I was indeed wrong both dual i5 and i7 have hyperthreading.
The i7 has 4mb instead of 3mb L cache though.
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Macbooks only come with i7 quadcores. I dont know of any haswell quadcore i5s for laptops.
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My advice: Get 16gb of ram.
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8GB vs. 16GB for RAM?
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The i7 has 4mb instead of 3mb L cache though.
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Hope someone can answer. I have a 2010 Macbook Pro 13" that can be upgraded to 16GB RAM. I wonder if going from 8GB to 16GB would make a difference, I am not talking about huge difference like when I put SSD to it. That was an amazing upgrade. If it wasn't for SSD, I don't think I could still be using it right now.
Will the 16GB allow more open apps and/or tabs while not losing its speed? It is about $60 to get 16GB RAM.
Will the 16GB allow more open apps and/or tabs while not losing its speed? It is about $60 to get 16GB RAM.
If you plan to keep the laptop for a while, then the RAM upgrade is definitely a good idea, particularly if you run numerous programs at the same time.
Probably someone with more knowledge can comment, but I doubt that on a 201 computer, that 8 gigs of Ram is a bottleneck. I went from 8 gigs to 16 gigs when I upgraded from a 2015 MacBook to a 2017 MacBook, and I don't see any difference in memory usage. I bought it more for future proofing, as that is the last MacBook they made.
I'd suggest opening Activity Monitor and seeing if you are pushing up against the 8 gigs you have. If so, the Ram upgrade might be worth it, but otherwise not.
Look at memory pressure. If it's green, you are not pushing up against the limit.
I don't have any direct experience upgrading a machine that old, but I would tend to agree that the RAM is probably not a significant bottleneck in your system. I would tend to advise hanging on to your money for when it's time to upgrade the whole system to someone a bit newer. To be clear, I am absolutely not saying you should ditch your existing computer if it is working well for you, but I doubt going beyond 8GB RAM would net a significant improvement in performance.
6 year necro, huh?
Why not? No need to open a new thread when there is one already.
Actually, my wife is using this 2010 MBP for work. It works fine. She said when she has things open, it slows down a little. I think it will help her a little bit. Even if it helps once a week in some circumstances, $50-$60 may even worth to spend. This 2010 works fine even today. My 2017 MB 12” isn’t much better, not to mention the keyboard design on my MB 12” is the worst one I’ve had. My only Apple purchase that I regret is this MB 12”.
The keyboard design (butterfly) is so bad, I had it replaced once and was hoping it would be better since this is supposed to be V3, but still horrible. It is too flat, hard to type. No wonder, Apple stopped using the butterfly design.
I definitely have heard that a lot. But I like the keyboard on mine. I suppose keyboard feel is a personal thing and no one design is going to satisfy everyone. Obviously more people agreed with you or they would have kept the keyboard around.