For all of your wanting to upgrade to 16BG of RAM ... DON'T!
Why, not because the machine won't accept it, because it will and if you have a good brand it will work fine and recognize it, even though Apple has clearly stated that it 8Gb is the max.
However, most people believe that a slow computer is due to memory, which is a factor but upgrading to 16gigs is only going waste your money, 8GB is plenty unless you plan on running 5 virtual machines all at once, unlikely.
You might want to consider other factors like your graphics memory, in which you can upgrade because it is in the chipset, and harddrive speed. Sometime your graphic memory is overload, seeming how it is only 256MB compared to the 2.2GHz MacBook Pro (MC723LL/A) early 2011 version that has 1GB of graphics memory. Then you harddrive, it may be bombarded with so much data of music files and video files that it can't even find what your looking for in time.
Consider these before spending wasted money on Memory Upgrade. You really won't see a big different going to 16GB of RAM memory.
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Sorry to be digging up old posts, but i am wanting to upgrade my mbp to 16 gb and want to know if all the ram will be recognised.
I have searched the web to the ammoumt i am capable of and can find a clear answer anwhere .
Thanks
von Tekone
Hey guys, I have an early 2011 15 inch Macbook pro and I've upgraded it to 8Gb ram (2x4Gb RAM's). Apple says "4GB (two 2GB SO-DIMMs) of 1333MHz DDR3 memory; two SO-DIMM slots support up to 8GB" from this link:
http://support.apple.com/kb/sp620
Is it possible to upgrade from 8 to 16Gb?
I know this post has been answered and have said 'yes we can upgrade to 16gb', not so in those words but you get it. I just wanted to make sure.
Thanks.
Arjun
von Arjun
Arjun - For future reference you posted a Question in the place where only Answers belong. Please use the add comment link to the appropriate Answer or Start your O.Q.. All 011 models can run 16GB RAM it is not supported buy Apple, but, it works.
von originalmachead
Hey I added 16 gigs to my early 2011 MacBook Pro and did it ever-increasing performance. It was a slug till I changed over the ram.
I'm sure you can get a lot of extra speed with a SSD but why spend the money when you can improve the speed for fraction of the cost. Every time that I upgrade the OS the system seemed to slow down. It was placing so much into high memory on the ram that my machine was almost useless. Now the speed is right where I like it to be and I don't have any problems with it all. Even the old problem of it searching the Wi-Fi every five seconds really is not problem. I bought the memory on Amazon and it was cheap and you can check on YouTube for instructions on how to replace it in your machine.
My MacBook Pro and my iMac both have 16 gigs and the old iMac is a I5 and the MacBook Pro is a I7.
Try the memory first it's cheap and then decide whether you want a SSD. You may discover that the SSD is not needed.
Good luck and happy repairs
von miata90redd
I also added 16 ram to my early 2011 MacBook Pro and a 500 SSD drive.. $300 for everything.. Brand new computer.. Very easy to do it yourself also.. tons of videos on You Tube.. Highly recommend doing both...
von Classic Sports
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