Obviously that doesn't matter for Mac memory, since you are stuck at DDR333 speeds in the PowerBook, but it is interesting to see PDP stray from the pack here. PDP was the only manufacturer to use BGA packaged memory, which offers better power delivery as well as the ability to hit higher frequencies. Your best bet for finding low prices for Kingston memory is through a price comparison engine. This type of packaging helps improve power delivery to the memory.
The 1GB modules had a protective covering as you can see above, to protect the fragile memory die that appears to be left exposed underneath. Kingston sent both 512MB and 1GB modules: Interestingly enough, despite their relationship with Micron, Crucial's SO-DIMMs use Samsung chips.Ĭrucial's website was the best place that we found to purchase the memory. Crucial's website has a very useful tool that makes finding the right memory for your MAC extremely simple. CrucialĬrucial sent in both 512MB and 1GB SO-DIMMs for the comparison. The best place that we found the Corsair Value Select SO-DIMMs was at Newegg. If you're looking for 1GB modules, Crucial's upgrade is $90 less than what Apple is asking for. PDP was also fairly competitive, but much more difficult to find online. All of the manufacturers here have a lifetime warranty, so the defining comparison here is based on price: PowerBook G4 MemoryĪlthough Apple's store pricing on the 512MB PowerBook upgrade is in line with Kingston's pricing, Corsair takes the win here at $84. As is normally the case with Apple systems, the memory timings are set by the module's SPD, which is the same across all vendors, so all memory sticks perform identically. The PowerBook G4 requires a 200-pin PC2700 (DDR333) SO-DIMM PC3200 DIMMs can be used, but they will just run at PC2700 speeds. We tested on a previous generation 15" PowerBook G4 1.5GHz (the model that was just recently replaced by a 1.67GHz model). Four manufacturers sent us memory for our PowerBook G4 test platform - all memory was 100% compatible and exhibited no issues.
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