iMac core 2 duo ram

I have done a lot of research and this ram seems to be ok. But I want to check

http://www.ebuyer.com/product/119284

I have a imac core 2 duo 17" 2ghz (isight)

Is that ram ok ?

Thanks

Chris

It seems to be. It's listed under "laptop" memory though...?
Some info for you. It seems Apple is very specific about what you can and can't use for those models. And how to gain maximum performance.
Check the criteria for it here.
http://www.everymac.com/systems/apple/imac/faq_cd/imac-intel-how-to-upgrade-memory.html

Another site for comparison...
http://eshop.macsales.com/MyOWC/

thank you

I will check them out now

That stuff work work just fine. The iMac uses laptop RAM.

Another great place to buy ram at is datamem.com

I own the same white imac as you. And I upgraded my ram to 2 GB like you want to. I used Kingston brand ram, but witht he same exact specifications ad the ram in the site you shared with us. And it worked fine.

So I would say the ram you are looking at is ok. And crucial has a good reputation of making reliable ram. So you can't go wrong there.

Okay thank you for your replies,

To sum up

The imac uses laptop ram ?
The ram listed here - http://www.ebuyer.com/product/119284 - should work fine ?

One last thing - the8thark - was there much of a performance difference ?

Thank you

bryphotoguy said:

That stuff work work just fine. The iMac uses laptop RAM.

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Indeed it does, SODIMM's (SO = Small outline DIMM).

The ram you have linked too (the crucial two gig kit) will be fine, as ram is ram even if apple slap on their name to make a quick few quid

ok

thanks.

A performance difference. That depends on how much you use your mac. But for me I don't use it all that heavily. Just a few basic apps + photoshop and garageband. And amazingly the perfoemance gain was rather good. Not a faster mac or anything but apps opened up quicker and ran smoother and less spinning beachballs.

Basically with 1GB I had a lot if page ins and outs to my hard drive. But with 2GB I have nothing paged out to my hard drive.

Would you see a major difference in performance? I would say you would see some performance, little or big. But going to 2 GB is really useful. I would really recommend it.

And to answer your question would it work. The ram you are showing that is with the white imac. I say it will. But also here is a review on that site for the ram.

I bought this product to replace the 1GB of RAM already in my Apple MacBook. With 2GB of RAM, MacOS X runs far more smoothly, with less beach-balling. Great product at a great price.

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Sure that's a macbook but the imac uses the same ram. So it seems others have successfully bought this ram from this place and put it in macs.

And enjoy the extra ram if you choose to get it.

Ok thank you very much for your reply. I will go ahead and buy it


Thanks