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Hackbook Pro.. Is it possible?

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I currently have a Macbook Pro (Mid 2012 Edition) I would like to add some power to it. But, this is a 13 inch model... so basically it can only hold 8 gigs of ram and I can only upgrade the hard drive. I would like to try to get a Gpu somehow to work on this thing. It can be external. Thank you.

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It is in fact possible, but it would cost you more than a reasonable amount of money to do it. Will get some numbers in a moment.

 

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As for the software side of this equation, I am unsure, but someone else should know this easily. It has been done before.

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I don't think that would really be possible 'cus Apple and their use of proprietary connectors

Funny you say that, when the way of doing such involves the Thunderbolt port, which is not proprietary in the slightest.

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I currently have a Macbook Pro (Mid 2012 Edition) I would like to add some power to it. But, this is a 13 inch model... so basically it can only hold 8 gigs of ram and I can only upgrade the hard drive. I would like to try to get a Gpu somehow to work on this thing. It can be external. Thank you.

 

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It's possible, but it doesn't make any sense :( it would probably be cheaper to get a proper gaming notebook from, say, asus that attaching a bigass gpu to a macbook externally.

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Funny you say that, when the way of doing such involves the Thunderbolt port, which is not proprietary in the slightest.

I wasn't really talking about ports like usb and thunderbolt, I was more talking about the actual inside of their computers, in which the only 2 things that possibly could be swapped /upgraded is the ram and storage

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Welcome to the forum! Please remember to follow your topics so you're notified when someone answers ;) in my sig you can find links to the CoC and the forum's F.A.Q. check them out!

 

It's possible, but it doesn't make any sense :( it would probably be cheaper to get a proper gaming notebook from, say, asus that attaching a bigass gpu to a macbook externally.

So am I in the wrong section? And Thank you for your help.

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I wasn't really talking about ports like usb and thunderbolt, I was more talking about the actual inside of their computers, in which the only 2 things that possibly could be swapped /upgraded is the ram and storage

Isn't this all you can upgrade in most laptops?

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So am I in the wrong section? And Thank you for your help.

 

no, you're in the right section, but you should click the "follow this topic" button in the top right, so when people answer you get a notification even if they don't quote you directly.

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no, you're in the right section, but you should click the "follow this topic" button in the top right, so when people answer you get a notification even if they don't quote you directly.

Ok thank you, I am new so I am trying to get a hang of things...

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