Tek · Dec 7, 2003, 12:23 PM

other places like crucial are still a lot cheaper and still very reliable...

May God Be With You.
-Matt

Maflynn · Dec 7, 2003, 12:27 PM

I don't know about making this a sticky but here's a cheaper price for 512meg of memory for a 15" al. Crucial

145usd (Kingston) vs 129 (crucial)

Mike

hldan · Dec 7, 2003, 01:22 PM

Originally posted by uv23:
Heads up everyone:

http://guide.apple.com/redirect/king...4ram_pdad.html

I wish I had seen this earlier. Those are great prices, seeing as I just paid $270CDN for a 512mb SODIMM for my 12" PB. Cheers.

P.S. Maybe this should be a sticky?

For goodness sake their prices are outragously high. The 1GIG stick for the 17"PB is still $854.00 U.S. after the 25% discount. That's not a deal, that's a steal. They are stealing from the consumer. Most places regular price is $600.00 U.S.

Daracle · Dec 7, 2003, 01:34 PM

Hey uv23
Where in Calgary did you pick that up?
You wouldnt happen to know the prive on a 1gig would you?

uv23 · Dec 7, 2003, 02:12 PM

Originally posted by Daracle:
Hey uv23
Where in Calgary did you pick that up?
You wouldnt happen to know the prive on a 1gig would you?

Hiya. I ordered it from Westworld on Center St and 10 Ave North. It was $259 + tax. Ordered it Friday and it arrived Wednesday. I think most places in town sell it for $269. I've always had good results with Kensington memory for PCs so I figured I'd go with a name I trust for my new Mac.

The lifetime warranty is nice too. Regarding the 1 gig chip, no idea. There are US prices on the first link in this thread though and if I remember right, the 1 gig chip was ~$600US. Lotsa $$. I'm happy with my 768mb.

MrNo · Dec 7, 2003, 03:11 PM

I just got a 512MB HighSpeed memory stick for my 12" PB from 1-800-4-MEMORY with a lifetime warranty for 109$.
I am not sure how much is that when you convert it to Canadian dolars but it sure is cheaper then what you paid for. And Kingston memory is nothing really special.
I tried buying generic memory before I got HighSpeed and it was 89$ for 512 (I'm cheap I know) but my computer started crashing as soon as I installed the RAM, so I just replaced it and got this one. No problems so far.

Daracle · Dec 7, 2003, 03:28 PM

Good to know
I ahve to bring my PB in to Westworld on Monday morning to have the screen replaced because of the white spots....I will check then
No way I am going to MyMacDealer....

StiZeven · Dec 7, 2003, 09:22 PM

Here are quality Samsung 512MB PC2700 333MHZ 200 PIN DDR SODIMMs for only $99 each (Samsung is one of the OEMs that Apple uses for their system Memory).

http://www.memorysuppliers.com/sa51pc33200p.html

I've dealt with them many times. They have a 30-Day money back guarantee (from when you receive it), same day shipping, and a lifetime manufacturer warranty on the memory, of course.

uv23 · Dec 7, 2003, 10:31 PM

Seems like I need to do a bit more shopping around next time.

Ah well, live and learn.

Mobile Mod · Dec 7, 2003, 11:28 PM

best site i have ever found for cheapest memory is www.ramseeker.com which directs you to other sites i guess. in the end 18004memory is usually the cheapest and i havent had any problems (knock on wood).

justin

wy4tt · Dec 8, 2003, 01:27 AM

just out of curiosity i'd like to see a performance comparison between the different ram manufacturers. get some real world tests to see if an extra $20 is worth it.