[jtice]

If I follow Cruitral's web site choices to get to the recommended 512 stick, it's priced about 50% higher than a similar stick (same brand) at NewEgg. But at NewEgg they don't tell you which computers the stick goes in, and the model numbers on the sticks aren't the same. Both are 200 pin, DDR SO-DIMM, PC 2100, Non-ECC, Unbuffered. Is there any reason not to buy the less expensive stick? Also, OWC is selling PC2700 sticks for about the same price–is there any advantage to buying faster memory the the 933?
Thanks,
John

[ghporter]

Crucial will guarantee that, if they say it will work in YOUR computer, then it will or they'll refund your money or give you a new part. I doubt New Egg or OWC will do that. This is most likely because their parts ARE NOT of the same quality as Crucial's. This doesn't mean that they're junk, just that they won't meet the same specs as the Crucial part that Crucial says works in your computer.

This all means that Crucial sells memory while the other folks sell anything. I always go with the specialists, and I haven't been disappointed yet.

[afireinside]

If its a PC2100 SODIMM it should work fine. If it doesent you can always RMA it. I'd be very supprised if it didnt work.

[Hi I'm Ben]

Newegg is great about returns and exchanges.

[ghporter]

Like I said, some Macs do fine with RAM that's not quite what's speced, and others need REALLY GOOD matches to work. Double check the requirements on Apple's web site before you order.

[nbn22385]

i bought the newegg ram (kingmax i think) in a 1gb stick for $190. couldnt be happier.

12" ibook g4

[jtice]

The NewEgg stick is Crutial brand as well. I searched the model no. on the Crutial site and found it at the same price. The specs are seemingly the samefor model numbers CT6464X265 and CT372710.

nbn22385- did you have to do anything special (mods or upgrades) to get the iBook to use 1ghz? How much difference do you think it makes?

[ghporter]

Originally posted by jtice:
The NewEgg stick is Crutial brand as well. I searched the model no. on the Crutial site and found it at the same price. The specs are seemingly the samefor model numbers CT6464X265 and CT372710.

nbn22385- did you have to do anything special (mods or upgrades) to get the iBook to use 1ghz? How much difference do you think it makes?

Are ALL the specs the same? One to be particularly careful with is the CL spec. This is "column latency," and it addresses how quickly the computer can switch from one column of bytes to another. A LOWER CL number than specified will work (just like faster memory will work), but you're gambling if you try to get a higher CL to work.

And if your iBook is fairly new, it should support 1GB SODIMMS. But not necessarily just any 1GB stick.

[jtice]

Originally posted by GHPorter:
Are ALL the specs the same? One to be particularly careful with is the CL spec. This is "column latency," and it addresses how quickly the computer can switch from one column of bytes to another. A LOWER CL number than specified will work (just like faster memory will work), but you're gambling if you try to get a higher CL to work.

And if your iBook is fairly new, it should support 1GB SODIMMS. But not necessarily just any 1GB stick.

Yes, every spec I could find is identical– I was looking for some difference to account for the two different model numbers. The CL is 2.5 for both.

The 933 is the version before the current model that came out this spring. I know it's starving for ram, but not sure if there would be significant benefit from the 1ghz vs. 512mb.

[ghporter]

Originally posted by jtice:
Yes, every spec I could find is identical– I was looking for some difference to account for the two different model numbers. The CL is 2.5 for both.

The 933 is the version before the current model that came out this spring. I know it's starving for ram, but not sure if there would be significant benefit from the 1ghz vs. 512mb.

I can't tell you how much benefit you'll see by adding past 512, but I can tell you that adding 512 to bring our iBook up to 640 was a MAJOR improvement.

[foo2]

I'd suggest Outpost.Com - they have 1G PC2700 SODIMMs for $160-ish, and shipping is reasonable.

Spending more $ seems silly to me. Macs can't overclock the RAM, so there's no point in spending lots of $$ on the memory chips.

[nbn22385]

Originally posted by jtice:
nbn22385- did you have to do anything special (mods or upgrades) to get the iBook to use 1ghz? How much difference do you think it makes?

No mods necessary. Im sure 1gb is a bit overkill but now the computer is a beast. At least ill never say "i shouldve gotten more".