RAM, cheap, reliable, sellers in the UK

Hi All,
Apologies if this has already been answered.
I am looking for cheap, reliable RAM for my MBP to upgrade from 512 to 1GB from a UK site or seller.
I have found my MBP no quicker in generl than my 12" PB with 512ram.......am guessing that the dual core takes more muscle to get the best out of it?
Many of the posts are for US sellers/sites.
Any info or advice would be appreciated as I have no clue about this stuff.
TimmyMac

if its the thread im think it is, i think its fairly old.
i tried to dupicate this dynamic pricing thing, a few weeks ago when looking for some ram.
i tried various browsers, macs and pc, but i got no difference in price.
quite a few ppl hav mention scan,
i havent tried them yet.
http://www.scan.co.uk/

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Risking to start a neverending troll, and risking, the topic was discussed in exteso earlier, I have to admitt that I am a little bit ****** about a company that merchendizes computers with larger RAM-possibilities than the CPU can handle (to my knowlwedge also RAM doesnt grow on the floor for free...). And in particular, have their local dealer to sell those 4GBs w/o mentioning this limitation (Dataquest company Zurich Switzerland). I actually was so noobish, that i have built in 4GB of RAM in my Dual 2.16 17" 3 months ago, unfortuneately it went broken yesterday, so i wont be able to do any checks myself. The following english statement of Apple dates to October 26, 2006, so maybe it was kinda a 'childhood sickness' that has be fixed in the meantime, and my investement in the 4th MB wasnt for nothing.
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+You can use Small-Outline Dual Inline Memory Modules (SO-DIMMS) that meet all of these criteria:+
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unbuffered
nonparity
200-pin
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+DIMMs with any of the following features are not supported in the MacBook Pro (Core 2 Duo) notebooks: registers or buffers, PLLs, ECC, parity, or EDO RAM.+
+Note: If you do install a 2 GB SO-DIMM in both the bottom and top memory slots of the notebook, the About This Mac window and Apple System Profiler will both show that you have 4 GB of SDRAM installed. However, Activity Monitor and other similar applications will reveal that only 3 GB of SDRAM has been addressed for use by the computer.+
*Kindly, Dhura*

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