Memory Brand? And paired ddr

Question

What brand of memory does apple ship in their MBP? Is it Kingston? and also howcome you do not need to have your ram paired in the mbp like you need to in the MB and mac mini etc? Apple keeps telling me that you don't need to but the computer techs here said that is the point of having ddr ram.

Answer 1

The way the MacBook Pros are set up now... it is actually just about the same price (or less expensive) to get the 2GB stick of RAM from Apple as 3-party resellers.
Crucial offers the 2GB stick for $1169.99 (VERY expensive, excellent quality), while OWC offers it for about $670.00 (some of the cheapest, still good quality).
To upgrade from 2x1GB to 1GB and 2GB from apple is $575.00.
So it depends on what base system you are going with as to which is the cheapest route. Only with the $1999 15-inch would it be potentially advantageous to get the 2GB DIMM from a third party.
As a note: 2GB DIMMs are very expensive no matter what, but if you got it from Apple, they will never blame "third-party" RAM for any issues (in regards to warranty).
I went with a 17-inch MacBook Pro with the 3GB option from Apple.