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Do you feel like 64 gb of RAM isn't enough?
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Saddly... In my experience... there actually are people this out of touch.
I just remembered something I saw in some show clip once. It was a reality show about some unknown but rich American family, and their 14 or 15 year old son had about 5 brand new MacBook's, and his parents bought him 5 new ones every time a new model came out.
What did he do with 5 MacBooks? He loaded a different website on each, and that's literally it. Stunning, isn't it?
What did he do with 5 MacBooks? He loaded a different website on each, and that's literally it. Stunning, isn't it?
Decided I'd raise the dead instead of creating a new thread.
I had thought (and most web sites seem to agree) that the iMac 2017 27" had a max memory of 64GB. But then on eBay I spotted one with 72GB (apparently using two 32GB and two 4GB). Does anyone know if it would be possible to put 128GB in the 2017 iMac? Has anyone tried it?
I had thought (and most web sites seem to agree) that the iMac 2017 27" had a max memory of 64GB. But then on eBay I spotted one with 72GB (apparently using two 32GB and two 4GB). Does anyone know if it would be possible to put 128GB in the 2017 iMac? Has anyone tried it?
macsales.com (OWC) says 64GB. They always find out the max amount, so I’m assuming it’s 64.
Yeah, that's why I said most web sites have the iMac 2017 limit at 64GB. But like I also said, there appears to be someone selling an iMac 2017 on eBay with 72GB, so I was wondering if the 64GB limit was just because nobody was able to get their hands on 4 32GB sticks and try it.
I would just ask the seller. My guess is that the seller is confused and the listing is incorrect. I can’t think of any sensible RAM configuration that would result in 72GB.
64GB + 8GB = 72GB. How is that confusing (other than 64GB being the supported max)
Looks like a few people have gotten the 2017 5K iMac to show 128GB but it isn't clearly if it is actually supported in macOS.
2017, 27-inch Retina 5K iMac - 128GB Ram Upgrade
I have successfully upgraded my 2017, 27-inch Retina 5K iMac with 128GB of Samsung DD4 2666MHz SODIMM ram. (4) Samsung 32GB DDR4 2666MHz sodimm of ram (M471A4G43MB1-CTD) Model Name: iMac Model Identifier: iMac18,3 Processor Name: Intel Core i7 Processor Speed: 3.6 GHz Number of Processors: 1...
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The computer has 4 RAM slots. I can’t think of any sensible combination you could install to get 72GB. Pretty sure it doesn’t support 32 GB sticks too.64GB + 8GB = 72GB. How is that confusing (other than 64GB being the supported max)
Looks like a few people have gotten the 2017 5K iMac to show 128GB but it isn't clearly if it is actually supported in macOS.
2017, 27-inch Retina 5K iMac - 128GB Ram Upgrade
I have successfully upgraded my 2017, 27-inch Retina 5K iMac with 128GB of Samsung DD4 2666MHz SODIMM ram. (4) Samsung 32GB DDR4 2666MHz sodimm of ram (M471A4G43MB1-CTD) Model Name: iMac Model Identifier: iMac18,3 Processor Name: Intel Core i7 Processor Speed: 3.6 GHz Number of Processors: 1...
Looks like a few people have gotten the 2017 5K iMac to show 128GB but it isn't clear if it is actually supported in macOS.
2017, 27-inch Retina 5K iMac - 128GB Ram Upgrade
I have successfully upgraded my 2017, 27-inch Retina 5K iMac with 128GB of Samsung DD4 2666MHz SODIMM ram. (4) Samsung 32GB DDR4 2666MHz sodimm of ram (M471A4G43MB1-CTD) Model Name: iMac Model Identifier: iMac18,3 Processor Name: Intel Core i7 Processor Speed: 3.6 GHz Number of Processors: 1...
Just what I was looking for. Thanks.
I have 64GB of ram and I rarely max it out. Though it speeds up my photo/video editing workflow but I do think its overkill