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Corsair 16GB Memory $420.00 now in stock
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I'm not here to criticise someones choice to upgrade to 16GB of RAM for me the more the better!
But for me it's not worth it if I'm honest, and if I was you I would have spent the money on the SSD now I know you are going to mention the fact that you have 1TB worth of data but I feel thats a little irresponsible to be carrying around that amount of data on your HDD, you would be better off investing in a Thunderbolt drive and NAS to backup with.
It just seems a little waisted on a system that only uses the intel i5, and a built in intel HD3000 graphics card, and to be completely honest I think thats where this hole idea of using more RAM than anyone else full's apart because with that config by default you're already losing 500MB of RAM thats just waisted on the graphics, so why not get a 15"/17" Macbook pro with a dedicated graphics card and then upgrading to 8GB RAM with SSD and wait for the price of 16GB to go down even more, I think your real world performance would be much better off and you would still be able to backup all of you data using the thunderbolt drive, your data would be much more secure as you can backup your backup.
But thats just me. Other than that congrats on the upgrade! mate
Its a waste hahahaahaha
Still no one of the trollers gives me a screenshot.
searching a while with the web found this pic, look at the programs, 2 os virtualization, 9 heavy ram running apps. and yet, 7 gb free space.
Im not criticizing u guys, dont wanna people to start wasting lots of money for nothing.
Now in lion u can close ur app and get back to work clean and good when u reopen it. u dont need to have 15 apps running at the same time as u were dexter
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I've obviously not posted or read a ton on this forum, but the incessant-goes-nowhere bitching about stuff that doesn't matter and the incredible poor English and grammar gives me a headache. Is the whole forum like this?
Funny responses here. I would think most people would be thinking, "Cool!"... 16GB is a lot, kudos for upgrading. I am still on the fence about upgrading to 8GB, but I don't use any memory-intensive programs.
Why people get all up in arms about some random person spending "too much money" on their personal computer is beyond me.
Why people get all up in arms about some random person spending "too much money" on their personal computer is beyond me.
Mostly. Just stay out of the iOS fora, where most of the kids play around.
Why people get all up in arms about some random person spending "too much money" on their personal computer is beyond me.
Ignorance and envy.
Funny responses here. I would think most people would be thinking, "Cool!"... 16GB is a lot, kudos for upgrading. I am still on the fence about upgrading to 8GB, but I don't use any memory-intensive programs.
Why people get all up in arms about some random person spending "too much money" on their personal computer is beyond me.
I'm sure some people don't need 16gb of ram, but get it anyway. However, most of the time, if you need it, you buy it. If you don't need it, you don't. Not that it's anyone's business.
There does seem to be this big gap between the professional user and those that just think they are professional users and can't fathom the need for professional performance or equipment. It's too bad. In my world, time is money. I can't have page outs.
All this bickering! The fact is , 16 gigs will not make your computer _faster_ that's not what people are saying.
I use my computer for working. I've replaced 1/4 of a datacenter rack with machines running on my LAPTOP. How, you ask? Virtual Machines.
I have an entire Websphere cluster, two routers, two load balancers and WAN emulator all running in VMs. You don't think that takes more than 8 gigs of RAM?
Like someone else said, just because you can't imagine it, doesn't mean it's not useful. However, for your casual person that uses itunes, safari and mail, no, don't go spend money on 16 gigs of RAM. DUH!
I use my computer for working. I've replaced 1/4 of a datacenter rack with machines running on my LAPTOP. How, you ask? Virtual Machines.
I have an entire Websphere cluster, two routers, two load balancers and WAN emulator all running in VMs. You don't think that takes more than 8 gigs of RAM?
Like someone else said, just because you can't imagine it, doesn't mean it's not useful. However, for your casual person that uses itunes, safari and mail, no, don't go spend money on 16 gigs of RAM. DUH!
If they spend, it will become cheaper eventually. Maybe 8GB modules will become more affordable much sooner, if Friendface users upgrade their iMacs to 32GB RAM?
it was a joke.... i dont even have viruses on my pc and i dont use antivirus programs....
I virtualize everything also, but seriously, what are you thinking with this kind of setup? Or is it just a test setup and not production, in which case cool!
How has this post been ignored?
Apple has a history of claiming their computers can handle less RAM than they really do.
The 2011 iMacs can go all the way to 32GB of RAM, but Apple only sells it in 16GB configurations.
I believe all of the 2011 MacBook Pros support 16GB.
read the whole post. there was at 800, 400 is still not worth it to me.
i preffer to give that money to poor people or help someone.
Well I ordered 2 sticks (not the kit) of Corsair 8GB on 2 separate days (last Friday and today). One for $194.00 and one for $197.99, both come w/ free USB DVD Burners. Not a bad deal, so we'll see how one works today and both on Thursday.
Got my first stick today, so far no issues. Installed and booted right up with no issues. I will post screenshots and load the memory up with Virtual Machines and re-post within an hour. 12GB is nice, 16GB on Thursday is the ultimate!
UPDATE: Using 2 Virtual Machines using 4 and 6GB RAM (not all allocated obviously), going without a hitch. Screenshots of RAM and usage below.
UPDATE: Using 2 Virtual Machines using 4 and 6GB RAM (not all allocated obviously), going without a hitch. Screenshots of RAM and usage below.
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Pro apps. Video and Audio.
There are Audio apps/projects that require at least 24GB. But of course this is a pretty narrow range.
God help the fools who need these apps set up like this
Anyway, this is a major price reduction; cut in half! For those who have wanted this amount, it's been out of reach as the price was just way over the top. This price just squeaks into the doable range for regular working people who don't make a living with the Pro apps.
AElink process. If you don't know what that is, you don't need 16gig.
Actually, beforehand I just popped it in a Windows machine and ran MemTest. Passed then began to use it.
I'm currently using 8GB sticks in a 2011 MacBook Pro 2.3GHz for a total of 16GB and in a 2010 2.93GHz iMac for a total of 32GB. Both machines have passed Rember 4 cycles and 20 passes of Geekbench stress test. I've also tested in the 2011 Mac Mini.
It does not make the system faster unless you are using applications that need the memory. So for working with RAW photos it's a difference and I don't have to worry about using swap space on an SSD.
If you want more speed but don't use a lot of memory go with 8GB of 1600MHz or push to 1866MHz. There's marginal gain but it's not dependent on application. I find that Lion gets progressively faster up to 8GB for any users. It's probably more around 6GB but most buy RAM in pairs.
It does not make the system faster unless you are using applications that need the memory. So for working with RAW photos it's a difference and I don't have to worry about using swap space on an SSD.
If you want more speed but don't use a lot of memory go with 8GB of 1600MHz or push to 1866MHz. There's marginal gain but it's not dependent on application. I find that Lion gets progressively faster up to 8GB for any users. It's probably more around 6GB but most buy RAM in pairs.