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    8 GB of Ram

    Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by Kickstart, Jan 26, 2009.

  1. Kickstart

    Kickstart Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hello all,

    I would really like to upgrade my MBP to 8 GB of Ram as I use lots of VMWares in my job. I read that you can do 6 GB but I also saw some people trying 8GB of RAM on even older MBPs.

    I read this with interest:

    http://blogs.technet.com/keithcombs...ing-my-apple-macbook-pro-with-8gb-of-ram.aspx

    I'm sure you have also seen the article about the MBP only doing 6GB and not 8GB.

    Has anybody here tried 8GB? With the 17" supporting 8GB, boy I wish they would allow it on older MBPs.

    I'm hoping with Snow Leopard that 8GB becomes an option.

    -K
     
    Kickstart, Jan 26, 2009
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  2. blurb23

    blurb23 Notebook Consultant

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    I think that the 6GB "limit" comes from the memory controller.

    The Mac Pro supports way more than 8GB, so it's definitely not OS X.
     
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  3. jjahshik32

    jjahshik32 Notebook Deity

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    But then the Mac Pro has a different firmware as to the macbook pros.

    We'll just have to see when snow leopard is released.
     
    jjahshik32, Jan 26, 2009
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  4. slash X

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    Interesting that Dell released a BIOS update (A13) recently that allowed support for laptops to use 8GB of memory.

    Not that they are in the same place here as Apple, but I wonder if this is all that is needed to allow Apple and the MBP to achieve the same upgrade limit.
     
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    I dont see why not.
     
    jjahshik32, Jan 26, 2009
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    jjahshik32

    Just a side track --- how do you like the SSD so far ?
     
    slash X, Jan 26, 2009
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