The main difference is price, and that's about it. A comparison illustrates the point clearly. For a Summer 2012 model MacBook Pro, buying 8GB of RAM from Apple will set you back $200 as of July 2013.

For as little as £149, you can nab yourself a refurbished Apple MacBook A1342 with 12-month warranty. ... Prices start at £149 for models with 2GB Ram, and go up to £289 for models with 8GB RAM.

Apple's high-end 14-inch and 16-inch MacBook Pro models from 2021 offer the M1 Pro chip with 16GB of RAM as standard, but you can upgrade to 32GB of RAM for $400. When choosing your ‌M1 Pro ...

Increasing your available MacBook RAM can make many of the tasks you perform on a daily basis take less time. On most models, you can install memory on your own without needing to pay for a ...

Apple’s most affordable 14-inch MacBook Pro with the latest M3 chip only comes with 8GB RAM and people are really upset. As Apple's Bob Borchers explains, 8GB of "unified memory" on Macs is more ...

Apple takes a lot of heat for its RAM pricing, and the company’s latest move may only escalate the criticism. The lowest tier of the new 13-inch MacBook Pro comes stock with 8GB of RAM but can ...