Pros & Cons
Pros
Upgraded from 4gb on mid 2010 macbook pro to this 16gb. With an ssd hard drive upgrade, the mac book pro lives on. Saved myself 100s for a new machine. Bingo more ram.
Easy install. Easy to swap. It has noticeably improve the performance of my computer. Processing is way faster and this was a breeze to install.
Product works flawlessly and turned my 2010 macbook pro into virtually abramd new macbook pro. Came well packed and fitted into my 27inch late 2009 imac. Has given a new life to my mac mini mid-2010.
Cons
Amazon stated package was delivered but wasn't. Second, incompatible or faulty ram module. Timetec ram, while sold as apple compatible, actually has compatibility issues with mac.
Highlights
Quality
Product works flawlessly and turned my 2010 macbook pro into virtually abramd new macbook pro.
I am happy with my product help speed my computer
I am pleased with the upgrade, one month running.
I had the preinstalled 4gb of ram that comes stock with the mac.
Price
Was very pleased to find memory for an old laptop for a decent price.
This saved me the price of a new mac.
Competitiveness
I moved from 2 gig of ram to 8 gig of timetec hynix ram.
The 13 macbook pro works like a charm with 1tb ssd running os 10.
I have an awesome but old macpro 2009 and the speed has been an issue so i ordered this to do it myself.
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Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Unfortunately the nas would not start up with this ram installed
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Likely not the fault of the ram itself but the fact that these nases are notoriously picky
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
I brought the os from snow leopard
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
However if you upgrade your system software to the newest version possible you can then use 16gb of ram
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Aside from the cpu and the screen resolution
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
I upgrade original 2 x1g ram to 2 x4g wowto installyou need an eyeglass repair kit from dollarama to open screws of macfollow the instructions on apple website search “upgrade ram” different year different instructionsonce you put new ram plates in your mac before you fasten the screws of the bottom cap check and make sure you have done it properly and both ram plates are in correctly by1 turning on your mac and2 clicking on your apple icon “about this mac “3 under memory tab it should show you have two 4g rami had to take mine out and reinsert both plates three times because mine kept showing one was in only and you shut it down every time before you take ram outreinstall
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Less waiting for things to load