MBP Apple Memory vs. 3rd party such as OWC

Upgrading to a 17" MBP (2011) and reading the myriad of posts on freezing screens. Read one post for 4 hours and am aware of the OSX upgrade of this week to 10.6.7!
One unanswered question in my mind is this:
Do we know that "maybe" just "maybe" we may be better off using Apple memory for upgrade vs. 3rd party due to "timing" between Apple memory and third party? A hundred bucks is nothing compared to futile attempts of freezing screens.

I've always used and recommended OWC RAM over Apple as there's a considerable saving and it's fully covered by Warranty should any problem arise (plus they give you a credit for returning the old sticks). The quality is just as good/same as the sticks from Apple IMHO. Often the $100 plus saved is enough to include a hard drive upgrade in the same order ...

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Backup your music to an external source before doing this, just in case you delete the originals by accident.
iTunes will show you the duplicates. But I recommend tagging their comments or another field once selecting them to ensure you don't accidentally delete both the original and duplicate. You can always select all of them and change all their comment tags at once. Once you've done that, stop showing duplications, and then sort by the comment field. This will allow you to determine whether only the duplicates were shown in the show duplicates, or the originals. If you see any without comments, then you can go ahead and delete the duplicates.

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How to maintain a Mac
1. Make redundant backups, keeping at least one off site at all times. One backup is not enough. Don’t back up your backups; all should be made directly from the original data. Don’t rely completely on any single backup method, such as Time Machine. If you get an indication that a backup has failed, don't ignore it.
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ipodguy007 wrote:
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