T41 RAM Upgrade ?

[getsandy]

Hi All,

I am planning to upgrade my T41 RAM. Currently I have 512 MB (2 * 256). I am planning to go for 1GB (So total 1280 MB).

Can anybody suggest me which company shall I buy?

Currently I am in Japan and RAM is little bit expensive here. Also I think i have limited options here.

My options are

1. Direct from Lenovo (Around 20000 Yens) ($ 162)

2. Transcend - 15000 Yens. ($ 121)


Thanks in advance
Sandy

[KristianJ]

PM brentpresley about the RAM he has for sale here...only 2 of them are left so you should get in touch with him quickly.

EDIT: I hope you were able to contact him before he sold out - just noticed his post about it.

[Johan]

I wonder why RAM should be so much more expensive in Japan compared to in the USA? A quality 1 GB stick PC2700 RAM (Crucial) cost around $ 80,- e.g. here: Newegg, so I am surprised that retail prices in Japan should be more than 50 % higher?

Alternatively, you could try to search for "Japan" in this forum, and perhaps send a PM to some of the forum members who are in Japan (and who have been actively posting here somewhat recently) - e.g. users NJ_IT, tokjdm, joykrab, bhuiyan etc. - some of them no doubt know where in Japan you get the best deal!

Buying such standard RAM directly from IBM/Lenovo of course would just double the price - and you don't get any benefit from paying that much except the pleasure of supporting them in getting bigger BMW's!

[getsandy]

Hi All,
Thanks for the information.

I will check for both the options.

Sandy

[chan_man]

Another good contact in Japan would be Bontistic, he is in Kanagawa. I have bought memory and harddrives from him. Good prices and good service. Use the search function to find his contact information.

[getsandy]

Hi All,

Thank you very much for all the responses. I really appreciate all your help.

I was able to contact both brentpresley & Bontistic.

I got 1GB RAM at a very good rate.

Now my T41 has 1.25GB RAM

Once again, thanks to all.

Sandy