can the 15 inch MBP use 16gb memory or 8 only?

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pectin232

macrumors 6502

Original poster

• Feb 21, 2012

• #1

Is it easy to upgrade yourself the memory to 16gb or can it only use 8GB? Thanks..

 

basesloaded190

macrumors 68030

• Feb 21, 2012

• #2

Depends on what year the machine is.

 

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Liquinn

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• Feb 21, 2012

• #3

pectin232 said:

Is it easy to upgrade yourself the memory to 16gb or can it only use 8GB? Thanks..

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What year Macbook Pro do you have?

 

simsaladimbamba

Guest

• Feb 21, 2012

• #4

2011 models can use 16 GB, the ones from before that can only use 8 GB.

Upgrading RAM in MacBooks and MacBook Pros​

 

Dweez

macrumors 65816

• Feb 21, 2012

• #5

I've got 16 gig in my early 2011 MBP.

 

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pectin232

macrumors 6502

Original poster

• Feb 21, 2012

• #6

Dweez said:

I've got 16 gig in my early 2011 MBP.

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In the Apple store this PC

http://store.apple.com/us/configure/MD318LL/A

It says 4GB or 8GB Upgrade but no mention of 16gb upgrade. Any idea why?

 

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that1guyy

macrumors 6502

• Feb 21, 2012

• #7

Apple doesn't officially sell you 16gb but the machine is able to run 16gb fine. There are no hardware limitations for that.

Its cheaper anyway.

 

MonkeyBrainz

macrumors regular

• Feb 21, 2012

• #8

pectin232 said:

In the Apple store this PC

http://store.apple.com/us/configure/MD318LL/A

It says 4GB or 8GB Upgrade but no mention of 16gb upgrade. Any idea why?

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Because that's all they offer. You can get 16 GB (two 8 GB sticks) from places such as www.macsales.com