I mention it A) because I just ordered a new machine*, and B) people seem not to know about this capacity. Adobe’s Jason Levine says the upgrade is fast, easy–and now cheap.
I’ve always been a sucka for tons of memory, having jammed an eye-popping 512MB into my first PowerBook at Adobe (2000!). When I priced an 8GB upgrade on Apple.com 3 years ago, it cost $1200–as much as a MacBook + Apple TV. Now Apple will let you go from 4 to 8GB for $200. Strangely, though, they don’t list a 16GB option–which OWC offers for $249.
*This is part of my perverse effort to bring you high-DPI laptops: by ordering a current machine now, I ensure the arrival of a better option moments later. (See also my sales of ADBE and pretty much any other stock or commodity, ever.) I am, if nothing else, a man who *gives*.
I’ve been recommending that 16GB upgrade to my clients for over a year now – totally the way for photo and video pros to go! WOrks great.
I too am waiting for the MBP refresh due in 2 weeks with faster processors and HiDPI displays…
Aw man, you HAD to get me started thinking about my ram…. 🙂
I hear you — it’s like why I always carry an umbrella around, when it might rain. As soon as I decide “Nah…I don’t need it”, then WHAM! Downpour.
I keep telling people that I’m lugging the umbrella around for their sake, but they don’t seem to appreciate it _nearly_ enough.
IT always cool to have a lot of RAM, but I think that Software in general has to become more efficient at resource usage.
[Yeah, let’s hold our breath on that one; you go first. 😉 –J.]
Indeed you can! There was a deal at Fry’s the other day- 16gb for about $109. I jumped right on that, popped it in my MBP and never looked back!
it gets even better if you replace the main disk with an SSD for a fast OS + cache and the DVD player with the OWC kit where you can put a 1TB HDD for convenient storage dedicated to work files. 20minutes and the operation is done!
I did exactly what GAntico said when I got my MBP last August, and I couldn’t be happier. the performance increase from the SSD is stunning. Boots fast, apps launch at lightning speed and Photoshop and any other disk caching app simply flies. I back up frequently and religiously though, as I’ve heard horror stories of SSD sudden deaths…
So what was the last stock you SOLD? 😉
[Adobe, as I had some very old options that were due to expire. Right on schedule, the stock popped north immediately afterward. My generosity is extreme! –J.]
I have the same effect. I bought a season ski pass for this year and…we have NO SNOW!
I hope you enjoy your new D700 then ;).
don’t hold back john,,,scrub some vid & let’s see what it takes to shut it down…it’s one thing hav’n 16g & another use’n it …did you turbo the fan?…
luck den