[PB] adding ram

[Brian Olesky]

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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