Travis, I sit corrected. Thanks for enlightening me on this. I was not aware. On Mar 20, 2011, at 11:43 PM, Travis Siegel wrote: > > On Mar 20, 2011, at 11:20 PM, Justin Mann wrote: > > >> The one draw back to using a mac is that you just can't pop the thing open >> and plop a dim in to it. > > Sure you can. > On the early macbooks (not the unibody ones) it's actually quite easy, remove > battery, remove 2 ror 3 screws, remove plastic cover, and poof, instant > memory upgrade, a 5 minute job. > On the other hand, I recently upgraded memory in my mac mini, and that wasn't > so easy. <shrug> > But, if your mac is under warantee, then you don't want to do anything > yourself to upgrade the machine, because it voids the warantee. So, it's > kind of a moot point until your machine is out of warantee, unless you really > don't intend to bother with purchasing one. > Overall, the warantee is a good idea, and it really is easier to let the > techs do the upgrades. The only problem is, you gotta pay apple prices, > which often times are 2-3 times the going market rate for parts such as > memory and dvd drives, so it's entirely up to you. Can you upgrade your own > macs, yes, you can, but I'd wait until the warantee expires before performing > any upgrades of your own, since apple really frowns on that kind of behavior. > >> >> 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 Webinterface 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 >