Comments on: My MacBook Pro: Possibly on Performance Enhancing Drugs http://isource.com/2011/03/31/my-macbook-pro-possibly-on-performance-enhancing-drugs/ #1 Source for iPad, iPhone, iPod, Mac and AppleTV Thu, 21 Apr 2011 23:26:35 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.4.6 By: PatrickJ http://isource.com/2011/03/31/my-macbook-pro-possibly-on-performance-enhancing-drugs/#comment-34800 Thu, 21 Apr 2011 23:26:35 +0000 http://isource.com/2011/03/31/my-macbook-pro-possibly-on-performance-enhancing-drugs/#comment-34800 @Rod – I’ve bought upgrade RAM several times now from One World Computing, on the advice of a friend the first time I was looking.

Their prices are great, they provide very good instructions along with the memory, and their customer service is excellent too. I had one bad batch of memory from them, and they did an RMA with no questions asked and got replacement memory sent quickly.

Oh, and you’ll find with all the recent MacBooks this is very easy to do.

]]> By: Rod http://isource.com/2011/03/31/my-macbook-pro-possibly-on-performance-enhancing-drugs/#comment-34786 Thu, 21 Apr 2011 18:43:39 +0000 http://isource.com/2011/03/31/my-macbook-pro-possibly-on-performance-enhancing-drugs/#comment-34786 Any advice on how to upgrade the ram on these? I’ve upgraded pc’s many times in the past…just looking for advice on where to buy ram and how to open this sucker up.

]]> By: PatrickJ http://isource.com/2011/03/31/my-macbook-pro-possibly-on-performance-enhancing-drugs/#comment-34261 Fri, 01 Apr 2011 21:14:31 +0000 http://isource.com/2011/03/31/my-macbook-pro-possibly-on-performance-enhancing-drugs/#comment-34261 Great stuff. Yours is probably the same model as mine. And yeah, even with ‘just’ the standard 4GB these things are powerful beasties.

]]> By: Raketemensch http://isource.com/2011/03/31/my-macbook-pro-possibly-on-performance-enhancing-drugs/#comment-34253 Fri, 01 Apr 2011 14:06:07 +0000 http://isource.com/2011/03/31/my-macbook-pro-possibly-on-performance-enhancing-drugs/#comment-34253 I’ve got a 15″ 2.4 here, bought last September when my old MBP screen crapped out (now a Plex HTPC in the living room).

Only 4 gigs in it, and for 5 days now it’s had Chrome, Firefox, Mail, Adium, RDC, ARD, X-Chat, Citrix, Photoshop, Dreamweaver and a Parallels XP instance running simultaneously without a hiccup.

Those last 4 are pretty resource intensive, but not an issue. I don’t understand why anyone buys desktops anymore.

]]> By: PatrickJ http://isource.com/2011/03/31/my-macbook-pro-possibly-on-performance-enhancing-drugs/#comment-34239 Thu, 31 Mar 2011 23:32:13 +0000 http://isource.com/2011/03/31/my-macbook-pro-possibly-on-performance-enhancing-drugs/#comment-34239 @maxiumus – I’ve never followed the pricing of the iMac models much, as I’ve always been more of a laptop as desktop type. So I reckon you know far better than I what’s a good deal on that one. Sounds like it’s working well for you.

@ Rob Heggen Cool, glad to hear yours is kicking butt too. Oh, yikes on the acne part – any swelling of the hat size?

@ john M Holmes – whoa there, keep your voice down. My MBP will end up shooting up in alleyways to get an edge on the new ones if it hears that. 🙂

]]> By: John M Holmes Jr http://isource.com/2011/03/31/my-macbook-pro-possibly-on-performance-enhancing-drugs/#comment-34238 Thu, 31 Mar 2011 23:27:16 +0000 http://isource.com/2011/03/31/my-macbook-pro-possibly-on-performance-enhancing-drugs/#comment-34238 By the way, I got the 15 inch 2.2 GHz model… It’s a screamer…

]]> By: John M Holmes Jr http://isource.com/2011/03/31/my-macbook-pro-possibly-on-performance-enhancing-drugs/#comment-34237 Thu, 31 Mar 2011 23:26:36 +0000 http://isource.com/2011/03/31/my-macbook-pro-possibly-on-performance-enhancing-drugs/#comment-34237 Try playing with one of the 2011 machines upped to 8 gigs. Just got one having been using a Mid 2009 White MacBook for nearly 2 years… Holy wow this thing is a speed demon on fire!

]]> By: Rob Heggen http://isource.com/2011/03/31/my-macbook-pro-possibly-on-performance-enhancing-drugs/#comment-34236 Thu, 31 Mar 2011 23:00:14 +0000 http://isource.com/2011/03/31/my-macbook-pro-possibly-on-performance-enhancing-drugs/#comment-34236 I just recently threw 8 GB in my late 2010 13″ MBP and have found the same thing. My processor gets a little more taxed that yours but applications still run snappy with 10+ open. I have noticed an increase in acne on it’s top lid so not everything is roses.

]]> By: maximus808 http://isource.com/2011/03/31/my-macbook-pro-possibly-on-performance-enhancing-drugs/#comment-34235 Thu, 31 Mar 2011 22:36:08 +0000 http://isource.com/2011/03/31/my-macbook-pro-possibly-on-performance-enhancing-drugs/#comment-34235 This article really makes me want a macbook pro 😉 I just recently picked up a used 24″ iMac (2007) model 2.4 GHz, 4G Ram, 1 TB HD and it is very fast in comparison to my older mac mini. I don’t really need the power as I use it basically for web browsing, iPhoto, iTunes, etc. New iMacs I’ve heard are on the horizon but I got the iMac for about $550 which isn’t a bad deal right? Would you have paid the additional $700 for a smaller and faster iMac which I might not need all the power. Thanks.

maximus

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