However, I just bought my MBP, and in 2015, when 16GB RAM is common and runs $90, this upgrade path will give my MBP a spritz of that new-car-smell stuff for the following year or two.
Nice to know it's a bit more future-proof than I thought. Would it have killed them to connect the ODD to a SATA III port?!?
If you have $1,600 to spend on more ram then for the same amount you can update the base hard drive to a OWC 500GB SSD drive for $100 less and use that $100 to upgrade to 8GB. I think that combo would be more useful for the same price.
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[b]13" MBP 2.7GHZ SSD [COLOR="RoyalBlue"]408.05[/COLOR] [COLOR="DarkOrchid"]323.45[/COLOR] [COLOR="DarkOrange"]268.82[/COLOR][/b]
15" MBP 2.3GHZ HDD [COLOR="RoyalBlue"]714.25[/COLOR] [COLOR="DarkOrchid"]538.28[/COLOR] [COLOR="DarkOrange"]410.72[/COLOR]
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17" MBP 2.3GHZ HDD [COLOR="RoyalBlue"]731.27[/COLOR] [COLOR="DarkOrchid"]524.44[/COLOR] [COLOR="DarkOrange"]427.21[/COLOR]
[b]17" MBP 2.3GHZ SSD [COLOR="RoyalBlue"]352.39[/COLOR] [COLOR="DarkOrchid"]266.85[/COLOR] [COLOR="DarkOrange"]226.19[/COLOR][/b]
Well thats nice to know. Unfortunately my (late 2007) MBP only takes up to 2 GB's of RAM which is how much I have. Possibly 4? from what I've heard.
Just noticed the prices. Instead of a MacBook Pro + 16 GB RAM, how about a MacBook Pro + another MacBook Pro?
So the upgrade costs more than a 13" MBP. How neat.
Exactly! Ridiculous pricing!
But if you have an extra $2,700 to burn on top of your base MBP purchase ($1,600 for 16GB ram + $1,100 for SSD of 512GB) then that's a different story.
With all that said, it's still nice to know the new MBP's can be maxed out to 16GB of RAM; a definite must once the prices come down a bit.
late mbp 2007 can handle 2x2gb of ram, total 4 gb.
early 2007 can handle 3 gb max, even though it will also display the 4 gb on the system info screen ...
Exactly! Ridiculous pricing!
Some owners do more with their MBPs than e-mail, surf the web and watch videos. Right now the price is what it is.
Some owners do more with their MBPs than e-mail, surf the web and watch videos. Right now the price is what it is.
Well thats nice to know. Unfortunately my (late 2007) MBP only takes up to 2 GB's of RAM which is how much I have. Possibly 4? from what I've heard.
Alright nice I may do that if they don't come out with the new iMac's soon. Also did you install it yourself or have someone else do it?
What would anyone use that much ram for? You'll go blind doing video editing on a mb.