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Sneakers55 Champion Author Houston Posts:51,270 Points:2,141,225 Joined:Nov 2005	Message Posted: Jul 22, 2011 1:38:39 PM Ignore Sneakers55 Report Abuse You want more than 4 GB of RAM in your Apple, the Apple Store can take your machine in the back and max it out. Well, I decided it was time to ram more RAM in my machine and so I went in. Not too bad of a deal, they even gave me credit for the in-warranty 4 GB they took out. The question they asked next kind of floored me. "Do you want us to just put the RAM in, or do you want us to test it?" I assured them I wanted it tested. Even if I was machineless for two hours. I did have to sign my life away that they are not responsible if the data disappears off of my hard drive. I would have to do a reload of both OSes and let Carbonite grind for a few days. The Specialist asked me why anyone would actually dual-boot Windows on a Macintosh. Well, the most advanced investment tool you can get on a Macintosh is Excel.

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You want more than 4 GB of RAM in your Apple, the Apple Store can take your machine in the back and max it out.

Well, I decided it was time to ram more RAM in my machine and so I went in. Not too bad of a deal, they even gave me credit for the in-warranty 4 GB they took out.

The question they asked next kind of floored me. "Do you want us to just put the RAM in, or do you want us to test it?" I assured them I wanted it tested. Even if I was machineless for two hours.

I did have to sign my life away that they are not responsible if the data disappears off of my hard drive. I would have to do a reload of both OSes and let Carbonite grind for a few days. The Specialist asked me why anyone would actually dual-boot Windows on a Macintosh. Well, the most advanced investment tool you can get on a Macintosh is Excel.

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sks1586 All-Star Author New Jersey Posts:565 Points:45,510 Joined:Mar 2013	Message Posted: Apr 16, 2013 4:40:04 AM Ignore sks1586 Report Abuse Thanks a million for the information in the comments
GocartMozart Champion Author Los Angeles Posts:3,840 Points:1,301,025 Joined:Aug 2005	Message Posted: Nov 6, 2011 4:55:07 PM Ignore GocartMozart Report Abuse Outstanding video, bytebug! Is that really Mark's wife? I'm skeptical. I happen to live near an Apple Store that attracts its modest share of celebrities. Oh, the moments I could share…
Bell30012 Champion Author Atlanta Posts:3,917 Points:616,625 Joined:Aug 2004	Message Posted: Sep 29, 2011 11:49:03 AM Ignore Bell30012 Report Abuse There are programs that will not run correctly in a virtual environment. For this you must be able to dual boot into Windows 7 or OSX-Lion.
Iamme33 Rookie Author Baltimore Posts:3 Points:1,660 Joined:Sep 2011	Message Posted: Sep 16, 2011 1:34:15 AM Ignore Iamme33 Report Abuse great post..everyone needs to cover themself these days
gcampbel99 Sophomore Author Cincinnati Posts:224 Points:94,465 Joined:Jul 2011	Message Posted: Sep 13, 2011 3:12:52 AM Ignore gcampbel99 Report Abuse Don't dual boot...use Parallels or VMWare and run Windows on MAC OS...Makes life grand.
scoutmaster Champion Author Pittsburgh Posts:81,180 Points:3,250,695 Joined:Mar 2003	Message Posted: Sep 2, 2011 8:31:10 AM Ignore scoutmaster Report Abuse No one wants to see you Hemond!
dakine Champion Author Orange County Posts:19,575 Points:3,587,975 Joined:Feb 2003	Message Posted: Sep 1, 2011 9:50:56 AM Ignore dakine Report Abuse I agree that bytebug's video is funny.
Hemond Champion Author Providence Posts:8,157 Points:133,325 Joined:Oct 2006	Message Posted: Aug 19, 2011 5:38:39 PM Ignore Hemond Report Abuse A great topic. . . Here's my contribution to great moments in the Apple Store/ Genius Bar. [Edited by: Hemond at 8/19/2011 5:40:07 PM EST]
Furball Champion Author Twin Cities Posts:1,443 Points:288,955 Joined:Sep 2003	Message Posted: Aug 2, 2011 5:59:26 PM Ignore Furball Report Abuse Made me smile!
The_WB Champion Author Detroit Posts:13,738 Points:2,054,575 Joined:Apr 2007	Message Posted: Aug 2, 2011 4:40:53 AM Ignore The_WB Report Abuse I love the video also!
scoutmaster Champion Author Pittsburgh Posts:81,180 Points:3,250,695 Joined:Mar 2003	Message Posted: Jul 31, 2011 6:53:28 AM Ignore scoutmaster Report Abuse Love that video bytebug!
bytebug Champion Author Orange County Posts:26,371 Points:4,121,680 Joined:Oct 2001	Message Posted: Jul 28, 2011 12:58:00 PM Ignore bytebug Report Abuse By the title of your topic, I thought you were talking about this video.