Komplete 7 on a macbook pro?

Lately I have been thinking of upgrading my synth and midi tracks arsenal by installing komplete 7 by native instruments on my macbook pro. I have done a good bit of research on the product itself and I think I will like it a lot. However, I have read almost everywhere that it is a fairly big program to run- especially on a laptop. So I was wondering if anyone could tell me how well it might run on my computer.
I have a 15" MBP with 2.53GHz intel dual core processor and 4 gigs of ram.
It is also very possible that I will be upgrading to a 2x4 ram setup for a total of 8 gigs.
Thanks for your help!
Alex

The NI stuff is very good....you should not have any trouble with your rig....there are a lot of instruments in the package that make it big but it's not particularly big to run the instrument itself.
Virtual instruments/audio likes to be streamed so it's always a good idea and in particular with a notebook to run an external 7200 FW drive for streaming if you don't already...
If you haven't, I suggest you download the free Kontakt player and run it on your Mac to get an idea...

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MacBook Pro for Music

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