Tuesday, August 23rd 2011
Corsair Announces DDR3 Memory Upgrades for Apple Computers
Corsair, a worldwide designer and supplier of high-performance components to the PC gaming hardware market, today announced worldwide retail availability of 4GB DDR3 memory for Apple Mac desktop and laptop PCs.
Corsair's Mac memory kits are tested at Apple Developer Compatibility Labs and are guaranteed to work with any Mac desktop or notebook PC that supports 4GB DDR3 SODIMMs, including iMac, Mac mini, Mac Pro, MacBook, and MacBook Pro models. This includes virtually all models offered by Apple since 2010.
The new DDR3 Mac memory upgrades, like all Corsair DRAM products, are tested to exacting standards and come with a limited lifetime warranty.
An article detailing the installation of Corsair Mac memory in a MacBook Pro can be found on the Corsair Blog, here.
"Macs are often the platform of choice for video production, photo editing and graphics design, and these applications require lots of memory." said Giovanni Sena, Director of Memory Products at Corsair. "With hassle-free compatibility and renowned Corsair compatibility and support, our new Mac memory upgrades are a smart performance investment.
Corsair Mac memory upgrade kits are available in the following configurations:
The new DDR3 Mac memory kits are available immediately from Corsair's worldwide network of resellers and distributors.
Corsair's Mac memory kits are tested at Apple Developer Compatibility Labs and are guaranteed to work with any Mac desktop or notebook PC that supports 4GB DDR3 SODIMMs, including iMac, Mac mini, Mac Pro, MacBook, and MacBook Pro models. This includes virtually all models offered by Apple since 2010.
An article detailing the installation of Corsair Mac memory in a MacBook Pro can be found on the Corsair Blog, here.
"Macs are often the platform of choice for video production, photo editing and graphics design, and these applications require lots of memory." said Giovanni Sena, Director of Memory Products at Corsair. "With hassle-free compatibility and renowned Corsair compatibility and support, our new Mac memory upgrades are a smart performance investment.
Corsair Mac memory upgrade kits are available in the following configurations:
17 Comments on Corsair Announces DDR3 Memory Upgrades for Apple Computers
Well you could end up with issues with "non-certified" types of RAM. A good example for this are servers, where you must use the so called "certified" RAM which was tested for 100% stability.
Same goes for HDD's with special firmware (HP firmware for example).
oh right, so I need to swap out all my ram on my intel rig because they are not "intel-certified", oh and i probably need to switch out my ram on my AMD workstation as well, and replace them with "amd-certified" ram, because god forbid! amd tells me i do not have 100% stability.
AFAIK Mac's and such can be quite picky with hardware, but I could be wrong here ;)
I was under impression that Apple uses Intel controllers and you can just "plug and play", no?
And certified RAM is guaranteed to work with a specific server/workstation. And like I said if you have a server you do not mess with weird hardware. The certified RAM is thoroughly tested for that specific machine.
That's why you get BSOD's (not often but it does happen) in normal PC's, because you mix a lot of different hardware with different firmwares.
The SAS disk I have in my PC is a HP disk made by Hitachi. HP only puts their custom firmware which was designed to work with a specific machine.
I meant to say that server RAM have ECC, and will always be tested before they leave the plant, so certification is not needed, other than just for "guarantee" reasons.
we're talking systems where a loss of system stability could cost thousands, or tens of thousands of dollars in the case of a failure. not a system that you can just slap in a new stick of ram and hit reboot and everyones happy.