I decided to give my current laptop one last try and in doing so give it some juice. I went on a memory search, and found a fairly cheap store on eBay. I followed a link to their memory configurator and fell in love. This store was OemPcWorld.com.

Other interactive find the right memory applications left me with a “am I really sure this is the memory I need” feeling in my gut. They send you through and give you the type. In my case, the only response I got was DDR PC2100. No mention of pin counts or the fact that I should look for SODIMMs. I only found all this out later. Other sites are very lacking in definitive memory purchasing. Taht and their product pages are fairly non-descript.

At OemPcWorld.com, they pull you through a few drop downs to determine your system type and then not only give great specifics, but they also link directly to their in-stock products that are meant for your system. No mistakes possible at all! They even keep your system name listed in your cart to make extra sure you are on track. Now, I’m a 10+ year techie veteran, but this is the only site that left me feeling 100% confident I was buying exactly what I needed. Memory is tough to figure out now a days…

Next kudo goes to their slick cart system. Very step by step easy to follow. But the cool part is the upsell mechanism they put in! As a web developer I dropped my jaw to the ground at the sheer brilliance of it. Right before teh payment step a screen popped in to the process that offered me a static wrist guard at half price for this order only. They knew I might want/need one and put it right in front of me at just teh right time. I didn’t order one, but the way it happened made me feel so happy that someone was getting things right!!

The last kudo goes to their customer service. Very fast, very responsive. I paid for Fedex 2nd day shipping so I could get the order by Friday to use the weekend to do my system overhaul. Having ordered Wednesday, I felt safe it would work. But then I wondered when they shipped orders out. Turns out any order after 10AM PST gets shipped out the next day. That would have put my memory here Monday (RATS!) So, I called at 3PM PST just after ordering to see if there was any possible way to have them drop the shipment today so it would get here Friday. Two minutes later I got the, sure we can do that for you answer, and an hour later their system sent me a “your order has shipped – here is your tracking number” email.

Their prices are very good, AND they offer RAM buy-back! If you want to send old memory back to them, they’ll give you a credit on your invoice! Can you believe that! Who the hell does that??!

If you need memory for anything, you need to go to OemPcWorld.com to buy it. Hands down.