Crucial CT2KIT25664BC1067 4GB 204-PIN PC3-8500 SODIMM DDR3 Memory KIT (2GBx2)
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Customer Review: EZ Way to Upgrade & Power Apps Just Run Faster!
Summary: 5 Stars
I just made a huge 'score" on a Apple MacBook MC516LL/A 13.3-Inch Laptop/Netbook, for only $655.00 + Free Ship. I then loaded some new Power App's, and so I needed to upgrade my RAM, While surfing around, I compared the Retail price between Crucial & Amazon, and noticed that I could get Free & Faster Ship thru Amazon, so I ordered the Crucial CT2KIT25664BC1067 4GB 204-PIN PC3-8500 SODIMM DDR3 Memory KIT (2GBx2). BTW, I also use their Lexar 16 & 32GB Flash memory sticks, which work flawlessly.
Pro's - Crucial (A wholly owned subsidiary of Micron Technology, Inc., Lexar Media, Inc.), enjoys a superb reputation Worldwide for their RAM product lines, across all platforms for many years. I have personally being ordering RAM (Mac & PC) from them since 2002; because I am a DIY'er, whenever possible, & because upgrading your own RAM memory does not affect most if not all, manufacturer's hardware coverage. Crucial provides very easy, short & detailed instructions, with drawings, you just can't make a mistake, if you first read it thru completely.
* Quality product lines that more than often exceed OEM.
* Product Performance Reliability - never had any faulty or poor performing memory kits.
* Competitive Pricing - sometimes 50% or more less, than the Manufacturer or even other 3rd party's.
* Great Web site & Solid Customer Service - 5 Stars.
Con's - None to report.
Customer Review: Read If YOU Plan TO INSTaLL IN UNIBODY MACBOOK PRO
Summary: 5 Stars
I am writing the review just to give people fair warning if its your first time installing ram on Your Macbook PRO Unibody So you dont make the same mistake I DID. FIRST OFF THE RAM works great. This was my first time taking the bottom off of my unibody 13 inch macbook pro, call it lack of experience or just being inpatient when I got to the tenth screw that I was having problems getting out I decided to move the bottom plate around a little bit thinking that the screw was already screwed out, what happened when I tried to force it out by pulling the bottom plate off while the tenth screw was still screwed in was a bend in that area, the aluminum is really easy to bend, so if this is your first time changing your ram be careful or get someone who has done it before, the slight bend in the area where I tried to get the tenth screw out is nothing that noticeable so its not a big deal, oh yeah I did get the screw out and installed the ram not problem.
BTW I just stopped by the Apple Store where I live, its gonna cost me [...] to replace the bottom plate that I bent while installing the ram plus I found out if you buy the 2gb macbook pro from them they will put 4gb in at a discount rate and credit you for the 2gb that they are uninstalling to put the 4gb in, [...]
Customer Review: Another mac mini 2009 owner
Summary: 5 Stars
I'm another satisfied mac mini 2009 owner. I bought this to upgrade from 1GB to 4GB and it's been running rock solid stable and error free since I installed it. Definitely necessary if you have more than a couple of apps running at once since I was constantly going over 1GB of memory usage and the slowdown having to use the swapfile was noticeable. Not to mention the bump from 128 to 256MB for video let me actually run some games in Vista bootcamp that failed to run with just 1GB and 128MB video. Only bad experience I had was actually opening the plastic package this ram came it. That and actually opening up the mini LOL! It was almost as much work as getting the new mac mini open without actually damaging something! For your mini's sake if you are not a pro at taking things apart and putting them back together do yourself a favor and pay the pro's to do the macmini ram upgrade for you. I've heard of too many horror stories of people breaking something in their mini's by trying this upgrade. The online video's make it look alot easier than it really is. At least it took me several hours to replace the ram in my mini without messing anything up and without leaving any scratches on it opening it up.Customer Review: works great--about 15 minutes to install
Summary: 5 Stars
These work fine in my MBP 13 (late 2009), and though I don't use a lot of memory-intensive programs, the extra 2 gb do seem to speed things up.
Installation took me about 15 minutes, and with the 10 screws holding the bottom plate, was a bit of work.
A few tips:
-Spend the money on a dedicated size 00 Phillips screwdriver
-If the screwdriver isn't already magnetized, rub a magnet (refrigerator versions will work) across the shaft a dozen time to make it so. Without the magnet holding the smaller screws on the tip, you're likely to drop them when they come out and will have trouble aligning them with the hole when it is time to put the cover back on.
-Print out Apple's picture directions and have them on the table as you work.
-Even with the right screwdriver, turn slowly and firmly--don't strip the screws.
-Keep the screws in a big, heavy bowl so they don't drop on the floor. The 8 short ones are tiny.
-It's counter-intuitive, but the label side goes down when installing the two boards.
Customer Review: Remember the great things: like great memory.
Summary: 5 Stars
I have always loved the RAM from Crucial and this is no exception. No problems so far and it was fairly easy to install in my unibody (white) MacBook. This RAM is a really great price and drastically sped up my computer, which in turn, helped me to be much more efficient with my time.
I went from an 8-core MacPro with 6GB of RAM to this dual-core Macbook with 2GB of RAM. At first, I could definitely notice the difference between the two, but after upgrading to 4GB of RAM, this little laptop flies like I would expect. Of course there is still a difference between my 8-core desktop and this 2-core laptop, but with the additional RAM, I can do all of my programming without any trouble. It slows down a bit when I'm running Windows in a virtual machine, but before the RAM upgrade, it was far too slow to virtualize, and now it only hampers me slightly.
I would highly suggest upgrading your RAM to it's maximum if you can afford it. A simple RAM upgrade can drastically increase the speed of even the newest and fastest computers today (and especially the really old machines).