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From: chou@june.cs.washington.edu (Pai Chou)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Memory Expansion for MacPortable?
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Date: 4 Feb 91 10:41:02 GMT
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I am considering buying a portable, but my main concern
is memory expansion.  (I can get used to the LCD)

What are the possible configurations?  December '90 MacWorld
says 2Meg - 9Meg, but I thought the standard config was 1 Meg.

How hard is it to add more memory to a MacPortable?
(do you need special tools to open the box?)
Can you do it yourself?  How hard is it compared to,
say, a MacSE?  (I've done it for a MacPlus and an SE)
Is it just like SIMMs, or is it a lot trickier?

Are there 3rd party memory expansions?
Are they more expensive than SIMMs for regular Macs?
If so, why? (special low power RAM?  CMOS?)
Apple charges about 7 times the regular SIMM price,
or 50% more than Apple's SIMMs.

Or should I wait for their notepad computer?

Thanks,

Pai Chou
chou@june.cs.washington.edu