Rob McCleave wrote: > In article <1ijh0j5.jup8c01oy1hetN%jamiekg@wizardling.geek.nz>, > jamiekg@wizardling.geek.nz (Jamie Kahn Genet) wrote: > >> I have an original/Mid-2007 Aluminum 2.8GHz Core 2 Duo iMac in need of a >> RAM upgrade. >> >> Would this Transcend RAM (part number TS256MSQ64V6U-SM) >> <http://www.c1com.co.nz/shop/step1.php?number=12824> work? From what I >> can see there and on Transcend's site the specs match. But I'm always a >> little uncertain buying from non-Apple dealers when it comes to RAM. >> >> Has anyone here bought Transcend RAM for their 2007 Aluminum iMac? >> >> Many thanks, >> Jamie Kahn Genet > > Check your "about this mac" and system profile for info about the RAM > you have. If the RAM is the right speed and has the right number of > pins, it should work. > > I bought some laptop RAM for my MacBook. It was PC5300 DDR2 667MHz 200 > pin. It was about half the price of "Mac laptop RAM" and a quarter of > the price of Apple RAM. > > In the olden days you also had to worry about voltage and parity and > error correction but we're pretty much past that these days.
I put in new RAM into my iMac 24" 2.8 core duo 2, and have sitting in front of me the original RAM- actually, maybe not, as this is an Apple refurb, but the new RAM says "For Notebooks" but is happily powering me along.
So I have as of yesterday two tested 1 Gig 'notebook' sized PC2-5300 stick of RAM. If interested, my e-mail will work with the right subject line, "[Mac Help]", without the quotes.
