Macbook Pro Memory (Once Again) & Other Problems
Been looking once again at memory for my Late 2011 Macbook Pro and altho i can upgrade to 16GB i have been told by an Autherised apple repairer and supplier that 16GB would be far too much for what i use my macbook pro for and that 8GB would be a good upgrade.
I have been told from "Kappy" on another post that i have the following problem
"your free memory is a little low, and you have PsgeOuts greater than zero which all means you are running low on memory for the number of concurrent applications running. Some disk swapping is occurring and that should start slowing down the computer. It will also lead to drive thrashing which can cause more heat from the drive and more slowing down along with the SBOD"
Now if i upgrade from my standard 4GB to 8GB would this help with the above comment that kappy has pointed out ?
I have also found this on ebay and im thinking thats its a good buy, Can someone confirm that this is the correct memory and thats its a cause of plug and play in my late 2011 macbok pro 13"
Ebay Link - http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Kingston-RAM-Memory-8GB-2x4GB-DDR3-PC3-10600-204-pin-i Mac-Macbook-Pro-Laptop-/121312913234?pt=UK_Computing_ComputerComponents_MemoryRA M_JN&hash=item1c3ed02752
Here is my macbook specs and things also.
I currently have the app iStat Menu's which gives me lots of information and details and one of them is teh Temp of my Macbook abd how how its getting.
Can someone tell me at what point my fans are ment to start up in teh default setting as the temp went all the way up too 76 Degrees and then i moved it to over to the custom setting and put the fans to 6200rpm to bring the heat back down.
Is there anyway that i can reset the fan or fan sensors ?
As im in the United Kingdom (GB) prices are rubbish but im lucky enough as my uncle is in LA just now so he is going to bring me back this -
http://www.crucial.com/store/listparts.aspx?model=MacBook%20Pro%20(13-inch%2C%20 Late%202011)&Cat=RAM
The price is $160.00 which is around £96GBP
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Il macbook pro 2011 sta creando grossi problemi a molte persone la scheda logica non funziona
il macbook pro 2011 sta creando grossi problemi a molte persone la scheda logica non funziona
mi chiedo se la apple farà qualcosa per dimostrarci che è un marchio su cui si può ancora contare
Spero che ci diano una risposta al più presto
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Pc che costa sicuramente meno e dal momento che faccio l'insegnante di grafica se la Apple al più
presto non ci darà una soluzione sicuramente farò una pubblicità negativa al marchioil macbook pro 2011 sta creando grossi problemi a molte persone la scheda logica non funziona
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