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mine:
Early 2008 17'' MBP. Upgraded HD to 500gb 7.200, next step is probably another 2gb RAM.
 

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do you feel the ram boost?
yes, i do, only because i was using about 10GB RAM constantly but still had 4GB of physical RAM (my swap memory was making up for the lack of real memory) - so i had MASSIVE wait times for even opening up new tabs in safari sometimes, 5 min waits to open these were not uncommon. now everything is instant. :)

mine:
Early 2008 17'' MBP. Upgraded HD to 500gb 7.200, next step is probably another 2gb RAM.

happy 2000th post! awsome computer.
 
So doing this by an attachment, first time on the forum doing it this way.... Hope it worked out haha.

I do plan to upgrade sooner or later, running on my MBP(looking to get an iMac)
 

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Was there a software update that let it accept 8GB without an issue, or did you have to do something? I am just curious, I don't really need that much memory, just for future reference.
No, I didn't have to do anything special. I was surprised it worked because everything I read said it'd only work with up to 6GB. And, in the case it would work, once you used over 4/6 GB it would lock up but that hasn't been the case.

Current uptime is 7 days and the only reason for the reboot is because of a system update. And it's regularly using more than 4gb at any given time.

The extra ram makes a huge difference if you're doing anything with virtual machine(s)

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17" MacBook Pro-Late 2007. Love it!

17" MacBook Pro-Late 2007. Love it! (Yes I realize I'm still on 10.6.1)
 

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