I also used that RAM. No problems, but I did see improvement by lots on my Mac Mini. For one, speed boost- everything more responsive, must less waiting. I suspect hard disk is thrashing less also.

Also, my shared graphics RAM went up to 512MB, and there is noticeable performance improvement in many 3D games even if it's still not liquid smooth.

My MacBook still work with pretty.. Nice. Problem is getting slow when boot up. Anything to do? Now I am at LION already. Work smooth when running apps. Only boot up has a bit slow compare to leopard. Mine is c2d but 4gb ram.
Any good software to do system cleaning?

Perhaps you have a bunch of login items? Try to close unnecessary ones. In fact I hardly reboot my Mac unless needed to. But one thing I noticed is the RAM usage will keep on increasing over days.

I wonder who'll be the first here having this

http://gizmodo.com/5851546/the-worlds-firs...-belly-like-now

such a huge gamble to get it shipped from overseas though, rma nightmare

hello all bros

thinkin to upgrade my mbp2010 ram.

wanna ask what is the best ram for my 2010 mbp.

1066 vs 1333 got differences?

which one is the best corcair , kingston , munchkin but value for money since im a student. tq

your macbook pro uses a pc3-8500 ddr3 1066 mhz type ram. if you were to install a 1333mhz type ram it would simply be clocked down to 1066mhz. any of those brands you've mentioned would do. i got the kta range of rams from kingston for my 2010 mbp. kta would be the "for mac" range, but on my early 2011 mbp i used the kvr range which works just fine as well.

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KVR is much much more cheaper than KTA.
don't even know whats the point of selling KTA when KTV works fine on Apple Computers

@ BRY7 cos the KVR is not guaranteed to work 100%.
its like using low-end tyres on your car. if someone only drives from home to office and back, its fine. but if you're the kind of driver who has a need for speed, you sendiri mau jaga la

I myself is using 2 sticks of KVR (2x4GB) and it works charm after 3 weeks of usage :-D Never switch my notebook off and just putting it to sleep all the time since the day of upgrade to test the stability of it. And so far it's working just FINE. Will let see if I can pass the 1 month of my so-called 'burn-in' period XD

use memtest for the ultimate in placebo ease of mind :p

I take back what I had said before. The entire laptop freezes when I attempt to waking it back up after the complete battery depletion. Now I need to reopen every single things that I had opened in the past 21 days !!! Friggin' unbelievable!!!!!!

to be honest guy, i have used 3 type of RAM
1. Apple fitted 4GB
2. Kingston KTA 8GB
3. Kingston KVR 4GB

i do feel that KVR isn't as smooth as Apple fitted 4GB, weirdo feeling, dunno why

as i mentioned above, placebo effect.

using kta on my 2010 mbp and kvrs on my 2011 mbp, i personally "feel" that too :p

spots beachball > ahmagad it's the rams fault!

hey guys, thinking about upgrading to SSD for my MBP 13" 2011. from what i read here, the only way to put both SSD and HDD is by removing the superdrive, and it decreases the battery power slightly, correct? can this be done by myself? and is it easy?
another thing, to those that upgraded yours, where did you bought your SSD? how much, and can I store my APPS in the HDD?

thank you..

Agreed. Sure, feels like loading time slower, but then you remember that Mac Mini uses 5400rpm laptop hard disk. That's the real bottleneck after you upgrade the RAM. I've done more tests and come to that conclusion.

Now if I can find a WD Scorpio Black, and find a shop that can do the HD change for me without voiding my warranty...

Dun feel like SSD is worth it, too expensive given the difficulty of replacing a HDD in a Mac Mini and the current lifespan of flash memory.

i have upgraded to KTA RAM 4GBx2 and 1TB WD Scorpion blue on Lion. i feel there is not much difference between 4GB and 8GB RAM. But i do feel the lag on the HDD.

side by side comparison to a new mbp with i5, still i5 boot up much faster by about 5sec compared to my 2.53Ghz dual core (mid2009 mbp).

1. Decreases battery? - check
2. DIY? - check
3. Easy? - check albeit a little scary
4. Bought mine from garage sales. Price varies.
5. I'm not sure if you can store your apps on the HDD but I would think that it is counter productive since the main reason you buy SSD is speed.

P/s: it'll void your warranty, so think carefully before deciding.

thanks for the answer, my my, i guess its a bothersome to upgrade to SSD, I rarely shutdown my mbp, so, a fast boot up is not the thing I need. I usually open up a lot of apps at the same time, the most thing I ever opened at the same time is iTunes, aperture, youtube, micr. words, fb, and twitter, now and then, and never had any problem with them..

what do you use yours mostly for the needs of SSD anyway? video editing?

@gfx quite frankly, I upgrade my MBP to a dual HDD/SSD setup not because of my needs, but because of the temptation to customize my MBP to the max

Joking aside, its true what others are saying that SSD is the best upgrade you could make, and once you've feel the SSD, you won't go back to HDD.