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Mac Forum / General / Hardware / January 2007Where to buy RAM?
A friend of mine needs to buy more RAM for her PowerBook G4. (She has only 256 megs right now, and is running Tiger 10.4.9.) She lives in Oakland, CA, and wants to buy and install it today or tomorrow, so mail order is not an option for her. I told her not to buy it from Apple because Apple's RAM prices are too high, but I don't know of any place other than Fry's, which (1) I don't trust all that much, and (2) is quite a bit out of the way for her. Any constructive suggestions?  SignatureSupport the troops: Bring them home ASAP. > A friend of mine needs to buy more RAM for her PowerBook G4. (She has > only 256 megs right now, and is running Tiger 10.4.9.) She lives in [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > Any constructive suggestions? <http://www.crucial.com> SignatureTom Stiller PGP fingerprint = 5108 DDB2 9761 EDE5 E7E3 7BDA 71ED 6496 99C0 C7CF > > A friend of mine needs to buy more RAM for her PowerBook G4. (She > > has only 256 megs right now, and is running Tiger 10.4.9.) She [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > > <http://www.crucial.com> Brick and mortar; she wants to be able to go there today or tomorrow and install the RAM the same day. SignatureSupport the troops: Bring them home ASAP. > > > A friend of mine needs to buy more RAM for her PowerBook G4. (She > > > has only 256 megs right now, and is running Tiger 10.4.9.) She [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > Brick and mortar; she wants to be able to go there today or tomorrow and > install the RAM the same day. Act in haste; repent in leisure. :) SignatureTom Stiller PGP fingerprint = 5108 DDB2 9761 EDE5 E7E3 7BDA 71ED 6496 99C0 C7CF >>> A friend of mine needs to buy more RAM for her PowerBook G4. (She >>> has only 256 megs right now, and is running Tiger 10.4.9.) She [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > Brick and mortar; she wants to be able to go there today or tomorrow and > install the RAM the same day. I would try Best Buy with their Geek Guys service to install the ram. >>>> A friend of mine needs to buy more RAM for her PowerBook G4. (She >>>> has only 256 megs right now, and is running Tiger 10.4.9.) She [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > > I would try Best Buy with their Geek Guys service to install the ram. And if it fails, they may tell you to press DEL while booting the Machine to setup some BIOS settings :) Happened to a friend... I would prefer a store with neccessary mac expertise even if I would install RAM myself. At least they would know what "Apple Hardware Test" is :) Crucial seems to know Mac business. Ilgaz > Any constructive suggestions? Not without ,offering mail order. Depends on how fast you need it. Some place ship FedX same day. I use www.datamem.com They are in New Hampshire but ship same day if orders are received by 3-4 PM EST. DMK > I use www.datamem.com > > They are in New Hampshire but ship same day if orders are received by > 3-4 PM EST. I love those guys. I have used them for over 15 years. Good prices plus they don't rip you off with jacking up the shipping & handling. Their Mac sales person ALWAYS knows what type of memory you need, even for the newest platforms or for real old machines. I can affirm that they stick to their lifetime warranty - last week a 5 year old DMS stick in old G4 started acting flakey (confirmed which stick was bad with Memtest and removing/replacing). I had misplaced the original packing slip, but they still had my order in their computer, and reading them the part code from the sticker got me a replacement shipped out the same day. A company that is a real pleasure to do business with. > A friend of mine needs to buy more RAM for her PowerBook G4. (She has > only 256 megs right now, and is running Tiger 10.4.9.) She lives in [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > Any constructive suggestions? Well, you *could* try the websites of a couple of the local brickhouses, and see what they have to offer before she makes the trek. Depending on the model, Best Buy may or may not have PNY, or Kingston modules available, Circuit City seems to be a wash, and I'm just not familiar with her area to know off the top of my head what's around there. SignatureGrandpa > A friend of mine needs to buy more RAM for her PowerBook G4. (She has > only 256 megs right now, and is running Tiger 10.4.9.) She lives in [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > Any constructive suggestions? What does your X-Face Mean? No Whites? > What does your X-Face Mean? No Whites? Ya know who "Dubya" is? It means "No Dubya". Sounds logical to me. The nightmare will be ending soon. > > What does your X-Face Mean? No Whites? > > Ya know who "Dubya" is? It means "No Dubya". Sounds logical to me. > The nightmare will be ending soon. For some reason, Rob's message never made it to my provider's server. For the record, I want to confirm that you're right about the meaning of my x-face. SignatureSupport the troops: Bring them home ASAP. > > What does your X-Face Mean? No Whites? > > Ya know who "Dubya" is? It means "No Dubya". Sounds logical to me. The > nightmare will be ending soon. Heheheheh, another leftard whiner. In article <hal.i.burton-DAB86B.22181820012007@comcast.dca.giganews.com>, > Heheheheh, another leftard whiner. Oh, another wingnut buffoon. SignatureSupport the troops: Bring them home ASAP. > A friend of mine needs to buy more RAM for her PowerBook G4. (She has > only 256 megs right now, and is running Tiger 10.4.9.) She lives in > Oakland, CA, and wants to buy and install it today or tomorrow, so > mail order is not an option for her. If you're looking at local stores, then the store doesn't mattery too much - they all resell the same brands. I would avoid anything made by PNY. Although they are often the least expensive, and many people seem to like them, my experience has been that their stuff is garbage. Four out of four purchases were either DOA or failed within a month. The best brand I've found in stores is Kingston. Corsair is also good, but they may be too expensive (Corsair sells high-quality RAM, designed to be used in overclocked systems.) I would still recommend mail-order, however. Crucial is the direct- sales division of Micron, which makes high quality chips for many different companies. They test every unit sold (not just samples of each batch), and offer a lifetime warrantee. They also guarantee compatibility with your computer if you buy it through the configuration wizard on their web page. I think it's worth waiting a week for delivery in order to get this. Another possibility, depending on where you live, is to go to a local computer show. These are flea-market type events where local stores sell stuff. Where I live (in the Washington DC metro area), two or three RAM vendors exhibit at every show, and will sell you Micron memory (the same stuff Crucial uses.) They usually have testers on-site and will test your memory while you wait, if you like. -- David > A friend of mine needs to buy more RAM for her PowerBook G4. (She has > only 256 megs right now, and is running Tiger 10.4.9.) She lives in [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > Any constructive suggestions? Buy online from www.crucial.com which is where Apple buys RAM from. |
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