[explosivpotato]

Im a new member here, just regestered. Anyway, I had a question regarding memory for my PB G4 17".
Anyway, my question was mostly answered by searching the forums, but in my quest i came across a great website, reccomended by someone on this board, with just the right kind of memory, pc-2700 DDR 333. Now, I have found memory for both my revision of powerbooks and the one right after (ddr2). Im looking to add a gigabyte stick to bring my memory to 1.5 gigs, so i checked prices on these modules.


anyway, i found this:
http://www.datamem.com/parts_that_fi...E_Apple_A_C_E_


for 112 dollars. Not bad at all! Much better than Apple's 300...

but then i found this for the next revision of powerbook:
http://www.datamem.com/parts_that_fi...E_Apple_A_C_E_


so, if this is correct, the FASTER memory (which would do me no good, but thats not the point) is 6 dollars cheaper than the slower, older memory designed for my machine...

huh? Am I missing something?


thanks in advance for any comments, Im glad i found this place!

Frank

[slugslugslug]

I'm not sure if you can change your thread title more than a few minutes after posting, but you'd probably get more responses here if this were called something like "RAM for 17" PowerBook". Try double-clicking the title from the PB/MBP forum page.

FWIW, I think getting RAM that's faster than your machine is safe, but I'm not sure. For six bucks, I'd probably stick with the seller's recommendation.

P.S. How's NOLA? I used to live there (left pre-Katrina) and I often miss it..

[mduell]

One is DDR and the other is DDR2. DDR2 is cheaper because it's what's currently being produced in volume, while DDR is yesterdays technology (non-DDR SDRAM is even more expensive).

You're stuck paying the higher price, since they're not pin compatible.

[explosivpotato]

yeah, I cant change the title, i realized that a good bit afer i posted it. oops


ah well, mduell's response is info enough. Thanks!

[explosivpotato]

sorry, missed half of your question.


NOLA itself is a pretty sad sight, but around Tulane its really clean and you cant even tell there was damage. Go a coupla blocks away from campus though, and its quite a different story. On the upside, however, macdonalds is paying 10.50 an hour with an extra 250 a week bonus. too bad i dont have a car.

[Tuoder]

It will not work, DDR2 and DDR have different voltage requirements. Furthermore, they are different standards. It is actually the only time that I can think of personally, when RAM that would fit in the slot would not work. That is kind of weird, actually.