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Is MacBook memory specific?

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Hi so my sister's birthday is coming up and i was thinking about buying her an 8gb kit of DDR3 SODIMM memory for her laptop as an upgrade. im not really familiar with a mac but i was wondering if mac memory is specific so that you cant just buy a kit of kingston hyperx or corsair value select ram to plug into her computer. im just thinking about buying a cheap kit of memory for her laptop like maybe a single 8gb stick so then she can later on upgrade to 16gb or is 8gb her max amount of ram. her laptop is a mid 2012 macbook pro 13 non retina. and if it doesnt support 16gb then ill try to find a 2x4gb dual channel kit. hopefully ther is one for less than $50. thanks guys 

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3 minutes ago, glitchmaster0001 said:

Hi so my sister's birthday is coming up and i was thinking about buying her an 8gb kit of DDR3 SODIMM memory for her laptop as an upgrade. im not really familiar with a mac but i was wondering if mac memory is specific so that you cant just buy a kit of kingston hyperx or corsair value select ram to plug into her computer. im just thinking about buying a cheap kit of memory for her laptop like maybe a single 8gb stick so then she can later on upgrade to 16gb or is 8gb her max amount of ram. her laptop is a mid 2012 macbook pro 13 non retina. and if it doesnt support 16gb then ill try to find a 2x4gb dual channel kit. hopefully ther is one for less than $50. thanks guys 

2x8 should work fine :)

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If it's an older Mac you should be fine with just a DDR3 SODIMM, if it's newer it's probably not upgradeable.

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According to Apple, any <2013 nRMBP officially supports up to 8GB 1600mhz DDR3. Unofficially however, the Intel chipset/APU combo on these vintage MBPs allow up to 16GB 1600mhz DDR3. 

 

You cannot use desktop grade RAM in a laptop. Desktop RAM is much longer.

 

I have found a great pair of 16GB (2x8GB) RAM on Newegg for about 65 dollars. 

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820148614&cm_re=laptop_ram-_-20-148-614-_-Product

 

 

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