I definitely won't be buying an Apple anything. I can't afford them.
Dmidecode tells me the DIMMS are 4096 MB, 1600 MT/s and made by
Hynix/Hyundai. That makes it easy to figure out what I need. Thanks to
you and Todd Cole for replying. I
On 1/14/21 8:01 PM, Michael Butash via PLUG-discuss wrote:
> Memory hasn't been as finicky in years than I found it 10-20 years or
> more now, most seem fairly tolerant as long as you match up specs.
>
> If using windoze, install cpu-z and just match the specs, speed,
> unbuffered, ddr-class, etc. Likewise using dmidecode under linux,
> just match spec what is there now. If using a mac, just pay whatever
> overpriced ram apple wants to sell you because you or your sponsor can
> obviously afford it. Probably a better way under mac, I'm sure google
> knows most sticks are probably compatible there too realistically.
>
> I do miss when there used to be the technology swap meets over in Mesa
> here to find old/dated hardware for stuff like this, I think that all
> moved to Craigslist, now Letgo and others, always ebay if nothing
> else. I always buy used ram, particularly when talking the more
> pricey large ECC server stuff, really haven't had complaints
> personally doing so. Last time I put 128gb in my desktop, I did so for
> around a grand from ebay getting old server dimms from a retired cisco
> ucs box, same memory, which from dell would have been some $8k of
> absurdity.
>
> -mb
>
>
> On Thu, Jan 14, 2021 at 4:11 PM Jim via PLUG-discuss
> <plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org
> <mailto:plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org>> wrote:
>
> Recently I bought a Dell Optiplex 7010. Today I started looking for
> some more memory (2 4GB DIMMs) to put in it. Some said it was for
> the
> Dell while others didn't claim to be for a specific model. I did
> notice that the ones claiming to be for a Dell were about twice
> the cost
> of those that didn't and I don't want to pay the extra if I can avoid
> it. I'm sending links to a couple of the choices. Can someone
> tell me
> if there's any difference between the two? Thanks.
>
> https://tinyurl.com/y69nepup
>
> https://tinyurl.com/y54gjnfz
>
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