From what I can tell, the MacBook does dual channel RAM. It comes with two 256 meg sticks. I wanted more RAM, and I started shopping for it with the assumption, "Apple overcharges for RAM." This has been true since the dawn of time, from what I know, so it seemed safe.
Apple : $500 (upgrade to 2GB on order page) Crucial: $361 (2 GB kit for MacBook pro) Newegg : $166 (two SO-DIMMs)
I'm sort of worried that my ability to choose the right product from Newegg was lacking, but I don't know. RAM pricing is so completely insane that it's hard to get a good "This is too expensive/cheap, I know it is the wrong product" feeling.
For the record, I looked for RAM that was:
Maybe I've ordered the wrong thing. Time will tell.
-- rjbs
Re:RAM Expansion Developer Note
rjbs on 2006-05-20T19:26:43
I looked for such a link, but didn't find it! Thanks, it's great.
The only thing I'm worried about is this:
The maximum number of devices per SO-DIMM is 16.
I can't find much info on the makeup of the SO-DIMM I ordered, but I'm guessing that it's 64x16. I guess I'll find out soon.
FWIW, I had not-so-great results from Kingston RAM I ordered for my 15" Powerbook from newegg a few years ago. It worked okay with 10.3, but not at all with 10.4. RAM from Crucial worked great.
OTOH, maybe MacBooks are less sensitive to third party RAM because of the Intel architecture?
