Questions on extra RAM for MacBook Pro

[Matt Jacobs]

Thanks for the feedback.

I checked my system specs and I have the Feb. 2011 15″ MacBook Pro with i7 2.2 GHz.

I have two ram slots with 2 GB in each, for a total of 4 GB. Apple recommends 8 GB RAM as the max, but the site confirms my model supports up to 16GB RAM.

So, essentially, I need to buy to 8 GB RAM cards and do the procedure myself. I don’t have the Apple warranty – I have one with Squaretrade. Does anyone know if this will this void my Squaretrade warranty?

Also, what’s the deal with graphics cards? Will I see a noticeable improvement in my editing power if I get a better graphics card? I have the “AMD Radeon HD 6750M 1024 MB” card, which I’m told is pretty good. Would anyone recommend upgrading that? And, if so, what card should I get?

Cheers,

[Adam Taylor]

i’m pretty sure you cant upgrade the graphics in a mac laptop as the chips are part of the motherboard. Thats how they can make em so thin these days.

However, the i7 models fly along. I have a 17″ i7 and its never felt like graphics were giving it a hard time.Just make sure that you switch the auto graphics switching off (its in one of the energy saving preferences in the system preferences. That will force the laptop use the higher quality graphics chip (as it has two separate ones!)

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