Category:How To Buy
From Applepedia
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Buying a Mac
- How to choose what Mac model to get
- How To choose how much RAM to get: Simple. Get lots. At least 512 MB.
- How To choose what RAM to get: Do not buy from Apple unless you enjoy paying ridiculous mark ups (with few exceptions). Crucial is your best bet, but a lot of users have had success with other name brand RAM, namely Mushkin and Kingston.
- How to choose whether to get AppleCare or not
- How To make sure you're not buying a Mac right before a speed bumping: MacRumors buyer's guide
- How to get the best deal on a Mac
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Buying Peripherals
- How To find a cheap PC DVD burner/CD player/Drive enclosure that's Mac compatible: Consult the xlr8yourmac drive database
