Macbook Pro RAM upgrade

[Guest Generallee]

Hi everyone,

 

So before some people start throwing nonsense about pc vs macs, this thread isn't for this, i'm fed up with the mac/pc war, they're all computers so get along with it 

 

I have (besides my gaming pc), a mid 2012 core i5 macbook pro that I use for college work and pretty much everything when i'm out , the thing works, OSX 10.7.8 is great and battery life is 6-8 hours so it does the job

 

However, i've installed Parallels and installed a Debian VM on it, thing is the MBP is loaded with 2x2gb 1600Mhz DDR3 Ram. On OSX only it does the job quite well but running a VM is a pain in the ass, i can't allocate more than 1Gb, and it runs so slow under load that i feel like i'm watching a stop motion video. 

 

I need to upgrade & after some research i found that this macbook's max ram is -officially- 8gb, but I can install 16Gb of ram on it.

 

Do i need 16Gb of ram ? Will the VM benefit from the extra ram ? Would applications like Photoshop or Live benefit from it ?

 

Thanks for your input

 

 

[DarrenP]

Hi everyone,

 

So before some people start throwing nonsense about pc vs macs, this thread isn't for this, i'm fed up with the mac/pc war, they're all computers so get along with it 

 

I have (besides my gaming pc), a mid 2012 core i5 macbook pro that I use for college work and pretty much everything when i'm out , the thing works, OSX 10.7.8 is great and battery life is 6-8 hours so it does the job

 

However, i've installed Parallels and installed a Debian VM on it, thing is the MBP is loaded with 2x2gb 1600Mhz DDR3 Ram. On OSX only it does the job quite well but running a VM is a pain in the ass, i can't allocate more than 1Gb, and it runs so slow under load that i feel like i'm watching a stop motion video. 

 

I need to upgrade & after some research i found that this macbook's max ram is -officially- 8gb, but I can install 16Gb of ram on it.

 

Do i need 16Gb of ram ? Will the VM benefit from the extra ram ? Would applications like Photoshop or Live benefit from it ?

 

Thanks for your input

I have 16GB in mine. Started with 8 and found i needed more. So i got more. 

 

 

EDIT: I'd suggest just going to 16. 

[shouldervalley]

GET ALL THE RAM!!!!!!!

[Wi RoZ]

I don't have enough experience with Macbooks to tell whether or not putting more than the official max amount of RAM in it is a wise idea, but those applications and VM will definitely benefit from it. 

[Guest Generallee]

Thank you all for your input !

 

[Norwegiantweaker]

Thank you all for your input !

 

or buy a blade. CUZ ITS A WINDOWS hahah yes i just had to make that joke

[TheGamingBarrel]

Also, remember the SSD