MacBook Pro 13 inch and 16 GB of RAM.

On apple support page i can see that mac book pro 13.3 supports only 8 GB of RAM!
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1651?viewlocale=ja_jp&locale=ja_jp#link1
But i really need to install 16 GB of RAM! Is it supported by MacBook pro 13 inch hardware?
I want to buy new Apple MacBook Pro (MD102) and i need to know is it possible to have more than 8 GB of RAM.

jenik15 wrote:
I want to buy new Apple MacBook Pro (MD102) and i need to know is it possible to have more than 8 GB of RAM.
If you buy a non-Retina MacBook Pro, it's open to users ability to install more RAM themselves and the TRUE capacity is 16GB although Apple only will install 8GB max.
The Retina MacBook Pro's are sealed up and the RAM soldiered to the logicboard which can't be upgraded.
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