Can the new Mac Pro take 4 Gig Dimms?

[Walter Biscardi]

[Gary Taylor] “I know Apple says they can only handle 2 gig Dimms and they are literally just rolling off the line but I am wondering about Apple’s RAM limit for the Mac Pro.”

Since the box is so new, we have to go with what Apple is telling us right now. If you want to put in 4 Gig Dimms and report back when you get one, you’re welcome to do so. I’m betting that will void every warranty and AppleCare protection, but if you want to go out on the bleeding edge, feel free.

I prefer to stick with what Apple says will work. Hasn’t failed in 5 years of running FCP.

Walter Biscardi, Jr.
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[Simon Carlson-thies]

By definition 16gb of ram on a 64bit system is an artificial limit imposed by the lack of bigger dimms, but I am sure apple will support 4gb dimms when they come out… since 64bit can address 100’s of GBs of ram, exebytes of address space…

Simon Carlson-Thies,
Digital Light Graphics And Animation

[Simon Carlson-thies]

On a lot of computers you can exceed the limit its just apple will not guarantee that it will work…. if you can afford the experiment and want to do it it probably will work your system just might not recognize it all… but I don’t think it will cause any hardware damage….

Simon Carlson-Thies,
Digital Light Graphics And Animation

[Walter Biscardi]

[Simon Carlson-Thies] “but I don’t think it will cause any hardware damage….”

If anything goes wrong with the computer, the first thing Apple (or really any computer manufacturer) will jump on is something that is not spec’d to be installed into that machine.

Walter Biscardi, Jr.
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[Simon Carlson-thies]

True, that’s why I said if you can afford it and want to do it, personally I’ve done it, but you have to accept the risks…

Simon Carlson-Thies,
Digital Light Graphics And Animation

[Gary Taylor]

Thanks for you responses Guys,

Simon thanks for sharing your experience on earlier systems. I was hoping Apple had just adopted an conservative approach.

Walter, thanks for the advice about staying on the right side of the warranty issue. I will have to check with Apple to see how that would affect the warranty.

I was really hoping that someone might have heard something at the developer conference. I was even thinking that maybe the issue is there aren’t any Apple certified FBDIMMs available yet. I guess we will find out in a few months.
Thanks again,
Gary