“When Apple released its flagship Mac Pro redesign late last year, professionals rushed to place their orders,” Jim Tanous reports for TekRevue. “With a sleek new design, powerful components, and updated software, the new Mac Pro promises to significantly improve power user and professional workflows. But if there’s one area where the Mac Pro could use an upgrade, it’s RAM.”
“The 2013 Mac Pro’s small chassis limits the user to only four RAM slots, supporting an official maximum of 64GB of memory (several manufacturers have recently announced 32GB DIMMs, enabling up to 128GB of RAM, although we have yet to test this configuration),” Tanous reports. “This limit is a step down from the previous Mac Pro design, which supported eight RAM slots, for up to 128GB at current memory densities. This means that many purchasers of the new Mac Pro will want to maximize the available slots and upgrade their system’s memory from the 12 or 16GB capacities found on the Mac Pro’s standard configurations.”
Tanous reports, “Since the 2013 Mac Pro’s launch, several companies have announced third party RAM upgrades and we decided to put two of the best-known brands to the test. Today, we’ll be looking at 64GB Mac Pro RAM upgrades from Other World Computing (OWC) and Crucial to find out what advantages they have over the stock Apple RAM (and each other) in terms of performance and value.”
Read more in the full article here.
[Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader “Fred Mertz” for the heads up.]
It’s a well known Apple ploy of charging you heaven & earth for RAM upgrades. Always buy your own rather than building to order.
People with the money will just go for the 32GB DIMMs.
The Apple memory is the prettiest. ;-P
Just yesterday I ordered 16GB for my MacBook Pro to upgrade from 4GB. After almost three years and Mavericks I’m definitely needing more.
“This limit is a step down from the previous Mac Pro design, which supported eight RAM slots”
One of may steps down with the Mac Mini Pro HTPC compared to a REAL Mac Pro.