I talked with a Mac support guy... he stated that Mac's are programmed to follow the exact specifications listed and not a range like most PC. When the voltage states 1.3v (or whatever) a PC can handle plus or minus .5 volts whereas the Mac will go bonkers. Same with timings.
When talking to people about Macs I usually say something along these lines:
When dealing with Macs, you get what you see. It's limited and sometimes difficult to upgrade the hardware, software is limited and when they say that it is ready "out of the box", it is. And it will stay that way, aging and aging until you put it back it that box and throw it in the dump. (Or recycle )
It's a Nvidia chipset this time around and a brand new one on a custom logic board for the first time made by Apple....there are bound to be a few issues at first.
Look up some of the issues with nforce 2 boards and certain nforce3 mobos for pcs. They were awesome but I had to go through quite a few manufacturers and timings of memory before I found a nice and stable set.
DDR3 is still pretty new also, I'm sure it will be ironed out in future firmwares.
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Yet another reason why I have no use for Apple computers!
Conspiracies are stupid.
When dealing with Macs, you get what you see. It's limited and sometimes difficult to upgrade the hardware, software is limited and when they say that it is ready "out of the box", it is. And it will stay that way, aging and aging until you put it back it that box and throw it in the dump. (Or recycle
This article only re-enforces my belief.
Look up some of the issues with nforce 2 boards and certain nforce3 mobos for pcs. They were awesome but I had to go through quite a few manufacturers and timings of memory before I found a nice and stable set.
DDR3 is still pretty new also, I'm sure it will be ironed out in future firmwares.