Where do you live? $1,000 is way more than you should be paying. I'm in the US, and just bought 8GB of DDR3 SoDIMMs off of New Egg (an online computer parts site), for about $350.
For anyone with a MacBook, they have two memory slots, and I don't think any of the MacBooks can take more than 8GB of memory. So, you need 2 4GB SoDIMMs. Try this laptop memory kit for $349, which is actually faster than the memory Apple recommends: G.SKILL 8GB (2 x 4GB) 204-Pin DDR3 SO-DIMM DDR3 1333 (PC3 10600) Laptop Memory Model F3-10600CL9D-8GBSQ http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231342 If you have an IMac, you have 4 SoDIMM slots, so can use less expensive 2GB modules. You could buy 4 of these 2GB modules for $49 each, or $196 total, to get 8GB. G.SKILL 2GB 204-Pin DDR3 SO-DIMM DDR3 1066 (PC3 8500) Laptop Memory Model F3-8500CL7S-2GBSQ - $49 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231212 Also, if you have an IMac, you don't necessarily need to fill up all 4 memory slots. You could get 6GB of memory from three modules for $150. That would make it quite easy to allocate 2GB or 3GB to your Windows virtual machine. $200-$350 isn't much to spend if you've already bought VMWare and Windows, particularly since actually having enough memory to run the program will make it usable. Bryan -----Original Message----- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Simon Fogarty Sent: Saturday, February 27, 2010 4:20 AM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: need help: windows 7 very sluggish in fusion Yeah I wish I could do this, but to put 8 gig of ram in my mbp which is running ddr3 sodims, it's going to cost me $1000 to do it. -----Original Message----- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of May McDonald Sent: Wednesday, 24 February 2010 10:12 p.m. To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: need help: windows 7 very sluggish in fusion Hmm, then I will see about getting more ram as well since I'm having the same problem since the latest upgrade. Windows 7 worked fine until I upgraded fusion. May On 2010-02-24, at 12:28 AM, Tony Bernedal wrote: > Hi. > I had the same experience with xp and fusion. I added more ram to my m > b so it now have 4 gb and both fusion and all other tasks on the mac runs like a charm. Fast and very responsive. > So my recomendation is to add more ram ta your machine. > I haven't tried w7 due to I can't get the thing to install at all, so > I through it on the shelf again and using xp the few times I need windows. > Regards Tony > > 24 feb 2010 kl. 08.56 skrev John J Herzog: > >> Hi listers, >> I'm having problems running windows 7 under vmware fusion 3.0.1, the latest version. Specifically, when it's running, windows 7 slows my mac down considerably. My mac is a 2.4 GHZ core2 duo from 2008 with 2 gigs of ram. Even with a gig of ram allocated to each system, the performance on both the mac and windows is very slow. Alex starts breaking up, and it takes much longer to load applications or even web sites. Also, I have noticed that my fan kicks on a lot more often, even when doing something simple in windows like working with a word document or opening an excel file. >> What can I do to speed up windows 7, which seems quite bloated to me? I've already disabled nonsense like system restore, arrow effects, 3d graphics optimization in fusion, and file indexing. Note, even when I allow the machine to use 2 processor cores, it seems rather sluggish. >> Any suggestions? Or given my machine's configuration, should I just >> stick with XP, which is only a temporary solution, as it will be obsolete in a year or two? >> >> Thanks, >> >> John >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> Groups "MacVisionaries" group. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. 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