MBP 13inch Mid 2010 with 8GB Ram?

[rcorai]

Hi,

I have a MBP 13inch 2010 with 4GB Ram (1067Mhz DDR3) and I would like to upgrade it to 8GB Ram but just if it worths it.

Does anyone do this with a MBP 2010?

 

[mikeo007]

Open activity monitor after a few days of use. Check your page-outs. If the number is high (several hundred MB or more) then you'll likely benefit a bit from more RAM.

I have 8GB and use the computer mostly for web browsing, video encoding and some other desk work. I occasionally run windows 7 in a virtual machine. With 8GB of RAM, I generally hover around 2-3GB free.

 

[rcorai]

Good suggestion. I think I will need more RAM. Activity monitor shows me 350MB free and I have opened all the apps I use frequently.

 

[calibrationx]

Make sure it's 1066 RAM. It will not boot with 1333. I learned this the hard way.

 

[rcorai]

I think I will purchase these memory cards: Kingston 2x4GB

I'm not sure how to know if I'm using 204pin.

Best regards,

 

[doh123]

Go to Crucial.com and enter in your laptop info and it'll show you exactly what type of memory you need. You can either buy from Crucial (i would, they are great) or just use that info about the type of ram so you know what to buy elsewhere.

should be this...

http://www.crucial.com/store/listpa...l Core 2 Duo (13-inch DDR3) MC374LL/A&Cat=RAM