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Can MacBook Pro 15" Late 2011 have 16GB ram?
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Believe Hellhammer & GGJstudios and the information they posted. The 2011 MBP will hold up to 16GB of RAM. Many folks in the forums have already done so.
http://www.crucial.com/uk/mac/index...le_uk&ef_id=up1O90wbpGEAAI23:20111228024530:s
These guys have an app which will scan your system and tell you whether or not you can support 16GB of RAM, which I'm almost certain you can as my 13" can do it...
From everything I have read, the answer to the question I am about to ask is "NO" ---- on the "Late 2010 MacBook Pro 2.8GHz" supporting 16GB of RAM. Everything I have found shows it only supports 8GB, while all of the post-February 2011 models support up to 16GB. So will it support 16GB? Again, I am guessing NO is the obvious answer. The 2.8GHz i7 supports no more RAM than the earlier 2010 models, correct?
I think they are all rumors...nothing solid from Apple I think is still 8GB Max.
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1270#link3
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1270#link3
All machines released in 2011 are Sandy Bridge machines.
I think they are all rumors...nothing solid from Apple I think is still 8GB Max.
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1270#link3
All Sandy Bridge machines support 16GB of RAM.
I think they are all rumors...nothing solid from Apple I think is still 8GB Max.
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1270#link3
Please stop. The apple specs were written when 8 GB sticks were not readily available. The 2011 machines do support 16 GB of ram. This is not a debate or a chance for you to tell us what you think - it is fact and it would be great if people like yourself could stop spreading misinformation.
16 GB is not a rumour and plenty of people have installed 2 x 8GB sticks.
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In case anyone want to try this memory and tell all of "misinformed" members if they work or not.
Oh and next time post some solid information then just your arrogant tone.
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Or you can just Google it and realize that it's become common knowledge nowadays that 16gb 100% works on all 2011 MBPs. O_O
I am not getting your point. Lots of people have confirmed the point that you're trying to argue against. There are plenty of threads here confirming that 16 GBs works in the 2011 MBP and plenty of tech sites have shown that this works. What exactly are you arguing now? Can you not accept the facts and move on?
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I think they are all rumors...nothing solid from Apple I think is still 8GB Max.
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1270#link3
Historically Apple's official RAM limit is usually below what many of its machines are capable of. Check the RAM section of each model in this Mac database website:
http://www.everymac.com
Also the 16GB RAM capability of Early 2011 Macs was first publicly confirmed by OWC:
http://eshop.macsales.com/item/Other World Computing/1333DDR3S16P/
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lol. Let's not confuse this discussion. It would appear that Intel have updated their specs and some of the CPUs in the 2011 MBP line-up do indeed support 32 GBs, but I don't know anyone that has acquired 16 GB sticks to be able to prove this. Heck, I don't even know where to find them in the UK.
At least down at the hardware level they do. There are only three Sandy Bridge dies: Dual core with HD 2000 graphics, dual core with HD 3000 graphics, and quad core (apparently it comes with HD 4000 graphics only, some SKUs simply have some EUs disabled). Hence all SNB CPUs should support up to 32GB of RAM. However, there may be some firmware limitation but I don't think those have been tested on laptops (very few lappies with 4 RAM slots and 16GB SODIMMs don't exist yet).