This is a cross-post from the G/T Tech forum...
Hey guys, I figure this is as good a place as any to ask:
Would
this memory get along ok in a MacBook? I've heard not to "skimp" on ram for Macs. I've always had good luck with OCZ, but what do you guys think?
Also, I'm going to have to use this baby to run Visual Studio 2008 sometimes. Think a VM would be good enough, or should I just use Boot Camp?
Any hints or tips that I should know about with OSX? This will be my second Mac purchase, but the first one that's a machine for me.
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But really, What type of MacBook is it? I imagine as long as it's the right type of RAM I don't think there'd be a problem. I've always went with RAM from crucial.com or memoryx.com, but that's just me.
As for running a VM I've heard both good and bad. Parallels has not impressed me, but I have heard VMWare's Fusion is supposed to be really nice. If you're really going to need to take full advantage of the hardware I'd say go with bootcamp. Based on a recent experience I had the VM and Windows don't play very nice together. Though having a virtual machine you can keep a back up of is kind of nice. Especially when Windows decides to update itself without your permission causing itself (and then the VM) to crap all over the place.
Since I'm going to be using VS at least once a day, it sounds like BootCamp is going to be what Im going to go with.
Your best bet is to go to a RAM manufacturer’s web site and find a listing for the exact modules you need; Kingston does this and provides price comparisons and links to online resellers (including New Egg).
I guess back in the day RAM was more forgiving? I remember steali---er borrowing RAM from some crappy HP Vectra to put in my B&W G3.
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