HT3696 if i have a 15 inch Mac book pro  2009 model  running 64 bit, can I increase the RAM to 8 Gig?

if i have a 15 inch Mac book pro  2009 model  running 64 bit, can I increase the RAM to 8 Gig?

Yes.

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