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16 gb of ram is that over kill or not

im looking to buy ram and not sure what to buy i guess when it comes to my mac or any computor money isint allways an issue. not in most cases it more about waste and why waste money on something you dont need. so my question is is 16 gb good or too much i have a new 13" macbook pro i7 . i like to work with i photo and aperture and idvd.

MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.0.x)

Posted on Feb 5, 2012 7:31 PM

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Feb 5, 2012 8:20 PM in response to b j t

ish what can i say . i never said i didn't like the answer . it just didn't help. or "didn't like the aswer". i'm not here to start a chat. i for some reason thought, i would get an answer to my question. simply put if you have experience in my situation or you like to run certain programs like i photo or idvd and aperture. is it best to go for 16gb or was it fine at 8gb.

Feb 5, 2012 8:29 PM in response to dice920

The 2011 13" Macbook Pros can support 16GB of RAM:


http://eshop.macsales.com/item/Other%20World%20Computing/1333DDR3S16P/


I'm running Aperture (and FCPX, Logic, Motion, DVD Studio Pro) on a 13" MBP 2011 with 8GB of RAM. They all run great. I'm sure 16GB would be better, but not 5x better, which is how much more 16GB would cost at this point in time, as compared to 8GB.


Best course of action? Buy 8GB now, for next to nothing, then when 16GB comes down to a price proportional to the performance increase ($80?), upgrade if the 8GB isn't working for you.

16 gb of ram is that over kill or not

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