Macbook Pro with 8gb

[dipper17]

Hi

Anybody tried or got a Macbook Pro latest type with 8gb of memory installed? Thinking of buying one and noticed that Apple charge £880 extra, when you can get the same from Crucial for £400. Know it's a lot of money, but wondering what benefits you might get?

Seen a couple of sites in the US where people have put in memory from another laptop with 8gb and it has worked, wondered if anyone else has tried it

Cheers

Dipper

 

[dipper17]

That's interesting. A lot of the work I do is going to be in vmware or parallels as I currently use my windows portable to manage several virtual servers and have several windows open at the same time.

What sort of memory did you use for the upgrade?

Cheers

 

[dipper17]

It's:

4GB 204-PIN SODIMM 512Mx64 DDR3 PC3-8500 CL7

You'd need 2 for 8Gb obviously - this is for the 2009 MBP though. The previous Unibody will only take 6Gb with 1 x 2Gb and 1 x 4Gb. 2 x 4Gb gives all kind of unhappy weirdness.

Thanks for the info. Just got to make my mind up about which Mac to have now!

Cheers