Question about buying instore before splashing the cash!

GreenMacUser · GreenMacUser #1 (**permalink**)

06-03-2007, 05:33 PM

Hi Everyone.

I previously have had a PowerBook G4 but didnt get on with it. That was then, this is now.

So.... I dont have £900 in cash at the moment

I realise you can get credit at these stores. Thats all good. However if I drop down to the store, can I get configured with 2GB RAM because I really dont want to have to bin 1 GBs woth or RAM so to speak.

yogi · yogi #2 (**permalink**)

06-03-2007, 05:51 PM

They will have to order it if you're configuration isn't in store as is. You don't mention *what* you're going to buy, but guessing it's a notebook, you prolly won't get it right away. If it's a Mac Pro, they might be able to build it for you.

GreenMacUser · GreenMacUser #3 (**permalink**)

06-03-2007, 06:02 PM

Doh Good point yogi. Being skint, I was gonna go for a macbook, the white base model as I really cant be bothhered paying £150 extra for 200 MHz and a DVD writer. I may just hold off a few months and pay cash!

snoslicer8 · snoslicer8 #4 (**permalink**)

06-03-2007, 06:55 PM

GreenMacUser:

Not sure if it was during Christmas or not, but during one of my trips to the Apple store they mentioned that they had a few of their most popular custom configurations ready for in-store purchase. I think they had a config with extra RAM, or a bigger hard drive. It's worth a call to the store to find out, in any case.

dekan · dekan #5 (**permalink**)

06-03-2007, 07:11 PM

I got my MBP with more RAM in the store. After I payed for the book they opened my MBP, put in the extra 1GB RAM and the upgrade was even cheaper than getting it in an online store...

GreenMacUser · GreenMacUser #6 (**permalink**)

06-04-2007, 02:03 PM

Well Chaps, thanks for that. However 2 things:

Times change. Just sold one of my websites for $6000, so do i go PowerBook

and secondly the RAM is a LOT cheaper from Crucual. Basically for half the price of the 2GB upgrade on Apple site, I can get the same from Crucual.

yogi · yogi #7 (**permalink**)

06-04-2007, 02:12 PM

Yes Apple keeps a policy of storing popular configurations. They usually offer a better price for them as well. I can say this because I could've gotten my iMac from Amsterdam in 3 days, but I wanted an English OS X and with a Swiss keyboard which, for some reason (don't ask, sounds illogical to me to), they had to import it from Shanghai.

smurfy · smurfy #8 (**permalink**)

06-04-2007, 04:15 PM

if you already have a computer with enough RAM in it, you could just swap the RAM over to your Mac.

Miffle · Miffle #9 (**permalink**)

06-04-2007, 04:56 PM

You probably shouldn't be doing that, the RAM used in your mac may be a different type than your current computer (Then you wouldn't be able to use the old computer, anyway!)

yogi #2 (permalink)
Member Since: Jan 14, 2005 Location: St. Gallen, Switzerland Posts: 1,973 Mac Specs: iMac Core i5, iPad, iPhone 4	06-03-2007, 05:51 PM They will have to order it if you're configuration isn't in store as is. You don't mention what you're going to buy, but guessing it's a notebook, you prolly won't get it right away. If it's a Mac Pro, they might be able to build it for you. If you liked this post, consider using the Reputation System.
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snoslicer8 #4 (permalink)
Member Since: Jul 18, 2006 Location: Saint Louis, MO Posts: 471 Mac Specs: 15" Unibody MBP 2.4 Ghz C2D, 2 GB RAM, 250 GB HDD, 320 GB Time Machine HDD, 1 TB Ext Media Drive	06-03-2007, 06:55 PM GreenMacUser: Not sure if it was during Christmas or not, but during one of my trips to the Apple store they mentioned that they had a few of their most popular custom configurations ready for in-store purchase. I think they had a config with extra RAM, or a bigger hard drive. It's worth a call to the store to find out, in any case. MacBook Air Unibody Core i5 1.8 GHz, 4 GB RAM, 128 GB SSD, iPhone 4S 32 GB White
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yogi #7 (permalink)
Member Since: Jan 14, 2005 Location: St. Gallen, Switzerland Posts: 1,973 Mac Specs: iMac Core i5, iPad, iPhone 4	06-04-2007, 02:12 PM Yes Apple keeps a policy of storing popular configurations. They usually offer a better price for them as well. I can say this because I could've gotten my iMac from Amsterdam in 3 days, but I wanted an English OS X and with a Swiss keyboard which, for some reason (don't ask, sounds illogical to me to), they had to import it from Shanghai. If you liked this post, consider using the Reputation System.
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GreenMacUser #1 (permalink)
Member Since: Jun 03, 2007 Posts: 3	06-03-2007, 05:33 PM Hi Everyone. I previously have had a PowerBook G4 but didnt get on with it. That was then, this is now. So.... I dont have £900 in cash at the moment I realise you can get credit at these stores. Thats all good. However if I drop down to the store, can I get configured with 2GB RAM because I really dont want to have to bin 1 GBs woth or RAM so to speak.
	QUOTE Thanks

dekan #5 (permalink)
Member Since: Mar 16, 2007 Posts: 756	06-03-2007, 07:11 PM I got my MBP with more RAM in the store. After I payed for the book they opened my MBP, put in the extra 1GB RAM and the upgrade was even cheaper than getting it in an online store...
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GreenMacUser #6 (permalink)
Member Since: Jun 03, 2007 Posts: 3	06-04-2007, 02:03 PM Well Chaps, thanks for that. However 2 things: Times change. Just sold one of my websites for $6000, so do i go PowerBook and secondly the RAM is a LOT cheaper from Crucual. Basically for half the price of the 2GB upgrade on Apple site, I can get the same from Crucual.
	QUOTE Thanks

smurfy #8 (permalink)
Member Since: Apr 19, 2007 Posts: 780 Mac Specs: 20" iMac Core 2 Duo 2.16Ghz, 500GB HDD, 1GB RAM, 128MB ATI Radeon X1600	06-04-2007, 04:15 PM if you already have a computer with enough RAM in it, you could just swap the RAM over to your Mac.
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Miffle #9 (permalink)
Member Since: Mar 22, 2007 Posts: 101 Mac Specs: imac G3 450MHZ 512 RAM DVD	06-04-2007, 04:56 PM You probably shouldn't be doing that, the RAM used in your mac may be a different type than your current computer (Then you wouldn't be able to use the old computer, anyway!)
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