Is there any mechanism to secure this port so that RAM can’t be removed/stolen?

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Wireless World: Enormous innovation, but big challenges
A record number of mobile phones were shipped last year, and analysts and investors are now saying that the promises made 10 years ago about the potential for the wireless economy are truly being realized. Still, some of the foremost investors and analysts tell United Press International’s Wireless World that they are nervous that the United States may not maintain its competitive edge in the global information economy unless certain changes are made—by federal policymakers and business leaders—soon.

“There is enormous innovation in our economy—no doubt,” said James Melcher, founder of the New York City-based hedge fund, Balestra Capital Management, in an interview with Wireless World. “It’s incredible. But there are problems. Why are countries with only 40 percent of the world’s population (e.g., China) graduating ten times as many engineers and scientists as we are? Why are our schools pumping out so many lawyers? There is no value-added in legal work.” By Gene Koprowski

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wow - so it’s now as easy to install ram in a mac notebook as it has been on most PC notebooks for the last 3-5 years.

Looks like the king of closed box computing is catching up to the rest of the industry where people are assumed intelligent enough to perform an upgrade

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This is a DESKTOP
NOT a notebook.

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Try Q, a free x86 machine emulator for the Mac which runs on the duo.  Problems have been reported with XP SP2 in this configuration (but it’s a Micro$loth product, so what can you expect).  Why pick one or the other when you can run both together.

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Let me get this straight. The old iMac G5 has regular desktop RAM slots, but the newer Intel iMac only takes laptop RAM? How is this an improvement?

Desktop RAM is cheaper, faster, and more varied. What are the advantages to laptop RAM? All I can see is that it’s smaller. I should have stuck with the G5.

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any suggestions on where to pick up this ram?  a link to a page on newegg would be greatly appreciated.  too novice to sort thru the muck.

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Just head to Crucial.com and search there.

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thanks.  so, again, im novice, but:  the imac has 2 slots for ram.  at apple, a 2gb model means you add 158$ (im doing educational discount too).  on crucial, a 2gb (two slots, since theyre just bundling 2 1gb chips) is 318?  this doesnt make sense to me.  ideally, id soup it to 3gb in the most cost efficient way, but it seems like the only way to do that is 2gb (1000$+) and 1gb (about 160$).  thats nuts!

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hmmm....im actually waiting for an answer before i click “submit order’ on my cart at apple.  anybody?

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Wizzel, the iMac Core Duo uses laptop memory because it needs less voltage (1.8V vs 2.2V for desktop memory), which means less heat, and less noise (the fans don’t have to work as hard to cool the system).
The performance is roughly the same between desktop and laptop memory as well.

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Go to 18004MEMORY.com for a 1Gig module for $55 including shipping!  Lifetime guarantee, so don’t worry.  For price and performance, these folks are decent.  I’ve ordered from them MANY times with good luck.  Here’s the HUGE link:

http://www.18004memory.com/focus.asp?sku=502591&session=xdealram&guid=C656C6DF98AE4405A076450BE803F8D0

As for the memory being easy to install, it is just as easy to SCREW IT UP, because the little levers don’t always work to secure the RAM and the RAM can fit in there without the levers lifting, which causes a BIG problem because the RAM is stuck and there’s no way to close the RAM cover door.  Be careful, gentle, and you shouldn’t have a problem.  I have had to service no fewer than 5 iMac intels because of RAM being stuck and one of the iMacs needed a logic board replacement as a result!
Sincerely,
Jeffrey Wrobel, President
Lazarus Communications

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Don’t use the link provided by Jeff. I did, and when I finished my order the last person to use that link’s order was added to mine AFTER checkout! SURPRISE!
I called them and it is a bug they have with their shopping cart software. No problem they said, and I would not have been billed or shipped that.

So just go to www.18004memory.com. I do appreciate Jeffs link however. I did buy from them.

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