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Originally Posted by shadedream
Macseek.com :) been using it forever now, just make sure you get the lifetime warranty stuff. My iMac's running 3GB (didnt bother replacing the 1GB board it came with). I don't do any high end graphic design, but I do a fair share of web interface design etc.
That site also lists OWC and Crucials prices along with others.
The one thing to watch out for buying any laptop or iMac for heavy design though is the TN LCDs they're using in them these days.
Basically each subpixel is only capable of 6bit color (instead of the usual 8bit), but compensates for it by using its faster pixel response to flicker the pixel between two colors to give your eye the effect of the desired color.
What this basically means for a designer is that monochromatic gradients tend to band in photoshop and other design apps (though it's much less apparent in exported images on the web in my case and should be noted this is just a display limitation and wouldnt effect a print). The only way to avoid these display types is to buy the Mac Pro and an external LCD (not sure of the types in the Apple ones but they're definately NOT TN), or a 24" iMac (uses a true 8bit subpixel type display, but still a cheaper type that supposedly has fading across the displays.
Honestly I think most people blow it too far out of proportion, but the TN display in my iMac doesnt bother me other than the gradient banding in photoshop (which isnt really THAT big a deal). But yeah.
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I didn't bother to check (yet), but do you know if the 17" MBP (HD screen upgrade) is TN or not?