[PB] adding ram

[Jim Freeman]

Ahh. Now I get it. Bummer. I didn't bother to check, so I guess I was 
lucky that my PB G4 1.33 Ghz has a free ram slot. On the other hand, 
some day I may wish I could change that built in 256 chip.

Jim

On 30-Sep-04, at 10:25 AM, Brian Olesky wrote:

> Actually I did the same as you did. But the PB 15" 1.25 Ghz comes 
> standard,
> off the shelf, with two 256 chips. So when you buy a third-party 512, 
> as you
> and I both did, you really only end up with an incremental 256.
>
> Brian
>
> On 9/30/04 8:44 AM, "Jim Freeman" <jpfreeman at mac.com> wrote:
>
>> But you see, I didn't buy the ram with my computer. Apple charges a 
>> lot
>> more for ram than what you can get from a third party. I saw through
>> that little marking slight of hand that most computer retailers use. I
>> bought my computer that came with 256 and then I bought a 512 chip 
>> form
>> OWC. No problem.
>>
>> Jim
>>
>> On 29-Sep-04, at 4:41 PM, Brian Olesky wrote:
>>
>>> You may not get an extra 512. When I got my new PB, I bought a 512
>>> chip with
>>> it, naively thinking the original 512 was in one slot, and I'd put 
>>> the
>>> additional 512 in the other. It wasn't till I opened it up with my ??
>>> screwdriver that I discovered not one 512 but two 256's! Therefore,
>>> sadly, I
>>> bought an add'l 512 but only ended up netting an additional 256.
>>>
>>> Brian
>>
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