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MBP may be capable of going to 16GB DDR3?

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PPPPaul

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I took my 15" MBP 2.8 Ghz 4 GB 1067 DDR3 in today and chatted with a genius who said "sure runs slow". Told him I was a power user and perhaps I should upgrade the MacBookPro5,3 to 8 GB RAM.

He said "Actually some people take them higher..." to which I said, "WHAT?!"

Then this fellow said that 8 GB is all that Apple officially supports. When I asked how high they could go, he said some people get them to go to 16 GB. I asked how and he said "firmware update".

Has anyone heard the same? If so, any results?

(I know 16 GB is ridiculously expensive but it would still be nice to know if it's possible!)

Thanks,
Paul
 
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As far as my knowledge goes, 16gb only works in 2011mbp"s.
 
Okay, given you got 2 slots....

1. Who makes 8GB single stick 204 pin?
2. How much does that cost?

If someone needs 16GB "poweruser" in a MBP, they are using the wrong machine and should get a MacPro, the CPU is the MBP is going to be the bottleneck here.

OP. 8GB is cheap and would be a nice upgrade for you.
 
2011 models are the only ones able to accept 16 g of ram. But, it does work fine.
 
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Guys I have the 17in 2011 mbp but I don't know what ram to buy, I'm a dumb accountant. :)

Can anyone recommend me some ram to take it to 8gb?
 
KevinRightWing said:
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Guys I have the 17in 2011 mbp but I don't know what ram to buy, I'm a dumb accountant. :)

Can anyone recommend me some ram to take it to 8gb?
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here's a link to Newegg showing some ram. Anything on the page should work fine. There is a slight performance boost to the 1600 mhz stuff but its also slightly more money.
 
MH01 said:
Okay, given you got 2 slots....

1. Who makes 8GB single stick 204 pin?
2. How much does that cost?

If someone needs 16GB "poweruser" in a MBP, they are using the wrong machine and should get a MacPro, the CPU is the MBP is going to be the bottleneck here.

OP. 8GB is cheap and would be a nice upgrade for you.
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Found the answer to my own question.

http://eshop.macsales.com/shop/memory/Apple_MacBook_MacBook_Pro/Upgrade/DDR3_1333MHz_SDRAM

at $1500 for 16GB..... lol at that.
 
PPPPaul said:
I took my 15" MBP 2.8 Ghz 4 GB 1067 DDR3 in today and chatted with a genius who said "sure runs slow". Told him I was a power user and perhaps I should upgrade the MacBookPro5,3 to 8 GB RAM.

He said "Actually some people take them higher..." to which I said, "WHAT?!"

Then this fellow said that 8 GB is all that Apple officially supports. When I asked how high they could go, he said some people get them to go to 16 GB. I asked how and he said "firmware update".

Has anyone heard the same? If so, any results?

(I know 16 GB is ridiculously expensive but it would still be nice to know if it's possible!)

Thanks,
Paul
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Only the 2011 MBP can handle 16Gb, the earlier revisions can't. No firmware update exists for such a thing, the genius was talking out of his ass.
 
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