Adventures With 8 GB

[Eidorian]

I did a search but it only dragged up old 8 GB RAM threads. It looks like someone had the chance to grab some of these.

http://blogs.technet.com/keithcombs...ing-my-apple-macbook-pro-with-8gb-of-ram.aspx

http://blogs.technet.com/keithcombs...n-t-like-8gb-of-memory-in-my-macbook-pro.aspx

 

[CanadaRAM]

Capsule summary if you read the whole thread is -- 8 GB failed abysmally.

Although 8 GB is recognized, as soon as you start addressing more than 4 GB, performance slows to a crawl.

 

[Eidorian]

Capsule summary if you read the whole thread is -- 8 GB failed abysmally.

Although 8 GB is recognized, as soon as you start addressing more than 4 GB, performance slows to a crawl.

I was more surprised that the machine booted though. I doubt we're going to get a fix from Apple for current hardware, ever.

 

[iToaster]

Perhaps it's a conflict with the firmware or some hardware component of the MacBook Pro, but I always knew they could take it, we just needed somebody to prove it... and now it has been proved (though buggy).

 

[CanadaRAM]

Well, its been proven that it can be physically installed, however it has also been shown that the memory controller or the firmware or both cannot address higher than 4 GB properly.