Does ram bought from a company other than apple, work as well as the ram I would get from apple?
I have a mid 12' macbook pro and I want to upgrade it from 4 gigs to 8 gigs, and I have seen ram advertised on amazon for half the price that apple charges for it's ram. Is this other ram just as good, will I experience any problems? I really want to add ram, I added 4 gigs to my iMac and it has boosted it's performance quite well. Please help.
AtticusFinch1987 wrote:
I have seen ram advertised on amazon for half the price that apple charges for it's ram. Is this other ram just as good, will I experience any problems?
Depends on the brand.
apple doesnt make ram, they use brands such as samsung. You can find great ram from macsales.com
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Vallakat wrote:
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Reading material to familiarise yourself with your brand new iPhone- Congrats on your upgrade/purchase! :
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