ram Laptop Ram vs Mac Ram?

[Cptnstevez]

is "mac" memory a real thing or just a marketing thing? correct me if im wrong for example i am helping a friend upgrade his mac ie ssd  and ram but this confused me about the ram on ebuyer any help would be great. thanks

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Curious Pineapple]

I'd buy the stuff that's sold as mac compatible. You never know with Apple, the same stuff from Apple will have a 1000% markup, so you're saving either way

[Cptnstevez]

1 minute ago, Curious Pineapple said:

I'd buy the stuff that's sold as mac compatible. You never know with Apple, the same stuff from Apple will have a 1000% markup, so you're saving either way

lol i guess

 

[Curious Pineapple]

Just now, Cptnstevez said:

lol i guess

 

I got 8GB for a Mac mini for £38 years back, same model sticks from eBuyer as Apple wanted £360 for. It's like trying to upgrade a Dell, they often don't support memory configurations they would never sell the machines with. Why allow a user to upgrade to 16GB when you can cap it at 8 and tell them to buy a new machine if they need more memory.

[Dietrichw]

it is the same.... but the mac branded stuff is validated to work as the machine will reject stuff that is too high of a density or too high of a frequency. I put 8GB in a mac mini just had to pay attention to the frequency as higher stuff isn't garenteed to work too well since there isn't a BIOS to change ram settings. Also the location of the notch on the ram so it fits

[Cptnstevez]

26 minutes ago, Dietrichw said:

it is the same.... but the mac branded stuff is validated to work as the machine will reject stuff that is too high of a density or too high of a frequency. I put 8GB in a mac mini just had to pay attention to the frequency as higher stuff isn't garenteed to work too well since there isn't a BIOS to change ram settings. Also the location of the notch on the ram so it fits

ah so only "mac" ram will fit the macbook pro

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1 hour ago, Cptnstevez said:

ah so only "mac" ram will fit the macbook pro

 

Yes and no...

You can install non-Apple certified parts into the MacBook Pro...but whether the computer detects it properly, and making it work properly, is another thing.

There is a Apple diagnostics tool built-in (?), and it will scan for new hardware / changes. It will give you a warning / error it isn't Apple certified.

 

One of the certified Apple Mac techs that I work with just replaced a person's (university student) MacBook Pro with a replacement third-party battery (student brought it in himself). Battery installs, and holds a charge, but the Apple diagnostics tool freaks out. We only charged the battery up to 55%...so the student will have to find out if the computer will let the battery charge up to 100%.