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Why does Apple insist my late-2011 Macbook Pro is limited to 8GB maximum RAM when Crucial says it supports 16GB ?
OS X Mavericks (10.9), all versions of OS X and iCloud
At the time when Apple stated that, it means Apple tested with only upto 8GB RAM .
Best.
Thanks for the early reply Dominic, but I don't understand why they still insist the maximum supported is 8GB.
This would have invalidated my Applecare support contract if I'd upgraded within that period.
It seems to me that they are just trying to make people upgrade their machines.
Since my machine is still very similar to the current low-end of the MB Pro range, there is no reason to buy a new one unless I want Retina, so I'm planning to get the 8GB upgrade. It'll help me on the few occasions when I'm running Windows under Fusion which seems to get slower with every release.
Can you foresee any software upgrade issues if I upgrade To 16GB?
Many thanks for your interest.
zadny99 wrote:
Thanks for the early reply Dominic, but I don't understand why they still insist the maximum supported is 8GB.
Because 8GB chips did not exist when your Mac was built, so the max was 8GB (2x4) now that 8GB chips exist the max is 16GB (2x8)
8GB chips were already available from Crucial at the time the machine was purchased.
but they were expensive at over £300 so I opted to go with 8Gb.
this machine was the first motherboard to support the 8GB chips, but Apple has never changed their maximum supported RAM of 8.
Once Apple publishes it specifications for a given model, they never change them even when third parties find the additional RAM may be compatible. This has been the case for many models, for many years. You have been given correct advice regarding the amount of RAM your MBP will recognize.
Ciao.
I don't know why, but I just installed 16GB in my 2012 MBP i5 and it works. About this Mac - recognizes the 16GB and the machine runs noticeably faster.
Try it, you'll like it.
If you buy it from Amazon, you can return if it doesn't work for you.
Why does Apple insist my late-2011 Macbook Pro is limited to 8GB maximum RAM when Crucial says it supports 16GB ?
