Upgrading the Macbook Pro from 2GB to 4GB…

Now that I’ve had a good couple of days on my New (Refurbished) 2.5GHz Penryn Macbook Pro, it’s pretty clear that the 2GB of RAM onboard is no match for the beating that I’ve been dishing out. With VMWare running in the background and all sorts of things open in one of the several “spaces” that I’ve setup, I’ve been swapping pretty badly to the slow notebook hard drive. An immediate upgrade to 4GB’s was in order.

So I went down to my favourite computer store, NCIX and picked out a 4GB DDR2 667MHz Kit made by OCZ Technology to do the upgrade with. Want to know how it’s done? Check out my DIY video of the upgrade process…

Although this upgrade is very easy, if you’re clumsy like Ed and tend to spill things on people, you might not want to try this at home. I’m sure one of those Mac Geniuses could help you out and charge you a lot in the process.

If this still isn’t enough, the next step is to investigate an 8GB upgrade. Though some people have reported varying degrees of success with 4GB modules out there, a 6GB upgrade is actually reported as a success. I’ll keep you folks posted on that as I know that many users would probably want to know which modules will do the trick without flaking out. Stay tuned!