Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/08/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Yeah it is a 2008. Damn, I was shocked to see how CHEAP ram is for later models. Wonder why it costs so much for mine?? -- Chris Crawford Fine Art Photography Fort Wayne, Indiana 260-437-8990 http://www.chriscrawfordphoto.com My portfolio http://blog.chriscrawfordphoto.com My latest work! http://www.facebook.com/pages/Christopher-Crawford/48229272798 Become a fan on Facebook On 8/13/12 12:10 AM, "John McMaster" <john at mcmaster.co.nz> wrote: >I think yours is a 2008 which has more expensive memory than my 2009 > >http://eshop.macsales.com/shop/memory/Mac-Pro-Memory > >john >________________________________________ > >Where did you get the RAM? I bought Crucial ram, which is a little more >expensive than some, but it is American made, and always works...I've seen >too many people buying no-name ram that caused crashes, kernel panics, >etc. > >I just checked Crucial.com and they still want $299 for 8gb of RAM for my >model of the Mac Pro. > >-- >Chris Crawford >On 8/12/12 11:26 PM, "John McMaster" <john at mcmaster.co.nz> wrote: > >>My Mac Pro is a later model and it was $350US for 32GB (4x 8GB)! Can >>still fit another 32GB.... >> >>john >>________________________________________ >> >> >>When I got 8 gig of RAM in two 4-gig sticks for my Mac Pro last year, >>they >>were nearly $300. The Mac Pro gets so hot inside that the RAM for it >>requires huge heatsinks on both sides that stick out a half inch on each >>side. No other computer uses those types of RAM heatsinks, so they're >>expensive. >> >>-- >>Chris Crawford >> >>On 8/12/12 10:33 PM, "Frank Filippone" <red735i at earthlink.net> wrote: >> >>>Note: 8GB of RAM ( 2 sticks of 4GB each) is now about $50 or less. Pop >>>out >>>the old ones, drop in the new ones. Easy, cheap and >>> >>>Of course, you MAC guys have your own price points. >>> >>>Frank Filippone >>>Red735i at earthlink.net >>> >>>Somewhat on topic, has anyone tried an SSD drive as a scratch drive for >>>CS >>>to improve performance? >>>Thanks, >>>Bob >>> >>> > >_______________________________________________ >Leica Users Group. >See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information