Can anyone confirm or discredit this...

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Has anyone actually done this?

I checked on one of the models mentioned in the article link (the 15" MBP 2.4ghz)...and the folks Over at Everymac.com say this:

"*Apple officially supports a maximum of 4 GB of RAM. Originally, this model was only unofficially capable of stably supporting 6 GB of RAM, but as confirmed by site sponsor OWC, it is capable of supporting 8 GB of RAM if updated to Boot ROM Version MBP51.007E.B05 and running MacOS X 10.6 "Snow Leopard."

So the other mentioned models may be the same.:)

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There seem to be a number of credible sources. I have ordered the memory and will report back.

I'm amazed this hasn't had more coverage here. For me this is a brilliant discovery because I can now allocate 3gb to XP under VMware and still have 5gb left for OSX. Add in an SSD and I can have a totally transformed machine for about £300 as CPU speed isn't a huge concern for me!
 

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