MacBook Pro :: RAM Can Be Upgraded On System Anytime?
Jul 24, 2009
I'm starting my masters program (interactive multimedia) in September and my powerbook won't cut it. So I plan on upgrading. I think of now I want the 17" 3.06 with the 500 GB 7200 RPM drive. My question is can the RAM be upgraded easily at a later date when it won't cost me almost a grand to max it out. Do you think I should go glossy or antiglare?
Also apple always updates the laptop line in september along with the ipod line, do you think apple will update them again even though they were just updated in June? What do you think will be updated? If I go with the above specs, how much faster will the MBP be then my current IMac? (see sig for specs) Will it be significant?
I upgraded fro 10.5.6 to 10.5.7 and odd things began to happen. The clock disappeared from the finder bar--and would not remain checked in the system preferences window. Then my epson printer stopped printing--even after running their upgrade to lepoard. My network settings would not stay on airport and asked for my password every time I launched the program. So I did an archive and install to 10.5.6 and things are working again.
I started having problems with mail a day or so ago, and it has gone from bad to worse to FUBAR. Mail 1.3.11 Os X 10.3.9 1.33 Ghz PB G4 17"
First I was having crashes when downloading new messages. It became more frequent and got to the point where I can't get any new messages in from the queue. In activity viewer I see that it is getting headers, but it will get to a certain point and just crash. I took all of my mailboxes out of the directory, started mail and reimported them, then set up my accounts again.
When it went online to reload my IMAP inbox, 3000+ messages, it got maybe halfway through then crashed. It doesn't even pick up where it left off when I start it up again. So not only can I not check my new messages, I don't even have the old ones where I can easily read them. I have access to the server my mail is on to read them through a web browser, but sending mail through it does not work right now so I am really screwed.
Why does Mac OX 10.6.8 keep making copies of a file anytime I download, copy, or move a file? It will copy, dowload or move the file, then begin making copies until I reboot. This makes it impossible to deal wit hfiles unless I want to spend a lot of time rebooting after every time, then deleting all the redundant copies.
I currently have a 17" 2.8GHz MBP, it's the previous edition just replaced in this latest release (purchased about a year ago). I'm considering selling my current MBP and replacing it with the new i7, but I'm not sure it's worth it. I'm a photographer and do all of my editing on this laptop, so any boost in speed *should* help my workflow. I'm also a p/t student, so I qualify for academic pricing, and the free iPod they're currently offering.
I upgraded my ram with Crucial 8gb kit for my Macbook Pro (Mid 2010). After playing a game I noticed that my fan speed was much higher than it originally was when I hadn't changed it and it was 4gb. I already tried resetting SMC and nothing has changed.
Can a Macbook that runs on 10.4 Tiger be upgraded to 10.6 Leopard?
I bought a used Macbook. It has the following specs: MacBook 2,1 Intel Core 2 Duo 2.16 GHz 4 GB Memory 667MHz
I reformated the Mac for a fresh start (20GB+ of the space were used up and the seller claimed that everything was erased)
However, the sad news is that the discs that the seller sent me appear to be 10.5.2 Tiger. In the auction, seller claimed that the OS is upgraded to 10.4 Tiger. When I tried to install, I get the error saying that "This software cannot be installed."
So... now it looks like I will have to buy an installation disk?
My question is will this laptop be able to run a 10.6 Leopard (I just put this example in because it seems to be the most popular one or something. I am new to Mac.)? Or will I receive the same error for that 10.5 Tiger?
would like to say that is my first mac and I am loving it. I've got the new 13" 1.86ghz 128gb and the upgraded ram 4gb. Now I've fully charged it and left it on a further 2 hours or so, following the instructions for calibrating the battery. Now that I'm using the macbook, I'm noticing the battery going down fairly quick, already at 88% after 30mins of use. Is it supposed to go down this quick?
So a lot of people are recommending that I upgrade to 4GB of memory on the 13" MBP 2.26ghz, but does it really make much of a difference? I do a lot of photo editing work and occasionally play games like The Sims 3.
Following the death of my dual G4 867mhz system, I have been left with an IBM T42 laptop for the last few months on which to work (feel free to Google if you're curious about the stats).
I can't honestly say that I care much for the iMacs and the Mac Pros are beyond my budget so it looks like I'll be going with the next revision of the Macbook Pro.
I've reviewed the Apple website and I'm interested in the high-end 15 inch with the dual video card setup with 512MB of VRAM. What I am not pleased with, however, is that it is also configured with additional RAM and HDD space; both of which Apple charges a premium for.
My line of thinking is that I'll purchase the other two components from third party vendors as add-ons for the base configuration and upgrade the video card either at the Apple store or elsewhere - assuming it's practical.
My question then, can the video card in the Macbook Pro be upgraded?
I have upgraded my hdd in my Macbook Pro from 250 gig to a 750 gig 7200 rpm. I cloned the drive and all transferred well except boot camp. How would I do transfer my bootcamp from my old drive to my new one now that its installed in my Macbook? I have a portable enclosure that I installed the old 250 gig in and still have all the info on it. Also I noticed that start up is taking longer with the new hdd then the old one. test I can do or is this normal cuz the drive is bigger.
i recently upgraded my memory ram to 2 slots of 2gb each the corsair for mac.now i find that loading times are a bit longer why is this?shoudnt it be faster loading times instead of slower loading times.and im not talking about the internet and it is not always,like a app that i would normally run logic pro 8 sometimes it takes a whilelonger than it used to before i upgraded the memory. also in startup it takes a while longer than it used to why?
When I click to open the application it says that the photo library needs to be upgraded to work with this version of iPhoto. So I have the choice to upgrade. But I can't click it because another screen pops up saying that iPhoto quit unexpectedly. I can ignore it, send a report, or relaunch the application. This happens every single time, and I can no longer access my photo library.
I upgraded to Lion last week and now can open documents that are sent as attachments to e-mails? The file seems to download but when I try and open it I have this error message..... The document “BAAF__PAR_2008_Parts_A_-_C-4.doc” couldn’t be opened.
I am working on a macbook that got recently got upgraded from 10.4.6 to 10.5.8, and I want to upgrade it using my 10.6.3 retail disk but can't. It just spits the disk out after 10-20 seconds. The 10.6.3 retail disk has no scratches or abnormalities. It can read other DVD's fine. I have also reset the PRAM.
Since I upgraded to Yosemite I can't connect to certain websites. I get the message 'the server isn't responding'. It doesn't matter if I use Safari, Chrome or Firefox. If I try to log in to the same websites on my iPad or iPhone everything works fine.
I have just made the dreaded change over to Lion and iCloud from Snow Leopard, every thing was working fine however I am not connecting to the mac mail server anymore, I am getting a message which reads along the lines of, Verify the settings for account xxxxxxxxxxx@mac.com or try again.The server returned the error: The server p99-imap.mail.me.com refused to allow a connection on port 143.
I upgraded the RAM in my Macbook (late 2007) and the computer won't boot. I have power but no video display. I put the old RAM back in and it worked fine. I was careful to order the correct RAM: DDR2 PC2-5300 667 MHz. Is it possible the memory is bad?
I orderd 8 gig's of RAM from Apple. Installed it per the instructions. Now, the MBP with Lion boots up and runs fine from off, the activity monitor acknowledges the 8 gig's. Runs well.
When I close it and then open it back up, the screen stays black and the sleep light goes out.Also, sometimes it won't boot, the light blinks and it makes a beeping noise over and over until I do a hard shutdown. Also, a couple of times, I was using it and the graphics went totally screwy and were blinking and whatnot until I did a hard shut down.Can I return the memory (a shame because it is better with it when it works).Software Mac OS X Server Lion 10.7.3 (11D50)Graphics Intel HD Graphics 288 MBMemory 8 GB 1067 MHz DDR3Processor 2.53 GHz Intel Core i517-inch, Mid 2010
Info:MacBook Pro (17-inch Mid 2010), Mac OS X (10.7.3)
we all know that the regular 13" and 15" MBP's were upadted and are just as capable, acually other than the display they are more capable and more flexible machines than the Retina MBP. The only thing that hasn't been talked about anywhere is the fans in the regular MBP's. I bought my wife the late 2011 13" MBP 2.4GHz, 500GB (5400RPM) MBP and threw in 16GB of RAM to replace the 4GB that came in it, since it was cheap at OWC ($167). When I get the updated 15" MBP with 2.6GHz, 512 SSD and 8GB of RAM, I will swap them out so that I have the 16GB RAM and she has the 8GB of RAM. Another reason I wanted the 16GB of RAM is because I will be getting into Photoshop and a bit of video editinig for fun with all the videos and photos that I take and some gaming with D III and SC II. So that's the plan so far.
I'm torn at the moment between the 15" Retina and Non-Retina MBP. I love the new disply but I'm torn that Apple decided to upgrade a display while loosing other features like the Ethernet Port and SuperDrive two things we are far from not needing altogether. Although, Apple screens all around great and the Hi-Res on the regular will do fine, the Retina MBP is such a slick and powerful machine. The money isn't a problem and I've configured both online and I'm looking at this below;
15" MBP (non-Retina) $2,899.002.6GHz Quad-core Intel Core i7, Turbo Boost up to 3.6GHz8GB 1600MHz DDR3 SDRAM - 2x4GB512GB Solid State DriveSuperDrive 8x (DVD±R DL/DVD±RW/CD-RW)MacBook Pro 15-inch Hi-Res Glossy Widescreen DisplayBacklit Keyboard (English) & User's Guide (English) 15" MBP (with Retina) $2,887.00 2.6GHz Quad-core Intel Core i7, Turbo Boost up to 3.6GHz16GB 1600MHz DDR3L SDRAM512GB Flash StorageApple USB SuperDriveBacklit Keyboard (English) & User's Guide (English)Apple Thunderbolt to Gigabit Ethernet Adapter There's only a $12 difference in my configurations and I already have the 16GB of RAM for the non-Retina if that's the one I get. With the non-Retina I get all the connections with out all the extra cargo and fancy display. Yeah Apple dropped the weight of the Retina but when you consider the fact that if you want the additional capabilites then you're carrying the weight around anyhow with the extra cord for ethernet and the SuperDrive, but you do not always need the either of the two anyhow. Another thing is that you can't upgrade it after the fact but wth my configurations above I won't need to anyhow because the only thing that I'm not going with is the 768GB Flash Drive since I already have the 2TB Time Capsule for additional storage and it's where I keep most of my data anyhow other than my documents for school.
Info: MacBook Pro (13-inch Late 2011), Mac OS X (10.7.4)
