Q : Does this link mean that MBP would not support 16GB ram?

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Q : Does this link mean that MBP would not support 16GB ram?

Hey ,

I have a MacBook Pro 13-inch, Early 2011; 2.3 GHz Intel Core i5

And i have decided that it's time to upgrade my machine , so i got myself an SSD and Extra RAM memory from OWC .

About the SSD i'm less concern , it's the memory that i'm worried about so i went to apple site to see if it says anything about memory upgrade and i found this :

" 4GB (two 2GB SO-DIMMs) of 1333MHz DDR3 memory; two SO-DIMM slots support up to 8GB "

Did i spend my money for nothing ?

So, do you think i should of got only 8 GB of memory ?

link:

(if you wanna see for your selfe search "Processor and memory " in the page )

Please let me know what do you think ..

MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.4), MacBook Pro 13-inch, Early 2011; 2.

Posted on Jul 12, 2012 4:01 PM

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Answer 1

Jul 12, 2012 4:08 PM in response to Ron_123

If the RAM is DDR3 and 1333 MHZ or whatever and 204 etc. It should work, Apple claims it can only take 16 GB but this is not true. If you take apart the machine and take out the ram, if it looks almost the same size and everything it should work. But 16 GB is for sure the maximum. Hope this helps! 🙂

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Ron_123 Author

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Jul 12, 2012 4:25 PM in response to Arthur17"

Thanks for the fast reply !

I know the memory will fit and work properly because i saw a lot of videos of people that install the 16GB,

BUT:

If it says in the apple site that you should not get more then 8 GB of memory , then they have got to have a reason for this .. they would not put that line for nothing .. long turn effects mabey ? i dont know ..

All I know is that the last thing that i need is to take my MBP to be fixed because of my adventure ..

SO =

The Q still stands :

* Does Upgrade to 16 GB memory will have ANY bad effects on my MBP ?

* Is it possible that the guys in apple mean that you can upgrade each slot up to an 8 GB ?

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Answer 3

Jul 15, 2012 6:16 AM in response to Ron_123

Sorry for the late reply. I believe that they did this because 16 GB RAM didnt exist. Plus if they said it did they would have to sell it. Plus if they did it would be 2x more expensive at the Apple web site. (400$) no one would pay that.

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Ron_123 Author

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Jul 15, 2012 7:42 AM in response to Ron_123

So , basically what your saying is that it's all bolshit and nothing will happened , no hardware bugs of Electricity problems ?

You know , I tried to look for an official apple email address that i can send my question to it ,and i "discovered " that apple want a 29$ from me just so i can ask them a simple question ??? is that possible ???

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Answer 5

Csound1

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Jul 15, 2012 8:11 AM in response to Ron_123

Ron_123 wrote:

So , basically what your saying is that it's all bolshit and nothing will happened , no hardware bugs of Electricity problems ?

You know , I tried to look for an official apple email address that i can send my question to it ,and i "discovered " that apple want a 29$ from me just so i can ask them a simple question ??? is that possible ???

That is correct, but as you have plenty of spare time contact Apple Customer Support and do what they say.

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