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    So it is confirmed that the Unibody Macbook's can run 8 gb's of ddr3 ram, with Snow Leopard.

    Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by waloshin, Feb 24, 2011.

  1. waloshin

    waloshin Notebook Consultant

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    So it is confirmed that the Unibody Macbook's can run 8 gb's of ddr3 ram, with Snow Leopard.

    Also what is the stock cas latency of Apples DDR 3 1066mhz ram?

    Just getting ready for Lion, and my Macbook is constantly running out of ram.

    I am using all of my 2 gbs plus 3.5 Swap.
     
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    see sig.


    DDR3 PC3-8500 • CL=7 • Unbuffered • NON-ECC • DDR3-1066 • 1.5V

    Timing: 7-7-7-20

    is the type of RAM.
     
    ajreynol, Feb 24, 2011
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    the old Unibody Macbook metal ones... or the unibody macbook plastic ones? or are you talking about macbook pros or airs or what?
     
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    oops. I misread that. if not a question about MBP's, disregard answers. they may not be accurate for your needs.
     
    ajreynol, Feb 24, 2011
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    The first gen metal unibody macbook.
     
    waloshin, Feb 24, 2011
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    I have a mid-2010 MBP and yes it can run 8Gb of ram, I am running Samsung 8Gb DDRIII 1333Mhz ram, its clocking at 1067Mhz according to System Information tool.
     
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    Apple doesn't support 8gb of ram in the metal unibody macbook... but I have read in a few places that people have done it and it worked... I'd search around for info on other people who have tried it first before trying it myself... even 4gb would be a major upgrade over 2...
     
    doh123, Feb 25, 2011
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    the newly refreshed macbook pro has 8GB CTO
     
    devilcm3, Feb 25, 2011
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    I have a mid-2010 MacBook Pro and its the metal unibody 8Gb works fine, if the motherboards are the same in the MacBook's then yes it will work but I don't know that they are or aren't different.
     
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    they aren't...

    its possible the unibody metal macbook has the same motherboard as the 2009 13" macbook pro though... but the 2010 has a newer chipset.
     
    doh123, Feb 26, 2011
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