Third party suppliers of memory upgrade

any one using the less expensive Crucial.com 2x1.0gb memory kit ? would like to hear pro's and con's from anybody who is familiar. Thanks

If you type Crucial in the search box you would find thousands of posts. Perhaps millions by now.
Crucial is excellent ram. Crucial is a division of Micron who also are amongst the suppliers that Apple use as standard, so the chances are you'd get the same Micron chips that Micron supply to Apple with a Crucial sticker on them.
Crucial.com has a memory selector so you can make sure you get the correct chips.
Best of luck.
PS - Lifetime warranty. No cons.
Message was edited by: Rajesh Sharma

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