Tim, please stop this thred. Keith Reedy keithreedy@xxxxxxxxxxxx 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. >>> >>>> >>>> Click on the link below to go to our homepage. >>>> http://www.icanworkthisthing.com >>>> >>>> Manage your subscription by using the web interface on the link below. >>>> //www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceover >>>> >>>> Users can subscribe to this list by sending email to >>>> macvoiceover-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >>>> with 'subscribe' in the Subject field OR by logging into the Web >>>> interface at //www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceover >>>> >>> >>>> >>>> Click on the link below to go to our homepage. >>>> http://www.icanworkthisthing.com >>>> >>>> Manage your subscription by using the web interface on the link below. >>>> //www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceover >>>> >>>> Users can subscribe to this list by sending email to >>>> macvoiceover-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >>>> with 'subscribe' in the Subject field OR by logging into the Web >>>> interface at //www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceover >>>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> Kimberly Gardner >> Bound To Please now available >> http://www.kimberlygardner.com/index.html >>> >>> Click on the link below to go to our homepage. >>> http://www.icanworkthisthing.com >>> >>> Manage your subscription by using the web interface on the link below. >>> //www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceover >>> >>> Users can subscribe to this list by sending email to >>> macvoiceover-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >>> with 'subscribe' in the Subject field OR by logging into the Web >>> interface at //www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceover >>> > >> >> Click on the link below to go to our homepage. >> http://www.icanworkthisthing.com >> >> Manage your subscription by using the web interface on the link below. >> //www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceover >> >> Users can subscribe to this list by sending email to >> macvoiceover-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >> with 'subscribe' in the Subject field OR by logging into the Web >> interface at //www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceover >> > > Click on the link below to go to our homepage. > http://www.icanworkthisthing.com > > Manage your subscription by using the web interface on the link below. > //www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceover > > Users can subscribe to this list by sending email to > macvoiceover-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > with 'subscribe' in the Subject field OR by logging into the Web > interface at //www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceover >