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Slight tangent, but:

we don't buy Apple monitors or RAM because of the excessive price

I've been thinking of adding RAM to my MBP. Excessive price is bad. What should I do?

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http://www.crucial.com/ is probably a good place to start, select your system from the drop downs and it will give you the exact type of memory you need - and for a decent price. There might be cheaper options if you hunt around, just get the dimm size from crucial and google around to compare prices.

Buy from crucial, when you factor in their free shipping they are cheaper than most half decent brands. You might find some super-bargain RAM cheaper if you don't care about whats stored in it.

Crucial also have excellent service for returns or if the stuff doesn't fit.

Buy the RAM from a third-party vendor like Newegg or whatever, not from Apple. Often you can get the exact same RAM, but for a much lower price. Just be careful to get compatible RAM.

Sidenote : I was just checking out iMacs, which are pretty cool. Upgrading from 4GB to 8GB costs 900$ at the apple store. That's expensive. That RAM better be great.

iMacs use laptop ram. Getting 8GB DDR3 ram for laptops is expensive, even from newegg: http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE.... $900 from Apple isn't nearly as bad of a markup as you might imagine.

side note: I wouldn't buy the G.SKILL ram. Anecdote, but I've had bad experiences with it. Plus, ~half the cost of the closest item makes me suspicious of its quality.

Anecdote, but I've had great experiences with G.skill memory. I have maybe a dozen machines with that stuff in them and they are working great.

I usually buy from these guys: http://eshop.macsales.com/shop/apple/memory/.

actually, you should start your search with:

http://www.ramseeker.com/

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