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Think I might upgrade the RAM in my iMac this week. Seeing as I have all this free time, and a Compusa card that is only half-full ( I know, I've been slacking
) I figure what the ****. Currently I have 768 MB's RAM in this baby. I have upgraded the SO-DIMM slot to 512 MB's so this leaves the factory slot to upgrade. I have found these instructions (outdated link removed) which make no mention of any paste, or even where there would be any paste upon opening the case. So I don't know, I will look a little bit more, but I don't see it as an issue. I am an A+ CompTIA certified technician, and I have worked on hundreds of machines, and have never once ever used paste ( except on CPU's, and that is overkill, unless you are OC'ing ).
At this point I am thinking this is some sorta scare tactic from Apple to allow them to charge 4x's the price that I can get it for locally. Compare Apple to CompUSA (outdated link removed). Basically memory is memory, either it works, or it doesn't. Especially at only 133 MHz. I usually like to use Kingston, but PNY is pretty reliable.
So was just wondering if anyone else has done this, and if so, what was it like for you?
EDIT: Do you think another 256 MB's of RAM will make all that much difference? Most of my Wintel machines have 368, and I think one has 512. So I am thinking 1 GB is a lot of ram. But than again for the price of the RAM, wouldn't it be nice to pamper my baby
At this point I am thinking this is some sorta scare tactic from Apple to allow them to charge 4x's the price that I can get it for locally. Compare Apple to CompUSA (outdated link removed). Basically memory is memory, either it works, or it doesn't. Especially at only 133 MHz. I usually like to use Kingston, but PNY is pretty reliable.
So was just wondering if anyone else has done this, and if so, what was it like for you?
EDIT: Do you think another 256 MB's of RAM will make all that much difference? Most of my Wintel machines have 368, and I think one has 512. So I am thinking 1 GB is a lot of ram. But than again for the price of the RAM, wouldn't it be nice to pamper my baby