Can i put 16gb in macbook pro

Yes it's possible. Only be careful with the brands. Not all brands will work perfectly. I had some cheapo's working perfectly and had some not working at all. It only takes like 14secs to open the display page. Worth the upgrade and your MBP feels like a newer computer. Brian Smith. 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 MB compared to the 2. 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. Brian, I do agree with part of your statement '8GB is enough for most people'.

I do take exception on your remark on Apple clearly stated 8GB is the limit. Apple's limit is based on day one of the models history not what memory modules came out later. While it's true Apple has not gone back to test the newer memory modules others have.

In addition, some systems Core2 Duo do have a limit due to the CPU and the memory controller logic used in them. The last piece here is the application: not all apps can use all of this memory nor need it. Running different applications concurently can allow each running app all the memory each require.

Having a single app having the ability to access all of this higher amount of RAM would need to be verified by that given app vendor. The GPU is only reflecting the systems ability to process. So a bogged down system will encounter issues independent of the amount of RAM it has. People fail to consider all of the pieces and the balance of each element that makes a computer.

Which is the bottom line here and I do agree with you on that point as well. You will see a lot of improvement in the boot time and the overall performance. Whether you will see the impact of a memory upgrade depends entirely on your usage. I'm not running any VMs, but I'm using 7. I think more memory would do me a lot of good. RAM is cheap. Yes you can. Also you can always check on Kingston's website.

It lists what the max memory is by machine selection. It might shock you to hear that OS X To the best of my knowledge, the only machines that will address more than 8GB of RAM that won't run Is that true? I had no idea. Even 8 on my newer MBP feels weak af. I just added 16 gigs to my early MacBook Pro and when from slug to a race machine.

It also improved the internet. If you upgrade look at the activity monitor and it actually uses over 10 gigs to operate. My machine slowed with each OS upgrade and I think it's Apples method to tell you need a new machine. I use a lap link cable to capture pictures from my camera Raw files and now it works great.

If you had a 4GB system then you could have stopped at 8GB and seen the same result. The bigger win here is cleaning your drive of collected junk. One good tool is Disk Doctor you can download from the App Store.

The last thing is defrag your HD as over time the files do get fragmented. Show 1 more comment. Linda winhto.

Now that it is January , is it still a wow or have you had any issues? And are you using a ssd or the original hd? And which operating system are you running? I have a macbook pro running Which brand memory did you use?

Also want to make sure cs3 will work on new operating system. Now I have a 30 second start up on dual boot windows 10, sometimes less and it has a lot of programs. How can you be so happy with a 9 yr old computer? There is not a new windows computer I would swap this 9 year old MBP for, none of them could meet my expetations after tis and I fiddle at computer shops to examine speed not just fancy written down specs.

Oh, running Catalina with ease and fully functional. If you use programs that take up a lot of RAM, you may see the system slow down while the system makes use of the slow hard drive to manage memory contents, to the point where it may sometimes crawl to a near standstill while tasks are running.

As a result, having ample RAM is great for system performance, so I always recommend to go with as much RAM as you can afford to put in your system. Even if you don't need it now, increasing the amount of RAM in your system will prepare your system for when it eventually will be used.

These days 4GB of RAM is a standard configuration, but soon that will jump to 8GB or higher as programs and operating systems get more complex.

Because of the increasing requirement for larger RAM capacities, it may help to know exactly how much RAM you can put in your system. These days all of Apple's Macs are bit machines, which means that theoretically they can access terabytes upon terabytes of memory; however, despite this there is a physical hardware limit on the amount of RAM a system can contain. This is true both in terms of physical capability but also in a built-in limit in the system's memory controllers on how much RAM it can recognize.

TomUnderhill TomUnderhill 1, 10 10 silver badges 19 19 bronze badges. Can you provide details on what ram you used? I've posted a comment on erf post with my specs and still wondering if it's possible to use 16gb. Just like erf, you seem to have sucessfully used 16gb ram. There are lots of threads that says it's impossible for the MacBookPro6,1.

The 15" and 17" use a different northbridge Intel vs. Pro Backup 3, 6 6 gold badges 34 34 silver badges 58 58 bronze badges. John Albietz John Albietz 11 2 2 bronze badges. The 15" MacBook Pro is missing but if the 13" supports it then the 15" should as well.

Is there any difference between 13" and 15"? I've checked 13" processor is 2. Shisoft That's a good point. I forgot that the 13" has a different CPU architecture, and it may have always been 16 GB for the 13". Bruce Bruce 31 1 1 bronze badge. You could put the wrong fuel in an engine even though the nozzle fits or you don't read the directions.

It's pretty clear that motherboards can and do restrict maximum RAM and use only portions of chips when you put higher capacity chips in than was tested or designed when the hardware was released. Why would companies like OWC maintain testing labs to tell you which limits are soft and which are hard if it weren't reality?

Hence it is a limitation on OSX not a hardware limitation. I understand PedroMelendez - just not seeing this is shocking. If by software problem you mean change to everyone for the few that need this - I agree it's a software problem. Seems this answer doesn't really help past the excellent answers already given. The Overflow Blog. Does ES6 make JavaScript frameworks obsolete? Podcast Do polyglots have an edge when it comes to mastering programming Featured on Meta.

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