The new 17" unibody mbp can handle 8gb of ram, can the 15" unibody mbp do it to??

[jjahshik32]

WTF so the 17" unibody mbp can handle 8gb of ram but will the 15" mbp handle that much ram as well??

 

[Tallest Skil]

They've tried; it can't.

 

[jjahshik32]

Have people tried it after the latest firmware updates? Maybe its possible now, or soon? The hardware is exactly the same as the 17" mbp so I dont see why not.


If not, looks like I'll be putting my 15" mbp up on ebay again to get the 17" mbp to get that 8gb of ram performance.

 

[detz]

So what's another 4GB, $120 ish?

 

[InLikeALion]

So what's another 4GB, $120 ish?

3rd pary 4gb sticks are $600+

 

[detz]

Ah..because there are two slots so you have to have a 4GB slot. Gotcha.

 

[mynameisraj]

So what's another 4GB, $120 ish?

about $800 USD to upgrade to 8GB ram you would need 2 x 4GB at ~$400 USD each

 

[InLikeALion]

about $800 USD to upgrade to 8GB ram you would need 2 x 4GB at ~$400 USD each

Where are you seeing ~$400?

OWC is above $600

 

[darwinian]

Those prices will fall. But they had better do whatever it is they need to do to "enable" the 8 GB upgrade on all MBP/MBs that should be able to support it.

I know these MBPs currently handle 6 GB just fine. I know that Apple has claimed support for only 4 GB, and it seems completely arbitrary. I wish they'd just come clean with a good reason or remove the limitation.

 

[detz]

Those prices will fall. But they had better do whatever it is they need to do to "enable" the 8 GB upgrade on all MBP/MBs that should be able to support it.

I know these MBPs currently handle 6 GB just fine. I know that Apple has claimed support for only 4 GB, and it seems completely arbitrary. I wish they'd just come clean with a good reason or remove the limitation.

Forcing you to get the 17".

 

[darwinian]

Forcing you to get the 17".

I thought that for a moment, too -- you know, MacBook style (a la FireWire), except there are a lot of people in their "pro" categorization who want the portability of a 15" and would not (ever) go to a 17".

 

[InLikeALion]

I was closer to the mark - add $1200 for 8GB!

 

[lsvtecjohn3]

http://www.macmall.com/macmall/shop...n-4GB+SDRAM+1066MHZ+DDR3+240PIN-&dpno=7725225 around 850 for 8GB

 

[darwinian]

http://www.macmall.com/macmall/shop...n-4GB+SDRAM+1066MHZ+DDR3+240PIN-&dpno=7725225 around 850

Not yet available. I'll believe it when I see it. Anyway, I'm going to hold out for < $200. Long way to go, perhaps, but it's inevitable.

Oh, it's not like my MBP 15" can even support 8 GB anyway ... morons.

 

[lord patton]

NewEgg has 3 different 4 GB chips. One is $199, the others are well above $300. I wonder why the discrepancy?

new egg ram

Edit: whoops, probably not the right type of memory... this would work for the SR/Penryn MBPs, though.

 

[darwinian]

NewEgg has 3 different 4 GB chips. One is $199, the others are well above $300. I wonder why the discrepancy?

new egg ram

Edit: whoops, probably not the right type of memory... this would work for the SR/Penryn MBPs, though.

Yeah, the new memory is not avail in 4 GB SODIMMs at Newegg (yet).

 

[alphaod]

$1200 is on-par with industry prices.

 

[KJdanReuben]

I sure hope the 15" unibody will support 8gb. Right now, while running XP in Parallels 4, I only have a couple of megabytes free, and I've got 4gb total.