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How many memory slot does MBP i7 has?

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macsar

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Hi,
I called apple today to ask about upgrade to 8GB RAM
they told me that the MBP i7 has 4 slots and since I already have 4 GB I only need to buy 2x2Gb only
I don't know if this is correct??
 
Yup, like others have said. This was the main reason why I chose to have my machine shipped with 8 gig from the factory. Since there's only 2 slots, they come with 2x2gb standard but when you option it out to 8 gig they give you 2x4gb modules. I figured if I did the upgrade myself (which would have been cheaper) I would have then had to sell my "old" 2gb modules on ebay since I would have to completely replace them.
 
mingoglia said:
Yup, like others have said. This was the main reason why I chose to have my machine shipped with 8 gig from the factory. Since there's only 2 slots, they come with 2x2gb standard but when you option it out to 8 gig they give you 2x4gb modules. I figured if I did the upgrade myself (which would have been cheaper) I would have then had to sell my "old" 2gb modules on ebay since I would have to completely replace them.
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so instead of paying 320 minus at least 60 from OWC (260), you would rather pay 400 bones to have it already in your computer?
 
medz52 said:
so instead of paying 320 minus at least 60 from OWC (260), you would rather pay 400 bones to have it already in your computer?
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What is the $60 difference on a $2000+ mac ?
Almost nothing + all the time you have to spend in it ..
 
it's not a 60 dollar difference, thats a $140 difference with the rebate from the old memory.

Yes its a +2000 laptop, but just because of that doesn't mean you couldn't try to save 140 and putting that to another use. $140 dollars goes a long ways towards a new SSD if that is your type of thing or it could just stay in your pocket. in my experience it takes about 2 minutes total to replace memory in a mac laptop, so the time is minimal.

it just my two cents
 
BlackZ said:
What is the $60 difference on a $2000+ mac ?
Almost nothing + all the time you have to spend in it ..
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Im guessing after selling the two old 2gb's the savings would work out to far higher than $60. True its a fraction of the cost of the whole computer but i can think of quite a lot of things to do with that extra cash... Not meaning to rain on your decision, if i could afford it maybe i would do the same.
 
medz52 said:
it's not a 60 dollar difference, thats a $140 difference with the rebate from the old memory.

Yes its a +2000 laptop, but just because of that doesn't mean you couldn't try to save 140 and putting that to another use. $140 dollars goes a long ways towards a new SSD if that is your type of thing or it could just stay in your pocket. in my experience it takes about 2 minutes total to replace memory in a mac laptop, so the time is minimal.

it just my two cents
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*snap*
 
$140 is indeed already something.

With my previous MBP I bought my own RAM to save money as well.
This time I didn't bother
 
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