Macbook Pro memory

[koffiejunkie]

Oh, while I am about it, should I not use more than 4GB RAM ? is there enough space for more than 4GB in a 2 year old MBP ? or is 4 GB max ?

Thanks again - my older one that I would like to upgrade, is a 2.4 Ghz Intel Core 2 Duo, it came with 2GB 667 RAM and 200 GB HDD. I think I bought it in July 2008 - but I might be mistaken with the purchase date

EDIT: I have just been into mail on that MBP and I see the oldest mail I have sitting there is April 2008, so that would be the purchase month

That sounds very much like mine - it's the early 2008 model. It can officially only take 4G, but unofficially 6GB. I have been itching to try this, particularly to satisfy Aperture 3's apetite, but other things keep coming up to consume my budget. The 4GB dimms are rather pricey compared to 2x2GB.

Check this: http://macperformanceguide.com/Mac-OWC6GB.html

 

[phiber]

I do suggest www.macsales.com as tehy have tested their ram with Macbooks. Some ram modules don't wake up properly from sleep with a macbook (read a few rare cases online, but i didnt want to risk it).

 

[Anony-mousse]

And one day if you want the ultimate upgrade to your Macbook Pro, get an SSD. It's a replacement for your hard drive, with Flash memory technology. Right now they're pretty expensive, a 40gb Intel is like R1300, an 80gb is R2000-2500, and a 160gb is R4500 or so! But they're coming down in price rapidly. I expect them to halve in price at the end of the year.

Anyway what am I ranting about? Check out this video. Apps open like about 5-10 times faster at least. A tremendous speed increase.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ySeVzJUyjNE

lol, that's so ridiculous, I want SSD

 

[Synaesthesia]

I do suggest www.macsales.com as tehy have tested their ram with Macbooks. Some ram modules don't wake up properly from sleep with a macbook (read a few rare cases online, but i didnt want to risk it).

I think that issue is quite rare and doesn't warrant ordering RAM from overseas. Anyway, if that happened I would just go exchange it or demand my money back.

lol, that's so ridiculous, I want SSD

Yeah me too. Bit silly of me to get a Quad Core PC, when a notebook with an SSD is faster! However my Quad core with an SSD will rock.

 

[Anony-mousse]

Yeah me too. Bit silly of me to get a Quad Core PC, when a notebook with an SSD is faster! However my Quad core with an SSD will rock.

We will hopefully see prices drop soon. gonna do some research in the meantime... drool

 

[d0b33]

I took ram out of an HP laptop once and used it with my mac, so don't worry about it having an Apple certification just the same specs.