Originally Posted by fuzz
I did a quick search, but did not see any recent answers.
Just bought Macbooks for my wife and myself. The Apple prices for RAM were insane. Even with an educational discount, for 2 GB, it's 450 dollars if ordered with the computer (instead of 500), or in store, 540 dollars (instead of 600)!
I've seen prices all over the place. I'm familiar with Crucial's site, but know they can be pricey, too. Where is everyone else buying their memory these days? When I bought for my Thinkpad years ago, I bought on eBay and got the same Samsung Memory IBM was selling at half price. Of course, I don't want to end up with junk that stops working once a year or more!
Thanks!
fuzz
Corsair XMS or Corsair ValueSelect memory is, IMHO, the way to go. Corsair [particularly the XMS series] is one of the darlings of the high-end gaming community. It is fast, stable, widely validated, high-end stuff. Their ValueSelect line is great too, pretty much the same stuff just less stable when significantly over-clocked - something I doubt you will be doing.
I would stay away from Crucial personally. I have had compatibility problems with them in the past and their prices aren't that great either.
As I said, Corsair [there are other good brands to be sure - Geil, Mushkin, OCZ, etc] has been validated for just about every major manufacturer out there and even their value line is very high quality stuff; fast and efficient too.
For ultimate speed you could get a 1 GB stick of CorsairXMS DDR-2 667 for about $185 each [$385 total for [2] 1 GB sticks].
Corsair ValueSelect RAM [still fast, stable, and perfect for about 95% of users out there] runs about $80 for a 1 GB stick of DDR-2 667 [all prices are from NewEgg.com, the most reliable discount mail-order vendor on the planet, they are superb].
I would recommend [2] 1 GB sticks of Corsair ValueSelect RAM [DDR-2 @ 667] for a total [including shipping] of about $185.