[macvoiceover] Re: Upgrading Ram.

Tim, please stop this thred.
Keith Reedy
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On Mar 22, 2011, at 9:53 PM, Tim Grady wrote:

> Well, if I worked in an Apple store as a sales clerk I guess I'd be telling 
> customers the same thing.  Keeps people spending a lot more money then they 
> need to.  My answer to the original question remains the same, that is if you 
> have changed ram in another machine before, then you'll find Macs easy to 
> deal with.  If you don't believe it go on youtube an do a search for 
> 'replacing mac ram' and you might be surprised at the number of hits you get. 
>  
> On Mar 22, 2011, at 9:15 AM, Kimberly wrote:
> 
>> That may be true, but the sales staff at the apple stores are still
>> telling people they can't change the ram themselves. Or at least the
>> sales people at my apple store are still saying that.
>> 
>> Just saying.
>> Kimber
>> 
>> On 3/22/11, Tim Grady <tfgrady1@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>> I think all you guys talk about models is nuts.  Now-a-days, and this is
>>> what the person seemed to be talking about, Apple has made it extremely easy
>>> to change ram, going so far as to premote it in there ads for say the new
>>> Mac mini and even printing directions somewhere on the case of most if not
>>> all newer Macs.  The person asked about how hard it was to change RAM on a
>>> mac and was considdering switching to a Mac.  This implied to me getting a
>>> newer Mac.  They didn't seem to want to know about older macs or how it was
>>> hard to change RAM on an older Mac.  Further more they stated that they had
>>> done this on machines before.  It is my experience that if you can change
>>> RAM on any other box then you can certainlyb do it on the mac.  By the way,
>>> I am running an Imac built in 2008 with the directions  for changing RAM
>>> clearly printed on the back of it with 1 screw to remove to access the RAM.
>>> 
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: macvoiceover-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> [mailto:macvoiceover-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Travis Siegel
>>> Sent: Monday, March 21, 2011 11:05 AM
>>> To: macvoiceover@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> Subject: [macvoiceover] Re: Upgrading Ram.
>>> 
>>> Oh, and on the ppc imacs, there's a whole lot mor than just 1 screw to
>>> remove.  Of course, the later models are better about this.
>>> Really though, folks, if you have newer models of macs, and you like
>>> tinkering, then by all means, do your upgrades if you feel comfortable with
>>> it, but older models, unless you're a seasoned pro, I suggest you leave it
>>> for others, some of those machines are a serious pain.
>>> I've upgraded ppc imacs, intel (first generation) intel minis, macbooks, and
>>> even g4 ppc powerbooks, and they're all different, and it varies from model
>>> to model as to what needs done to get at the parts you want to upgrade, so
>>> don't think that it's all for one and one for all once you've done one
>>> upgrade, the next one may not be quite that simple.
>>> 
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