tuaw.com - 12/8/2008
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Lucky enough to have purchased one of those shiny new unibody MacBooks? If you happen to be in the market for a RAM upgrade you may want to hold off for a little while. It seems the latest MacBooks are a little more fickle about the RAM they support than previous models. Users on the Apple ...
discussions.apple.com - 12/9/2008
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discussions.apple.com —
I installed 4GB of Patriot RAM from Fry's.
The specs are: 2 x 2GB, DDR3 PC3 8500...
Model: PSD34G1066SK This is the same set at newegg: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820220338&Tpk=psd34G1066SK During various operations, ...
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Support - Discussions - Unstable after RAM upgrade ...
gizmodo.com - 12/9/2008
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gizmodo.com —
The standard "journalism" rule is that three is
trend. So here's one with the new MacBooks: They've...
got problems! Screwy video cards , insomniatic, power-sucking sleep and not playing well with other RAM . There appear to be a couple variations of ...
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New MacBooks Are Cranky: They Have Insomnia and Hate ...
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Some Users Report Post-Upgrade Issues On Aluminum MacBooks
Cult of Mac —
... having problems here.
This is a big surprise to me, not least because I installed Crucial RAM in my new MacBook more than a month ago and have experienced nothing but performance improvements ever since. It’s always possible that very minute changes in hardware between models could cause trouble. I have a 2.4 Ghz machine, so there could be an issue with the lower-speed machines, or it could just be that I got lucky. Anyone dealing with this?
jkontherun via TUAW
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News Roundup for December the 8th
Apple Eclectic —
... Now on to tomorrow’s scandal, and it turns out that the New Aluminium MacBooks don’t play nicely with non-Apple 3rd Party RAM upgrades. Problems with the relatively new DDR3 standard? Or a sinister plot by the Boys from Cupertino to lock buyers into Apple’s hideously overpriced after-market upgrades? We’ll let Rob Enderle decide. ...
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