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Apple Offering 8 GB RAM Kits for 2.93 GHz and 2.66 GHz 15" MacBook Pros

gmcalpin said:
It looks like it's still there to me.

http://store.apple.com/us/memorymodel/ME_15_2_66_MBP

http://store.apple.com/us/memorymodel/ME_17_2_93_MBP
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You do realize that your second link is for the 17-inch model?
If Apple were really offering 8GB for the 15-inch models, we'd be able to configure them directly (choose MBP than 8GB, like is the case for the 17-inch model) and not through just that link.
See the difference between this:
http://store.apple.com/us/configure/MB604LL/A?mco=MzA3MTE3NA
and this:
http://store.apple.com/us/configure/MC026LL/A?mco=NDE4NDI1Ng



IMO it's obviously just an error like when the Unibody MP first went on sale and the backlit keyboard looked like it was an option for the entry-level version.
 
santos79 said:
You do realize that your second link is for the 17-inch model?

IMO it's obviously just an error like when the Unibody MP first went on sale and the backlit keyboard looked like it was an option for the entry-level version.
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Oops. Still, the 15" 2.93 page I meant to link to still lists the 8 GB kit.

http://store.apple.com/us/memorymodel/ME_15_2_93_MBP

These pages are not listed/available from the Memory Family page anymore, though, so yes, apparently it was an error.

http://store.apple.com/us/browse/home/shop_mac/mac_accessories/memory

Oddly, the 15" 2.66 and 2.93 pages still exist — they're just "hidden"/inaccessible at the moment. Possibly, they need to be corrected, but it's a weird mistake for someone to have made. Perhaps it was just a premature site update?

Perhaps there a legitimate software reason that these machines can't use 2x4GB chips that (perhaps) a future update might fix, allowing 8GB of RAM in the 2.66 and 2.93 15" MBPs? (One that would be — as it should be — accompanied by an update to their official tech specs.)

Or is it — as the conspiracy theorists assume — an EFI issue deliberately disabling the ability to use 2x4GB chips?

That's what I want to know.
 
iMaggot said:
LMAO $1200 for 8GB of ram ?, are you nuts Apple lol.
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jb60606 said:
early 2008 MBPs will take 6GB as well. I don't think they're Penryns. Could be wrong though.
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You can even put 8gb of RAM in a Santa-rosa Macbook pro, but it will only utilize 6 gb and beyond that, it pages out to the harddrive..

I hope this could be fixed soon, a friend of mine just bought a crappy Hewlett Packerd with 8 gigs of RAM.
 
beestigbeestje said:
You can even put 8gb of RAM in a Santa-rosa Macbook pro, but it will only utilize 6 gb and beyond that, it pages out to the harddrive..
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I heard people were having really big issues installing 8GB in the SR ones though, so probably not the best of ideas!
 
help.. with macbook purchase

can you please explain what type of possible new macbook will be coming out by the conference, because I just purchased a macbook 13,3 and im thinking of returning it. anybody?
 
sholomp said:
can you please explain what type of possible new macbook will be coming out by the conference, because I just purchased a macbook 13,3 and im thinking of returning it. anybody?
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There are no current rumors on any new notebooks. Apple historically hasn't updated notebooks at wwdc anyway.
 
sholomp said:
can you please explain what type of possible new macbook will be coming out by the conference, because I just purchased a macbook 13,3 and im thinking of returning it. anybody?
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your talking november '09 before we see a major upgrade to the MBP. it's a little out of the 14 return policy for apple so if you are happy with your MB i would say keep it. if not you should return it and get the MBP now cause it's going to be a while.
 
There must be someone out there tha visits this site that can "hack" the 17'' firmware to work on the 15'' so it can use 8GB of ram, ifixit said the components of both are exactly the same it should work
 
I thought it only showed the 2.66 GHz model on the upgrade slots because it replaced the 2.53 GHz model. Its a very small bump in processor speed, why wouldn't 8 GB of RAM work?

I just got this in February and I would like to be able to upgrade to 8GB of RAM in the future to avoid having to buy a new computer. But if I can't, that's just silly!
 
Riverbird said:
I thought it only showed the 2.66 GHz model on the upgrade slots because it replaced the 2.53 GHz model. Its a very small bump in processor speed, why wouldn't 8 GB of RAM work?

I just got this in February and I would like to be able to upgrade to 8GB of RAM in the future to avoid having to buy a new computer. But if I can't, that's just silly!
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It's not a matter of processor speed -- it's a matter of changed firmware between the late '08 and early '09 models.

Late '08 = 2.4, 2.53, 2.8 = 6 GB
Early '09 = 2.66, 2.93 = 8 GB

Some people think this is some sort of conspiracy. I think it's more likely that there was some minor problem with the old firmware and 8 GB and Apple just didn't bother to test the configuration. Whichever is true, your machine has the old firmware and won't handle 8 GB correctly.

The failure mode for 8 GB on the older machines is that, when the machine exceeds 4 GB of real RAM in use, it will slow to a crawl and eventually stop entirely.
 
dal20402 said:
It's not a matter of processor speed -- it's a matter of changed firmware between the late '08 and early '09 models.

Late '08 = 2.4, 2.53, 2.8 = 6 GB
Early '09 = 2.66, 2.93 = 8 GB

Some people think this is some sort of conspiracy. I think it's more likely that there was some minor problem with the old firmware and 8 GB and Apple just didn't bother to test the configuration. Whichever is true, your machine has the old firmware and won't handle 8 GB correctly.

The failure mode for 8 GB on the older machines is that, when the machine exceeds 4 GB of real RAM in use, it will slow to a crawl and eventually stop entirely.
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Firmware? If it's only firmware couldn't they just make an update and be done with it?

Nah, it would be more likely it's the hardware that different. On the PC side of things stuff like this is always related to motherboard/chipset revisions.

Either way, I realized the other day that most higher spec. PC laptops supports 8Gb today - some with ddr2, some ddr3. It pretty embarrassing the unibody MacBook Pro's from last fall don't. :eek:
 
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