Comments on: I Finally Pulled the Trigger on 8GB of RAM for my MacBook Pro… https://isource.com/2011/11/22/i-finally-pulled-the-trigger-on-8gb-of-ram-for-my-macbook-pro/ #1 Source for iPad, iPhone, iPod, Mac and AppleTV Fri, 25 Nov 2011 03:49:43 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.4.6 By: Michael https://isource.com/2011/11/22/i-finally-pulled-the-trigger-on-8gb-of-ram-for-my-macbook-pro/#comment-41632 Fri, 25 Nov 2011 03:49:43 +0000 http://isource.com/?p=46267#comment-41632 I have a 07 IMac to which I added 4 gig and Lion works fine. I use Ice Clean weekly and it really maintains the speed. I had a problem with the NYTimes RSS when I deep cleaned Safari but that has been my only problem. Don’t EVER shut Ice Clean down before it’s done or really bad (unrecoverable) things will happen.

]]> By: Thorsten https://isource.com/2011/11/22/i-finally-pulled-the-trigger-on-8gb-of-ram-for-my-macbook-pro/#comment-41627 Thu, 24 Nov 2011 08:45:32 +0000 http://isource.com/?p=46267#comment-41627 My Mac Mini from 2009 had 2 GB, and it ran smoothly under Snow Leopard. After upgrading to Lion however, it got unbearably slow. So I went from 2 GB to 8 GB, and now it is faster than ever.

So, to anyone wondering about a RAM upgrade: just do it.

]]> By: Benedikt https://isource.com/2011/11/22/i-finally-pulled-the-trigger-on-8gb-of-ram-for-my-macbook-pro/#comment-41613 Wed, 23 Nov 2011 08:13:41 +0000 http://isource.com/?p=46267#comment-41613 Hi! I am planning to upgrade my memory, too, did you also notice significant speed improvements? I have 4GB installed an notice that most of the time only a couple of MB are free since Lion. In addition the MacBook Pro seems to pause for a certain amount of time when opening new tabs or switching applications.

]]> By: Ernie Oporto https://isource.com/2011/11/22/i-finally-pulled-the-trigger-on-8gb-of-ram-for-my-macbook-pro/#comment-41610 Wed, 23 Nov 2011 04:48:35 +0000 http://isource.com/?p=46267#comment-41610 I’ve been running with 4GB on my MBP17 since 2008 with Chrome, and have never had an issue with running it at the same time as iTunes, Dropbox, Mail, iPhoto. Even after upgrading to Lion on this same old system. I even keep tons of tabs open for weeks at a time. But running Firefox and Chrome at the same time is asking for punishment.

]]> By: Brian Sloane https://isource.com/2011/11/22/i-finally-pulled-the-trigger-on-8gb-of-ram-for-my-macbook-pro/#comment-41609 Wed, 23 Nov 2011 03:50:14 +0000 http://isource.com/?p=46267#comment-41609 You’re not alone. I just upgraded my MacBook Pro to 8GB tonight as well! Ever since I installed Lion I also noticed things were starting to drag. Now that I have 8GB it is making a world of a difference. I’ve seen huge improvements in launching apps and in particular loading iPhoto with an expansive library of photos.

]]> By: Chris Chavez https://isource.com/2011/11/22/i-finally-pulled-the-trigger-on-8gb-of-ram-for-my-macbook-pro/#comment-41608 Wed, 23 Nov 2011 01:57:52 +0000 http://isource.com/?p=46267#comment-41608 You’re lucky. I installed 8GB of RAM on my Macbook 13 the day I bought it (a few weeks ago) and I use up all 8GB’s of my RAM constantly just by running Firefox and Chrome (with a lot of tabs open).

It’s so frustrating. I’m using an app now that free’s stagnant memory but it takes forever to clear it out and 5 minutes later, I’m almost out of RAM again.

Ugh… So frustrating. I would upgrade to 16GB if I could =/

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