I have a mid 2010 macbook pro with 4GB memory and need to purchase an additional 4 GB. Do I need to purchase 8GB of memory to upgrade or can a 4GB upgrade be placed next to the existing memory?

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I have a mid 2010 macbook pro with 4GB memory and need to purchase an additional 4 GB. Do I need to purchase 8GB of memory to upgrade or can a 4GB upgrade be placed next to the existing memory?

I have a mid 2010 macbook pro with 4GB memory and need to purchase an additional 4 GB to. Do I need to purchase 8GB of memory to upgrade or can a 4GB upgrade be placed next to the existing memory?

MacBook Pro, OS X Mavericks (10.9.1)

Posted on Apr 2, 2014 12:23 PM

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Kappy

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Apr 2, 2014 12:26 PM in response to johnrizzo12

You need to purchase 8 GBs as two 4 GB modules. Must meet these requirments:

Maximum Memory	8.0 GB
Memory Slots	2 - 204-pin PC3-8500 (1066 MHz) DDR3 SO-DIMM

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