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Does the brand of memory really matter if you plan to install it into a Macintosh PowerPC G5?
I've recently inherited an older PowerMac G5 from a friend of mine, but it's missing it's RAM. I just so happen to have two 1GB sticks of DDR400 RAM lying around, and was curious if it would be compatible with this computer, regardless of the fact that it isn't certified to work with Apple computers? Logic says that it should be fine, but with this being my first Macintosh I don't want to go assuming things.
If it helps, the brand that I'm installing is A-DATA.
It should work without any issues. My Macs are both running non-Apple certified RAM without stability issues at all.
If you're also looking at other upgrades, consider the hard drive, a Mac-compatible SATA RAID card, bluetooth adapter (if the computer doesn't already have bluetooth in it), video card (either Mac-native, ATI's Apple-compatible line, or hacked), and a wireless adapter (Apple or otherwise). One must-have upgrade, however, is OS X 10.5. If the Mac doesn't have Mac OS X installed, the $130 version happens to be both the full version and the upgrade version. (Of course, you could always check the torrents of bit for a copy...)
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