OS X :: Using 4GB Memory Limit With Snow Leopard?

Jul 8, 2009

i have a mac book pro ( 15 inch, 2.4ghz, late 08)

the memory limit is 4 GB. Is this an OS limit which will be blown away with snow leopard, or is it a hardware limit, which will remain regardless of 64bit OS?

other MBPs have 6 or 8GB limits, which makes me think they may be hardware related

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