this would be an excellent time to pick up a 2011 MBP from Apple refurb

On Thu, Jun 14, 2012 at 4:09 PM, Karl Heinz Brehme Arredondo <
[email protected]> wrote:

> Same problem here.. 8GB and Sata HD just 2 duo core, to VM it's too much,
> just one windows 7 with 1GB of RAM, single virtual core. Always stay with
> 1,5GB of inactive RAM that appear that is not freed in time to things that
> need it, making a lot of swap and letting things slow.
>
> (my first machine, Apple II+, I think a single core with 8Mhz on turbo
> mode and maybe 64Kb of RAM… My first IDE HD with 10MB?)
>
> From: Nic Wise <[email protected]>
> Date: quinta-feira, 14 de junho de 2012 18:00
> To: Alex Soto <[email protected]>
> Cc: AnthonyLambert <[email protected]>, "[email protected]"
> <[email protected]>
> Subject: Re: [MonoTouch] New Macbook 2012 range and development
>
> These guys will tell you (and sell you) EXACTLY what you need
>
> http://eshop.macsales.com/shop/apple/memory/
>
> Kingston.com is also good for telling you the most you can take.
>
> I have a MacBookPro6,2, so I'm stuck at 8GB.
>
> "stuck at 8GB". My first machine had 0.5MB.... <sigh>
>
> On Thu, Jun 14, 2012 at 5:49 PM, Alex Soto <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> Abe or Jason or any "Mono-teista" I got a 15-inch, Early 2011 MBP can this
> one be upgraded to 16 gigs of ram?? if so what brand do you have also how
> many MHz??  my current set up is 8 GB 1333 MHz DDR3 and 2 GHz Intel Core i7
>
> Im quite interested on this since i have a couple of VMs on my MBP and 16
> gigs would be the perfect thing.
>
> Alex
>
>
> El 14/06/2012, a las 10:58, Jason Awbrey escribió:
>
> +1 - I just upgraded my 2011 MBP to use a Seagate Hybrid HDD and 16 GB of
> RAM - much happier running VMs now
>
> I'd love to have one of the new machines, but am a little hesitant due to
> the lack of user upgradability, and the fact that it's a first generation
> of
> a major new technology shift.  At a minimum I'm going to wait until I can
> actually see the new display first-hand to see if it wows me.
>
> On Thu, Jun 14, 2012 at 10:51 AM, Abe Gillespie <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
>
> Re:  8GB vs. 16GB when running VMWare - definitely makes a huge
> difference.  It'd be silly to not order the extra 8GB on a new machine
> in the environment you're planning to run.  Note that you need to run
> Win7 64bit to expand the VM's memory usage beyond 3GB.
>
> Also, you don't have to have the newest MBP to use 16GB of RAM.  I'm
> currently running the latest generation MBP (before the new retina
> display one) with 16GB just fine.  While the setup isn't *officially*
> supported by Apple it does work with no problems.
>
> -Abe
>
> On Thu, Jun 14, 2012 at 8:34 AM, Nic Wise <[email protected]> wrote:
> > On Thu, Jun 14, 2012 at 12:52 PM, AnthonyLambert
> > <[email protected]> wrote:
> >> I running a nearly 4 year old 17" core 2 duo MBP......
> >>
> >
> > Thats what I have at work (HP equiv). It feels SO SLOW compared to my
> > mac, but I think it's the disk thats really making a difference.
> >
> >> It runs so fast it nearly runs backward !  Been waiting for a MacBook
> >> with
> >> USB 3.0 support for what seems like forever. Decided that this was the
> >> killer feature to hold off for. It has taken a while to happen!
> >>
> >> Have only ordered 8GB does 16GB make a huge difference to
> >> VMWare/Parallels
> >> running windows? My current machine isn't really usable.
> >
> > Depends how many VM's you run. I usually just run a single 4GB 64bit
> > windows 7 machine, which is fine.
> >
> > I used to run 2 heavy VM's on my mac mini - windows server with
> > exchange, sql and AD. 3GB each (8GB machine). Ran fine, but had them
> > running off seperate firewire disks...
> >
> >>
> >> Thought it would be cheaper to upgrade with 3rd party memory - but
> >> looks
> >> like that maybe not an option on MBP Retina, maybe I should change my
> >> order.
> >>
> >
> > Nope, you can't change the ram once you get it. Nor the disk. If you
> > have the money, get 16. 8, however, is fine for me (but I'd get 16
> > only 'cos I'd want the machine to last 3-4 years!!)
> >
> > (you can change it on the old MBP's - and the current, new "old" ones)
> >
> >>
> >>
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