#BUY RAM FOR MACBOOK PRO 2012 UPGRADE#

So common sense dictates that you should buy the faster non Retina display version, and upgrade to the flash drive and 16GB RAM in a few years to essentially give a new lease of life to what might be a relatively slow laptop in the near future. This is for MacBook Air users who want something faster. However, it has the slower i5 processor, and you can't upgrade the RAM after buying it, as the RAM cards are soldered on to the motherboard. The 13' MacBook Pro with the Retina Display is much thinner and lighter, has that fantastic display(It really does make a difference) and comes standard with a 128GB flash drive. If you upgrade to a flash drive, it'll be even better. But for about 80% of users, it'll do just fine. Although you might want to upgrade to a quad-core Retina Display equipped 15' MacBook Pro if you actually are a pro user who depends on your laptop to earn money. Call of Duty: Black Ops, AutoCAD, Formula 1 2012, Final Cut Pro, Adobe Creative Studio, Aperture, this will handle it all with ease. The 8GB RAM which comes as standard helps as well. What it actually means is that I never struggle to run any application or game. All I know is, bigger the number, the better. It's good isn't it? If you don't understand what these numbers mean, join the club. I ran a few GeekBench tests, and this is what happened. The processor is impressive(2.9GHz Intel Core i7), and at the time of launch, this has the fastest dual-core processor. But even without the flash drive, it is very fast.

Apple will not let you exchange your hard drive for a flash drive either, which is a bit unfair. I didn't opt for the flash drive, because Apple took all my money away after I bought the laptop. It has a 750 GB hard drive, and although it nice to have a big hard drive, I'd rather opt for the optional smaller capacity flash drive. In a hypothetical laptop drag race, it will do quite well. Now to simplify the naming, Apple should have taken Prosche's lead and called the i5 model, 'Standard', and the i7 model 'TURBO V RACING ROCKET FAST TURBO!!!!!!'. On standard configuration, one has 4GB RAM, Intel 2.5 GHz i5 processor, and other one has 8GB RAM, and Intel 2.9GHz i7 processor. The non retina display model has 2 variations. The one I will be reviewing is the non retina display one. 1 retina display equipped model, and 2 non retina ones.

#BUY RAM FOR MACBOOK PRO 2012 SERIES#

And with names like Turbo, Carrera, and so on, models can be differentiated. The MacBook Pro 13' series has 3 models. By giving codenames like '991', and '997', generations can be differentiated. Spell something wrong, or say some words in the wrong order, and you get a completely different laptop. So it's a nightmare to pinpoint the version you actually want. And just like the 911, the MacBook has around billion variations. Just like the 911, the MacBook evolves generation by generation, never radically changing its design. So it has to have a different name corresponding to the launch date to differentiate from it's predecessors. The official name for this laptop is 'MacBook Pro 13' Mid 2012 i7'. This is because Apple launches a new MacBook every Tuesday or something.

#BUY RAM FOR MACBOOK PRO 2012 MAC#

I recommend Crucial Memory for any MAC do-it-yourselfer user.First off, the biggest flaw with this laptop is the name.

#BUY RAM FOR MACBOOK PRO 2012 UPDATE#

After installing the new RAM and rebooting my Mac, the system recognized the update instantaneously (and yes, it is significantly faster!)

I wanted to take advantage of that speed by updating the RAM from 8GB installed out of the box to 16GB of after market memory.īecause of the ease upgrading my iMac 27 to 16GB with Crucial Memory, I stuck with Crucial Memory for the MacBook 15 RAM upgrade to 16GB (cost was $125 + shipping). What was a deal maker for me was that RAM speed capability has been bumped up to 1600 MHz. The latest MacBook Pro 15 has many superb updates from the previous model. There are benefits for being in The Davenport Projex :-) I now own this MacBook Pro 15, iPhone 5, iPad (3rd gen.), and a 2011 iMac 27 - My wife has an iPhone 5, iPad Mini, and MacBook Air 13 (which I gave her with this recent MacBook 15 purchase - only 6 months of use) - My daughter has the iPhone 5, iPad (2nd gen - which I gave to her after about 6 months of use), and a MacBook Pro13 (which I gave her when heading to college this past Fall - getting the MacBook Air 13 for myself as a replacement). I bought the latest MacBook Pro 15 last week (Intel 2.6 i7, 750GB HD, and 8GB RAM out of the box).

Buy ram for macbook pro 2012