I just upgraded the RAM on an aluminum iMac from 1 GB (Apple factory standard) to 4GB from Other World Computing. The total cost of the upgrade including shipping? $97. Ordering the iMac custom built from Apple with the same 4GB of RAM adds $850 to the price. WHAT? That's more than eight times as expensive! Is Apple just trying to make a killing on RAM upgrades, or is there really something superior about the RAM they use? It seems rather unethical to charge your customers eight times more than competitive (and well known) retailers.
PS: The procedure for installing the RAM in the iMac was the easiest I've ever followed - it literally took me less than five minutes start to finish including searching for a screw driver, so props to Apple for that.
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