Adding RAM to Macbook Pro...
 

I have a 2010 made 13 Macbook PRO with 2GB RAM, anyone can tell if making it 8GB RAM will REALLY make a difference working with Photoshop. Just need to understand if that RAM upgrade will make it work an extra year or two without total hardware upgrade. Thanks.

You're looking at $40 for 8GB DDR3 memory for that. Do you really have to ask if it's worth it?

2 GB of RAM was slow in 2007.

Well, here its $160 at least, 8GB.

if Steve jobs wanted more RAM in that note book it would have come with it, don't fuck with Steve:2 cents:

Yes, better buy whole new model laptop instead, thats what he wanted Isheep to do :thumbsup:1orglaugh

So serious answer is Yes, for the Love of God, Upgrade!

Thanks googlez!
http://everymac.com/systems/apple/ma...ody-specs.html

I have the same year MacBook Pro 13" and upgraded the ram to 8gb. It makes a Huge difference.
Where do you live? Why is RAM so expensive? It's really simple to replace also. Just take the bottom screws all out and you'll be able to access the slot.

Poland.

http://store.apple.com/pl/memorymodel/ME_13_226_MBP !!!

what about prices from non crapple store?

I've got an Old Macbook 2009 model (non-pro) that I use for some things. It came with 2 gigs, I maxed it out to 6 gigs and it runs a lot quicker with Mountain Lion.

Do you even need 8GB? It wont make any difference at all if you arent using much. You might have the same increase in performance with 4GB instead of 8, if any.

I have the exact same April 2010 13" MBP (MacBook Pro 7.1) and I have 8GB RAM.

Yes it made a HUGE difference from the 4GB I had when I bought it. I am able to open many more browse tabs, and have many more programs running concurrently.

I am going to upgrade mine to 16GB in the next week or two, so if you are interested, I will sell you this 8GB kit (2 x 4GB) OWC RAM (about 8-9 months old) for $40 + whatever it costs me to send it to Poland via Canada Post (I have a commercial account, so you will get a discount on the shipping too)

http://eshop.macsales.com/imgs/ndesc...66DDR3S8GP.jpg

Reply here or email me at eljefe |AT| a1websolutions |DOT| com :thumbsup

Be careful - that is the MacBook Pro 5.5 (April 2009), and the one you want is the MBP 7.1 (April 2010) ....

Ram is so cheap nowadays and it definitely helps out. I just picked up an extra 16GB of DDR3-1600 for only $80 the other day. I love having several virtual machines, photoshop, firefox + lots of tabs, media player classic, and a game all running at the same time and not have to worry about my memory usage.

iSheep*

If you're gonna insult someone don't be a retarded while doing it.

Checked out your work. Nice stuff. :thumbsup

yes it will speed things up

sorry not even ram

I wasn't sure choosing ... the procesor i have is 2.26 , gotta find out what model is it exactly. Thanks for the offer btw.

what ^^ said.
get a new mac.
:winkwink:

Cheaper, but will that be a good one?
http://www.transit.pl/apple/rozbudow...0mhz-ddr3.html ... Makes it $70 instead of $160... hm.

Thanks muchos :)

You're kidding right? You can configure macs when you buy or add ram later. Not the air but the pros

Just buy a new one...

:2 cents:


Simples!

You'll see an extremely huge difference going from 2gb to 8gb of ram
I have no idea of what there is in terms of paging files and shit on macs but 2gb isn't enough for anyone
Is the mac os 32 or 64 bit though?

64 I think

If you want a performance boost, you will notice much more if you get an SSD rather than RAM.

Model Name: MacBook Pro
Model Identifier: MacBookPro5,5
Processor Name: Intel Core 2 Duo
Processor Speed: 2.26 GHz
Number Of Processors: 1
Total Number Of Cores: 2
L2 Cache: 3 MB
Memory: 2 GB
Bus Speed: 1.07 GHz
Boot ROM Version: MBP55.00AC.B03
SMC Version (system): 1.47f2
Serial Number (system): W8938L0866D
Hardware UUID: 90721168-5C9D-512A-83AA-2DAD47D7FF07
Sudden Motion Sensor:
State: Enabled

Better to have both, just looking to have a non significant pesos spent.

SSDs are a huge improvement, too, he's right
Go for the ram AND the SSD
Both are cheap

Of course, by the time you spend $200 on a computer with a core2 cpu, you may as well just go and get a better computer- but- I have heard that macs cost a billion dollars, so maybe not

obviously i was kidding.

Yes you should definitely upgrade. My iMacs shipped with 4GB of Ram and I saw a big difference when I upgraded to 8GB. Overall performance and load times were better, and photoshop showed a huge improvement. Worth the upgrade for sure.

Okay, I have found that prices off the macstore can be much better, now, how do i know if my current RAM is 1067 would it be ok to buy 1066, 1333 or even 1600 RAM?

1067?

I'm pretty sure it's all backwards compatible if you buy the right shit.. you know, the right is it DDR2 or DDR3 or DDR and the right # of pins

Try this
http://www.crucial.com/store/drammemory.aspx

Not sure about macs but on PCs it'll just run at the speed of the slowest stick
So if you have two 1600 and two 1333 they all run at 1333

You spent all that money at the time on a mac and $160 was really a concern? :o I ordered 8gb of ram for mine at the same time as I ordered it, Ram turned up before the laptop.

It is of a concern by a reason, no need to troll.

The question is im not just adding 6GBs to 2GBs I have, i am to install a new pair
of 4GB each, so that site would allow me to scan the mac sys i have to see what
RAM is the max the motherboard would support?

its a big diff, but the best thing that you can do its to buy a ssd disk and replace the old one

Thats clear, but again, it's about $500 to be spent, so $600-650 total with extra RAM.

Always upgrade! It makes all the difference you could hope for.

:)

The Lady in your sig deserves a lot more then kudos I could send over :)) Cheers, Sophie :)

Do they even make different RAM modules for apple? Not talking about brand, but about compatibility.

fuck i dont know, found another one:

http://www.ebay.pl/itm/2x-4GB-8GB-El...#ht_4510wt_991

The RAM for your 2.26 C2D is the same as mine ... I just checked on www.macsales.com

8.0GB (4.0GB + 4.0GB) PC8500 DDR3 SO DIMM 204pin 1066MHZ

Offer still stands if interested?

Yes this is what you need ..:winkwink:

Why would an SSD cost $500?

If you mean because you'd have to buy a high capacity one because you only have one drive bay, sometimes there is an extra slot called micro something where you can add one of those "ssd hard drive card things" which is NOT the technical term for it

Also- yeah, crucial scanner should tell you what you can max out at. Or look for your specific model # specifications in google

to check on your macbook pro ram based on the model, simply go to the "apple logo" in the top of your screen, check "about this mac", then goto "more info", "memory"

You have to put the same speed - if you go higher it may work or it may not but regardless of speed, the processor will slow the speed down to whatever it is (1067MHz) so it serves no purpose.

a 512GB would be $500 here. It makes no sense to have a 250GB one... tho, may be even that would do, $350 then.