You might wonder why I didn’t just buy a new Mac. If one chooses to keep many applications open, then additional RAM can be useful, but note that is under the users control.Ĭlinton, regarding the 'average user', you can take it any way you want to, I simply will keep that point confidential.$2,399.00 −$399.01 $1,999.99 Why I chose to upgrade 'Normal' users might have one or two items attached (I usually have none) which suggests that there would be less demands on the MBP. Since it is very rare that I use more than 8 GB RAM, an increase would have been fiscally unsound two years ago, but at current prices the increase can be justified far more easily.īased on what Clinton has described over time, his MBP installation looks like an octopus with the various paraphernalia attached to it. A couple of years ago the cost would have been over $1000. I too have 16 GB RAM in the 2011 MBP so that gives me bragging rights, but the important point is that the cost was about $90. If in the process of swapping the RAM you damage the MBP, then that damage will not be covered by the warranty. Since I do not have the latest one I can only reference mine and all the manuals for the three MBPs that I have give instructions on RAM replacement which indicates that it does NOT void the warranty (200, 2010, 2011) but only on the RAM.
I was not referring to any RAM manual, but your Macbook Pro manual. Just wanted owners to know, because you can feel really good about owning these laptops knowing that upgrades with quality components should be very easy to do and should work really well, extending the life of the laptop and giving better performance from the next boot-up. The whole job took 10 minutes and made a HUGE difference to the performance cf.
I sense already that they will run a lot faster.Ī little while ago, I replaced the original spinning hard-drive (which was operating too slowly for my liking) with a 500Gb Samsung 850, and that worked perfectly, too.įull of enthusiasm for the above, we've just replaced another original drive from a friend's mid 2012 MacBook Pro, with a 1Tb Samsung 850 and that worked perfectly, too. It even boots up faster but I haven't used heavy applications yet. Just letting people know that I've successfully upgraded the RAM on my mid 2012 MacBook Pro - from 8Gb (2 of 4 Gb Hynix sticks fitted ex the factory) to 16Gb (2 of GSkill 8Gb sticks) of DDR3 1600 RAM.
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