Apple MacBook Pro Can Now Sport 16GB of RAM

[arem]

This is pathetic.
Pawing this off like it's new, or news for that matter?
Other World Computing has had 16GB kits available for the MacBook Pro almost since the early 2011 refresh happened.
The motherboard has always supported this much memory, and the original cost of the kit when I first saw it was about $1600 - which still isn't bad considering the only people needing the performance are those whose pay check is tied to how fast they can turn out work, and so it would be a business expense.
Point is - if you really need it, $600 isn't that bad - and this technology has been available for months.

[duckster]

correct me if i'm wrong....but i clicked on the links to the crucial website, and it states $379 for 16GB kit and $189 for the single 8GB...did they change the prices?

[Anthony Bouchard]

correct me if i'm wrong....but i clicked on the links to the crucial website, and it states $379 for 16GB kit and $189 for the single 8GB...did they change the prices?

yeah it looks like they changed it since I wrote this.

[amyking]

great

[stumbles]

Awesome, looks like it is now affordable at $259 for 16GB of crucial!

16GB kit (8GBx2), 204-pin SODIMM, DDR3 PC3-10600 upgrades for Apple MacBook Pro 2.5GHz Intel Quad-Core i7 (15-inch DDR3) Late-2011 Laptop/Notebook, CT2625474 from Crucial.com