Re: Macbook Pro 8GB kit

Wow, prices have dropped! I was starting to think I need to upgrade to 8GB
as well.

Have you tried running in 64-bit mode? The system "feels" like it runs
faster (even when sitting at about 90% ram used.). Just hold down the 6 and
4 keys when booting. If you don't run into problems in that mode after a
while, you can use K64Enabler (http://timesoftware.free.fr/k64enabler/) to
always boot into 64-bit mode or you can do it manually using the
instructions here:
http://superuser.com/questions/138314/how-do-i-make-snow-leopard-boot-into-64-bit-by-default

I just used that program and seems to work well.

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On Tue, May 11, 2010 at 9:56 AM, Aaron Bartell <aaronbartell@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:

Hi all,

Well, I am convincing myself that I need/want to upgrade to 8GB of memory
on my Macbook Pro. Believe it or not, with all the apps I leave running, I
am consistently sitting in the 3.8GB memory used area and that is causing
some of the "memory reckless" Java apps (SquirrelSQL) to have issues for
large result sets.

In doing my homework it appears I was right to wait. Memory has already
gone down about $100 from when I last checked!

Here is the best price I have found (RamJet) and I wanted to know if others
have had good or bad experiences with this vendor?

http://www.macmemory.com/ItemDescription.asp?Item=MBP8G ($339 for 8GB
kit)

Others have said Crucial was a good brand also, but they seem to be about
$50 to $75 more.

Aaron Bartell
http://mowyourlawn.com

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