Can the Macbook Pro 15-inch 2012 model use PCIe SSD?

I am going to upgrade the internals of my 2012 Macbook Pro 15-inch model and was wondering if I could use PCIe SSD. If it does work will my computer be able to use the benefits of a PCIe SSD or will it just work like a SATA SSD?

Thats and excellent question....how come no one has ever reply? guys? help?!
P.S: i dont think that it'll be possible.... Because our 2012 rMBP, use SATA and 2013 models use PCIe.... a whole different kind of technology...
Can anyone confirm?

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Trawling the Apple Support Manual pages (http://support.apple.com/manuals), I couldn't seem to find the correct User Guide.. even searching with my Serial Number.
I am looking for the MacBook Pro 13-inch (2012 10.8.2 Mountain Lion) User's Guide.
Searching with my Serial Number, the results are:
MacBook Pro (13-inch, Mid 2012) - Quick Start Guide
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MacBook Pro (13-inch, Mid 2010) - User Guide
MacBook (13-inch) - User Guide... which is the OS X v10.4 Tiger version
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I have already worked out that there's no full User's Guide.
Why would a new mac User, like myself, want a Quick Start Guide (which came in the box), and then not want access to an actual full User Guide.
I have been using the other PDF's for general guidance, but I shouldn't have to make do with other guides.
Apple.... Is it too much to ask that my £1250 purchase comes with the proper documentation ?!

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I have a Macbook Pro Retina Display Mid 2012 that has a 512GB SSD Hard Drive. I am finding that I need more space and having an External Hard Drive is a little inconvenient. I see that there are 1TB SSD and thinking of changing out my Hard Drive. Is this possible? If so, what brand of Solid State Drive should I look into. Thank you for your time.

https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-4741
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/5153362
https://www.ifixit.com/Guide/MacBook+Pro+15-Inch+Retina+Display+Mid+2012+SSD+Rep lacement/9706
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First, here is the link for the specs on the MBP in question:
http://support.apple.com/kb/SP32?locale=en_US.
It's a few generations old...
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and
a 200GB, 5400RPM SATA hardrive.
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16 ($109)
http://www.amazon.com/Corsair-Channel-SODIMM-Memory-CMSO16GX3M2A1333C9/dp/B006DI 9PG8/ref=sr_1_18?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1378735908&sr=1-18&keywords=Corsair+1 6
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MacBook Pro 15 inch 2007 Model,No system

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I've got an MacBook Pro 15 inch 2007 model, and i totally formated the hard drive on a normal laptop with windows system ( without making a backup before ) and now when i start the MacBook with the new formated hard drive in,says me to insert a bootable drive... The problem is that i don't have anymore the original cd of Mac Os to reinstall it,and now i don't know what really to do. How can i install the mac os x 10.4.11 or 10.4.9 again without a cd ? with an external hard drive maybe but how ? Please help !

10.2 will not work with any MacBook Pro.
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And is only available through certain stores through the EU via a link such as:
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Is the MacBook Pro 13 inch good enough?

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That will work fine. I would eventually stick 8G of RAM in it though. I have 8G in mine and have run low and started paging out already. Safari and Flash are big RAM hogs.
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I use a 13" MBP for video editing and it seems to do ok. Rendering can take a while sometimes (sorta wish I would've gone with the 15" for the quad-core processor) but overall it's definitely very liveable.
chaznsc does raise a good point - the 13" display is a little small, especially when you're searching for keywords (FCPX) with the video preview and info screens open. But the 15" isn't all that much bigger. The resolution between the two isn't much different - everything is just "bigger." You don't really get much more true real estate.
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DISPLAY
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Can the Macbook Pro non Retina and Macbook Pro Retina have their battery replaced?

Yes. You have to take the computer to the Apple store to have it replaced.
Battery
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Can the MacBook Pro 13inch mid 2008 use 1333Mhz RAM?

Can the MacBook Pro 13inch mid 2008 use 1333Mhz RAM? I just bought another 4 GB of ram, but it isn't 1066Mhz like the other stick. Everything works and passes a memory test but the MacBook does not wake from sleep. It only does this when the new RAM is inserted. I have tried it on its own and with the old memory and it only does it with this faster memory installed. It says its at the same speed as any slower RAM installed.

So 1066Mhz is the only ram that works.? As in there isn't anything I need to change or the ram just isn't working correctly? I was always under the impression that ram always clocked it self down to the slowest module installed, which this one does, it just does let the Mac come out of sleep..
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My MacBook Pro 15 Inch is a early 2008 model.
It is a 2.4 Core 2 Duo.
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First question: Can it take 3 or 4?
Second question: Will I notice an increase in speed?
BTW - I checked the Apple document on removing/installing memory - but the matrix where my early 2008 15 inch is covered is confusing and it seems it would fall into either the 3 or 4 - depending on how your read it.

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I have a macbook pro 13" mid 2012, no retina display, with OS X 10.9.2 (Mavericks), and your bluetooth device it loses the signal when placing a barrier on the right side of the mac, the output of the optical drive (CD / DVD).
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P.S.: Forgive me for my bad english. I used the Google translator.

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