Enquire on Ram Upgrade for Macbook Pro 15.4inch (2010)

I encounter lag in my new macbook pro hence i decided to upgrade my ram(My current Ram is 4GB).
1. What is the maximum ram it can support?
2. I search online, there are 2 kind of ddr3 ram: 1066MHz and 1333MHz. Which one can my macbook pro support? And which one is better?
3. Will upgrading Ram myself void the warranty?
4. How much different is the performance for 4GB and 8GB?
Message was edited by: fp1990

What you really need to do is open Activity Monitor then click on the Memory tab at the bottom to observe how your RAM is being used. Do this after a typical period of your heaviest usage of the computer. See this article about interpreting the information: Mac OS X- Reading system memory usage in Activity Monitor.
You should supplement the information from AM by opening the Terminal application in your Utilities folder and at the prompt enter 'top' followed by RETURN (omit the quotes.) See the following:
Understanding top output in the Terminal
The amount of available RAM for applications is the sum of Free RAM and Inactive RAM. This will change as applications are opened and closed or change from active to inactive status. The Swap figure represents an estimate of the total amount of swap space required for VM if used, but does not necessarily indicate the actual size of the existing swap file. If you are really in need of more RAM that would be indicated by how frequently the system uses VM. If you open the Terminal and run the top command at the prompt you will find information reported on Pageins () and Pageouts (). Pageouts () is the important figure. If the value in the parentheses is 0 (zero) then OS X is not making instantaneous use of VM which means you have adequate physical RAM for the system with the applications you have loaded. If the figure in parentheses is running positive and your hard drive is constantly being used (thrashing) then you need more physical RAM.

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