Looking To Buy A MacBook Pro, But Have A Question

Hello,
I am looking to purchase a 17” MacBook Pro and was thinking about getting 8 GB of SDRAM on it. My question is would all of the ram be able to be utilized in the system or would it just use up to 4GB of SDRAM. I am wondering about this because this is still a 32 bit system, right?

With Snow Leopard, it's fully 64-bit (with a couple of minor exceptions), so it will make use of all 8 GB of RAM, if you max out the RAM.

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Poikkeus wrote:
1. Your MBP will be somewhat slower than your iMac, as reflected in the general speed; desktop Macs have more RAM and storage.
You recon? If he get's the 17", he would have up to 8x more RAM, 4 x more GPU,, and a bit faster CPU;.
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I did not know this, I just upgraded from 4gb to 8gb the other day. Have not noticed it being slower, but I don't often shut it down. It's nice to not even have to bother with ifreemem.
3. Additional storage and RAM will maximize the basic capabilities of your MBP, but you won't be able to make a 2.3ghz machine any faster than it already is.
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4. I still feel that your iMac will be faster than your prospective MBP. The only way to dramatically increase the speed would be the installation of a SSD drive (like the lauded OWC series). But they're not cheap.
I don't want to rain on your parade, but want you to get a more realistic idea of your performance.
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AppleCare will cover factory defects for 3 years, after that your coasting on your wear and tear upon the machine, which the keyboard, trackpad, ports and optical drive would likely suffer the most it has been in my experience.
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The trouble with PC's you have to do your home work to make sure your getting a quality product, a high resolution screen on Windows 7 looks fantastic just like it does on OS X.
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So a engineer using a Mac would be sending a signal your a administrative engineer, one who has experience already and is now telling others what to do, as you don't need to interface with CAD/CAM or other hardware and thus can afford to carry a status symbol around, being a expensive Mac. Naturally you haven't reached this stage yet as your not even in college yet, so arriving on the job with a Mac would be the wrong choice for a recent college engineering grad.
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Cyberpawz wrote:
My wife isn't a hard core gamer, but she wants a MacBook Pro for "work" which for now isn't geared towards that type of tech.
1. What specs should I be looking at for someone who realitically won't be doing anything heavy except a little photoshop, at best, and mostly facebook, and writing?
2. Why can't I seem to buy, customize, or anything else on the store online?
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She is going to miss the large screen of the iMac and the 15" MBP, for comfort, will have to be sitting on a small table near the couch. If she uses the laptop on her lap for long periods, it's going to be very uncomfortable also the laptop will be more prone to liquid spills and being dropped.
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