{"id":994,"date":"2008-02-16T12:15:39","date_gmt":"2008-02-16T12:15:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/2008\/02\/top-quality-service-from-crucial-memory-and-a-new-mac-memory-advisor-tool.htm"},"modified":"2014-11-01T08:13:59","modified_gmt":"2014-11-01T08:13:59","slug":"top-quality-service-from-crucial-memory-and-a-new-mac-memory-advisor-tool","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/2008\/02\/top-quality-service-from-crucial-memory-and-a-new-mac-memory-advisor-tool.htm","title":{"rendered":"Top quality service from Crucial memory &#8211; and a new Mac memory advisor tool"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve written before about<script type=\"text\/javascript\">\/\/ <![CDATA[\ncommissionjunction_crucial_text();\n\/\/ ]]><\/script>and, yet again, I have been blown away by the competitive prices and speed of service.<\/p>\n<p>In the early hours of yesterday morning I ordered 4GB of RAM for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/2008\/02\/delays-when-purchasing-apple-hardware.htm\">my new MacBook<\/a>. With free shipping, it came to a bargain price of \u00a372.83 (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.macupgrades.co.uk\/store\/machine.php?name=macbook\">Mac:Upgrades are currently selling the equivalent Kingston RAM for \u00a383.82<\/a>). The free shipping is for an estimated 3-5 day delivery but it arrived this morning &#8211; just over 24 hours after placing the order! A few minutes later I had the RAM installed in the MacBook.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/images\/4gb-upgrade.png?w=700&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Mac with 4GB RAM installed\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Some people will say that you need to use OEM-specific RAM because it&#8217;s the best available. Nonsense. If third party memory was unreliable then major OEMs wouldn&#8217;t be prepared to sell it and Crucial is a division of Micron &#8211; one of the largest memory manufacturers in the world.<\/p>\n<p>Most of my computers now have Crucial RAM inside and I&#8217;ve had no problems. There is only one notable exception &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/2008\/01\/controlling-costs-when-buying-a-pc.htm\">when I upgraded my Dell Server<\/a> a few weeks back, the Dell memory was horrendously priced but they would also sell me the equivalent Kingston RAM if I wanted it. Some people have reported problems with value memory (e.g. Kingston ValueRAM) but this was the full-quality item. Ironically, I only bought from Dell to keep things simple &#8211; whilst I was waiting for the memory to be shipped the price for equivalent RAM at Crucial dropped to a lower level.<\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s one more thing I wanted to mention &#8211; Crucial now have a memory advisor tool for MacOS X. You could always browse by manufacturer to find memory for a Mac but this makes the process even simpler, querying the computer to see what model it is, how much RAM is already installed, and exactly which components to buy.<\/p>\n<p><!-- Static Ad --><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tkqlhce.com\/8n70ox52x4KMTSQOQPKMLPRULSL\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.awltovhc.com\/d1111xjnbhf0298646502157A181\" alt=\"Apple Memory upgrades from Crucial\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve written before aboutand, yet again, I have been blown away by the competitive prices and speed of service. 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