Early 2008 MacBook Pro Upgrades

[victoriatech]

Hi, I'm a newbie on LTT so please don't go hard on me. To start off, I know what you're thinking, He has a really old and outdated computer, with you guys having 16 GB of ram, 500 GB SSD and a Intel core i7 Cpu. But what I'm asking is how far can I upgrade the Hardware, especially the Ram. So here are some Specs: http://www.everymac.com/systems/apple/macbook_pro/specs/macbook-pro-core-2-duo-2.4-15-early-2008-penryn-specs.html

 

Thanks in advance

 

 

[Paralectic]

I recommend selling it and buying a better second hand Macbook.

[Josephdalepi]

Hi, I'm a newbie on LTT so please don't go hard on me. To start off, I know what you're thinking, He has a really old and outdated computer, with you guys having 16 GB of ram, 500 GB SSD and a Intel core i7 Cpu. But what I'm asking is how far can I upgrade the Hardware, especially the Ram. So here are some Specs: http://www.everymac.com/systems/apple/macbook_pro/specs/macbook-pro-core-2-duo-2.4-15-early-2008-penryn-specs.html

 

Thanks in advance

 

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ram and hdd possible, but other than that nothing.  

ram can take up to 4 gigs

[Starelementpoke]

I recommend selling it and buying a better second hand Macbook.

OR, and this is just an OR, sell it and use the money to build/buy a computer that isn't an overpriced polished turd.

[Paralectic]

OR, and this is just an OR, sell it and use the money to build/buy a computer that isn't an overpriced polished turd.

And the first immature comment is here, sigh.

[ahkenatan]

On Apple's support article for your laptop, it says that the computer supports up to four gigabytes of RAM. Apart from that and upgrading the hard drive, you can't upgrade anything else.

 

Edit: I second Paraletic's recommendation of just selling it and getting a better second-hand Macbook.

[Moritz]

ram and hdd possible, but other than that nothing.  

ram can take up to 4 gigs

According to everymac it can actually take up to 6GB, but it will be hard getting the right RAM in the first place...

[Starelementpoke]

And the first immature comment is here, sigh.

In my defense, that is what it is. Also in my defense, Linus does it too.

[Paralectic]

In my defense, that is what it is. Also in my defense, Linus does it too.

Yeah and you're a sheep, Linus says so I say the same.

Form your own opinion and don't force yours upon others like you did.

[Josephdalepi]

According to everymac it can actually take up to 6GB, but it will be hard getting the right RAM in the first place...

thats the late 2008 15 inch model

[Starelementpoke]

Yeah and you're a sheep, Linus says so I say the same.

Form your own opinion and don't force yours upon others like you did.

Meh fair enough. Everyone's a sheep in someway.

[Lord_Karango17]

OR, and this is just an OR, sell it and use the money to build/buy a computer that isn't an overpriced polished turd.

Some people are used to/ like using OSX.

[victoriatech]

thats the late 2008 15 inch model

According to Apple Support they say that I could use 8 GB  but then it would be Single-chanel.

[Lord_Karango17]

Depending on the ram restriction of the laptop, you wont get a vastly better experience by upgrading it. Only things I can think of are more ram and a ssd, which will help, but you might as well save up and get a newer used laptop.

[Starelementpoke]

Some people are used to/ like using OSX.

Yeah I know, just personally not a fan of Apple or OSX. What I said wasn't necessarily supposed to be taken literally, he/she want's Apple, be my guest.

[victoriatech]

Depending on the ram restriction of the laptop, you wont get a vastly better experience by upgrading it. Only things I can think of are more ram and a ssd, which will help, but you might as well save up and get a newer used laptop.

For Christmas I think I'll just get myself a iPad Air with a Bluetooth keyboard case in place of the Macbook Pro