Maximum RAM in MD311LL/A new MacBook Pro 17 inch

I'm thinking about purchasing a current 17 inch MacBook Pro (MD311LL/A) and was wondering about how much RAM can be installed in one. The Apple pages state 8 GB but I noticed on the Cruciial.com website that 16 GB can be installed. Does anyone have any direct experience with installing 16 GB?
Thanks

Page Outs are 9.55 GB
The pageouts count is a "Water meter" type counter that records how many pageouts have occurred since you powered on.
Pageouts occur when there is NOTHING else that can be declared surplus, and something that is marked "in-use" has to be rolled out to disk to make room for a page that is needed. You do not have enough real RAM For the way you are working. You can change the way you work, or you can add more real RAM.
But when you Page Out on a laptop, the disk must remain spinning for a while. This shortens battery life if you are running battery-only, and generates more heat inside the machine that must be blown out by running the fan motor.

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