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re: Upgrading RAM in a MacBook Pro 15"?

Posted on 3/31/15 at 12:31 pm to
Posted by ILikeLSUToo
Central, LA
Member since Jan 2008
18018 posts
Posted on 3/31/15 at 12:31 pm to
Use activity monitor to see how much of that 4GB is in use when A) You first boot, and B) when you notice it slowing down significantly. If you aren't using 4GB now, then adding more RAM isn't the solution. Does it already have an SSD? Were 2012's using PCIe SSDs at this point?
This post was edited on 3/31/15 at 12:34 pm
Posted by yankeeundercover
Buffalo, NY
Member since Jan 2010
36378 posts
Posted on 3/31/15 at 12:40 pm to
Activity Monitor:

Physical Memory: 4.00 GB
Memory Used: 3.97-99 GB
Virtual Memory: 8.18 GB
Swap Used: 1.40 GB
Posted by yankeeundercover
Buffalo, NY
Member since Jan 2010
36378 posts
Posted on 3/31/15 at 12:42 pm to
quote:

Does it already have an SSD? Were 2012's using PCIe SSDs at this point?
Macintosh HD:

Available: 508.89 GB (508,894,871,552 bytes)
Capacity: 749.3 GB (749,296,615,424 bytes)
Mount Point: /
File System: Journaled HFS+
Writable: Yes
Ignore Ownership: No
BSD Name: disk0s2
Volume UUID: E124E204-A559-3C2E-912F-F973A477A009
Physical Drive:
Media Name: APPLE HDD HTS547575A9E384 Media
Medium Type: Rotational
Protocol: SATA
Internal: Yes
Partition Map Type: GPT (GUID Partition Table)
S.M.A.R.T. Status: Verified

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