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<blockquote data-quote="snoslicer8" data-source="post: 370389" data-attributes="member: 19029">Mike:Welcome.&nbsp; First off, congrats on your impending purchase of what we around here call the MBP (MacBook Pro).&nbsp; I myself am a college student, and I use the 15&quot; iteration (see sig. for full specs).Your timing with a Mac is not going to matter much with the current information we have on our next OS release (OS X 10.5 Leopard).&nbsp; It was initially announced with a Spring '07 release, but it's been officially pushed back to October.&nbsp; This would make waiting for inclusion of the new OS not much of a possibility for you, seeing as I assume you'll need it for the start of fall term.&nbsp; That being said, I would try to get your Alienware on eBay (or your choice of selling venue) ASAP.&nbsp; I ended up getting about 66% of what I paid for mine on eBay before switching to the Mac world.As far as memory is concerned, you need to ask yourself what you'll be doing with your Mac.&nbsp; Yes, $575 is a lot of money for just another 1 GB of memory, but you're slapping a 2 GB stick in there, and we haven't seen much of those yet.&nbsp; Do some research on how Macs address and use RAM, as it is FAR different than Windows machines.&nbsp; In a nutshell, Macs need substantially less memory than a Windows machine to run at &quot;equal&quot; speeds.&nbsp; After reading up on that, and thinking about what you'll be using your machine for, then decide if you need to max it out at 3 GB.&nbsp; For a quick answer to your question, yes, you can swap the RAM modules any time you like.&nbsp; Be forewarned, however, that only official Apple RAM modules should be in the computer during service requests.&nbsp; Also, there is some debate as to whether or not user replacing of the RAM modules voids your warranty or not.Thirdly, have fun!!!</blockquote>

[QUOTE="snoslicer8, post: 370389, member: 19029"] Mike: Welcome. First off, congrats on your impending purchase of what we around here call the MBP (MacBook Pro). I myself am a college student, and I use the 15" iteration (see sig. for full specs). Your timing with a Mac is not going to matter much with the current information we have on our next OS release (OS X 10.5 Leopard). It was initially announced with a Spring '07 release, but it's been officially pushed back to October. This would make waiting for inclusion of the new OS not much of a possibility for you, seeing as I assume you'll need it for the start of fall term. That being said, I would try to get your Alienware on eBay (or your choice of selling venue) ASAP. I ended up getting about 66% of what I paid for mine on eBay before switching to the Mac world. As far as memory is concerned, you need to ask yourself what you'll be doing with your Mac. Yes, $575 is a lot of money for just another 1 GB of memory, but you're slapping a 2 GB stick in there, and we haven't seen much of those yet. Do some research on how Macs address and use RAM, as it is FAR different than Windows machines. In a nutshell, Macs need substantially less memory than a Windows machine to run at "equal" speeds. After reading up on that, and thinking about what you'll be using your machine for, then decide if you need to max it out at 3 GB. For a quick answer to your question, yes, you can swap the RAM modules any time you like. Be forewarned, however, that only official Apple RAM modules should be in the computer during service requests. Also, there is some debate as to whether or not user replacing of the RAM modules voids your warranty or not. Thirdly, have fun!!! [/QUOTE]

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