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<blockquote data-quote="ukchucktown" data-source="post: 936252" data-attributes="member: 129039"><p>I bought a new Macbook Pro laptop recently. I went for the cheapest model possible then I took the 15 minutes necessary to replace the 5400 RPM drive with a 7200 RPM and pulled the 2 gig for 8 gig of memory. I bought the memory online for less than half the price Apple is charging. Their price of $1200 for 8 gig of DDR3 memory is way too much.</p><p></p><p>I run both Windows and Linux virtual machines and I give them 2 gig each. I don't think you can go wrong with 4 gig but I hit 7 gig sometimes with my setup. Dual booting is a pain in my opinion. If you have two monitors VMs are great.</p><p></p><p>My VMs boot a little slower than native boot speeds (about 50 seconds) but run at native speeds. With 64-bit hardware I would add the max memory possible. If you buy 4 gig now you'll be tossing it later if you ever want 8 gig. I always tell myself I'll reuse my old memory and I never do. More memory just means lots more stuff open without performance degradation. Max it out if you can afford it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ukchucktown, post: 936252, member: 129039"] I bought a new Macbook Pro laptop recently. I went for the cheapest model possible then I took the 15 minutes necessary to replace the 5400 RPM drive with a 7200 RPM and pulled the 2 gig for 8 gig of memory. I bought the memory online for less than half the price Apple is charging. Their price of $1200 for 8 gig of DDR3 memory is way too much. I run both Windows and Linux virtual machines and I give them 2 gig each. I don't think you can go wrong with 4 gig but I hit 7 gig sometimes with my setup. Dual booting is a pain in my opinion. If you have two monitors VMs are great. My VMs boot a little slower than native boot speeds (about 50 seconds) but run at native speeds. With 64-bit hardware I would add the max memory possible. If you buy 4 gig now you'll be tossing it later if you ever want 8 gig. I always tell myself I'll reuse my old memory and I never do. More memory just means lots more stuff open without performance degradation. Max it out if you can afford it. [/QUOTE]
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