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Apple Computing Products:
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New IMac 27" with Ram problem
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<blockquote data-quote="Raz0rEdge" data-source="post: 1851311" data-attributes="member: 110816"><p>My guess is that virtually no-one would opt to get the 128GB upgrade through Apple since their marked up price would be beyond ridiculous. So they have no value in advertising they support a higher amount than what they would ever sell. 32GB and 64GB, even 128GB and higher density memory sticks have been around for a while but are seldom used except in pure data-center (and servers that go in there) scenarios.</p><p></p><p>This is more likely a marketing thing and not a technical limitation.</p><p></p><p>The only "downside" of putting in more RAM than can be addressed by the CPU is that you will only benefit with the extra, but as long as the type of memory matches the specs the Mac expects, it should work fine. </p><p></p><p>Back in my computer building days, I would always opt to purchase higher density RAM than what my current motherboard supported so that when I upgraded to the motherboard, I could use the higher capacity without having to purchase new RAM and so on.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Raz0rEdge, post: 1851311, member: 110816"] My guess is that virtually no-one would opt to get the 128GB upgrade through Apple since their marked up price would be beyond ridiculous. So they have no value in advertising they support a higher amount than what they would ever sell. 32GB and 64GB, even 128GB and higher density memory sticks have been around for a while but are seldom used except in pure data-center (and servers that go in there) scenarios. This is more likely a marketing thing and not a technical limitation. The only "downside" of putting in more RAM than can be addressed by the CPU is that you will only benefit with the extra, but as long as the type of memory matches the specs the Mac expects, it should work fine. Back in my computer building days, I would always opt to purchase higher density RAM than what my current motherboard supported so that when I upgraded to the motherboard, I could use the higher capacity without having to purchase new RAM and so on. [/QUOTE]
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