This computer has had almost no use and has very little non-Apple software installed.Įverything seems to be working fine *except* that shortly after I installed the 16GB RAM (from OWC) I happened to discover that running “Verify Disk” from Disk Utility on the internal drive while in Safe Boot mode freezes Disk Utility so hard that it locks up the computer to the point that a power-button forced restart is the only way out. Because that opinion so clearly contradicts OWC Michael’s advice on this page, this now seems like an appropriate place to continue my quest for some answers.ġ7″ MacBook Pro early 2011 – 2.2 GHz Intel Core i7 I am posting this query here because a person in OWC’s Tech Support department, with whom I spoke at some length and whose name I will not include, insisted that the problem I am about to discuss arose because my computer is not compatible with your RAM. For full benchmark numbers to see the breakdown of speeds by individual MacBook Pro model, visit our Performance Testing Benchmarks page. With an SSD installed, that two and a half times faster than stock is now over three times faster. That 25% faster with 8GB of memory increases to a whopping 40-50% faster with 16GB. If the 8GB configuration makes these machines “screaming fast,” then 16GB sends the machines into “warp speed!” Now, a mere two weeks from my initial post, I’m proud to announce: It came time for the best part of the testing ( ok, ok.I’m a bit biased to make that comment as this is where I personally get to play with the new stuff)…the benchmark testing.

This was exciting – 16GB in an Apple notebook!

Several rounds of performance and load testing proved no issues whatsoever with these modules in the latest and greatest of the MacBook Pro line-up. As the first modules were released from our quality control and integrity testing, we installed a set into the latest MacBook Pro models only to find that, eureka, they worked!

Two weeks ago, we dubbed these machines with our upgrades as “screaming fast.”įast forward a mere eight days and imagine our excitement when we heard that the first OWC PC3-10600 DDR3 1333MHz memory modules had arrived. Like an average 25% faster performance with 8GB of memory! Two weeks ago, we were ecstatic about the performance numbers we were seeing. Two weeks ago we blogged about how upgrading to Apple’s maximum supported 8GB of memory and an OWC Mercury Extreme SSD could speed up your machine to two and a half times faster then stock in the latest 2011 MacBook Pro Core i5 and Core i7 machines.

Ram memory for macbook pro early 2011