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What is the ABSOLUTE MAX amount of RAM the new MBP can handle?
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4GB til further notice... as far as I am able to cypher..
How much can the system handle or how much does Apple allow it to handle?
https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/358614/
In other words, its limited to 4GB because Apple says so and we have no way to check for anything more than that because nobody makes 4gb SO-DIMM modules.
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well if you cant access the extra 4, then it cant do 8 then huh. lol but yeh as far as i know 4 is the max and is plenty. i have 4 in mine now.
btw, apple now only charges 200 for the 4gb ram upgrade. seems they noticed everyone going somewhere else to purchase and not from them.
btw, apple now only charges 200 for the 4gb ram upgrade. seems they noticed everyone going somewhere else to purchase and not from them.
Its not that we can't access the extra 4GB, its that nobody makes 4GB for us to try accessing. But that is all just semantics. It doesn't matter either way....for the time being the ceiling for RAM in a MacBook Pro is 4GB.
As for the Apple RAM pricing...still too much, especially when all you do is remove the battery and pop open the RAM compartment. 4GB kits sell for $90, so save yourself $110 and do it yourself.
$200 is still too much for an upgrade to 4GB when you can get a pair of 2GB modules for $100 or less (shipped).
I also have 4GB in mine. (It came with the standard 2GB).
8Gb. Apple says 4, but the Santa Rosa Platform, that all current mbp's use can handle 8. But it is very hard, and very expensive to get two 4gb sticks.
Tried my luck with 4GB of Patriot memory from newegg. No problems, 76 bucks plus shipping.
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Sorry I couldn't resist.
Ebay. May not fetch a huge profit, but better than nothing (I think I let my previous pair go for $30 shipped)
I just got my 2nd macbook pro. I may give the ram to family if their weak little machines can handle it .
The apple care plan doesn't cover ram not purchased from apple. Thats it. Which is no big deal.
yup, and if you buy RAM from anyplace decent, they have lifetime warranty anyway... (OWC, Crucial, dataMem, etc.)
an upgrade in fact!
No, you *really* don't... its a user serviceable part.
You however, don't have applecare for the sticks you install.