[Ti] what RAM for powerbook G4 550mhz?

[Loren Schooley]

On 3/12/03 10:05 AM, "Kynan Shook" <kshook at mac.com> wrote:

> luke <etyrnal at ameritech.net> writes:
>> PC133 for sure - the system bus is 100, but mine came from apple w/
>> pc133 in it...
>> also the 100mhz motherboard iMac i just got has pc133 from the factory
>> too...
> 
> Actually, it doesn't need PC133.  Apple shipped it with PC133 because
> it's cheaper and easier to only have one speed of RAM installed in all
> shipping PowerBooks.  Also, by the time those models started shipping,
> PC100 was sometimes more expensive than PC133, and often rarer since
> pretty much any computer that needs PC100 can use PC133.  The 100 MHz
> flat panel iMac DOES require PC133 though, for whatever reason.
> Of course, don't ask me why the 12" PowerBook is shipped with PC2100
> and not PC2700 DDR since that's what the 17" uses...  Maybe the price
> difference between those is big enough, or they decided that there
> wouldn't be any confusion between the two when service providers are
> replacing parts because they're different form factors.
> 

Good luck trying to find the proper PC100 RAM. You ~have~ to get PC133.