by lost_eden on Thu Jan 26, 2012 5:02 pm
Like most companies that sell RAM, Apple don't actually manufacture it themselves. They do what everybody does - buy it OEM from the manufacturer (Micron, Hynix, etc.) then attach their own sticker & sell it as their own. Thus a stick of RAM from Apple is exactly the same as a stick of RAM from anybody else - same factory, same production line, same components. The only difference between a stick you buy from Apple & a stick you buy from somebody else is the label & the price.
If I was selling 2x 1GB SODIMMs I wouldn't ask for any more than £5, or maybe a pint or two. In fact I recently gave away a 1GB SODIMM (incidentally, it came from an Apple laptop, go figure) because I knew it wasn't worth anything. I also have 2x 512MB SODIMMs (also from an Apple laptop) which I am also giving away for free.
If you do find some poor gullible soul willing to pay you £30 though, congratulations, spend it well.