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Apples and oranges. Intel's mobile Skylake processors don't support more than 16GB of low-power RAM; Apple didn't have anything to do with that limitation. Thi
by Bud 10y ago
Apples and oranges. Intel's mobile Skylake processors don't support more than 16GB of low-power RAM; Apple didn't have anything to do with that limitation.
This is a boxy desktop, not a mobile machine.
- jsjohnst 10y agoI up voted your response as it's correct, but for anyone who doesn't want to believe, here's a fully referenced post I made a while back with specific references in the Intel documentation: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12900834 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12900834
- dingo_bat 10y agoNow I know why both the new surface book and the mbook pro have such paltry ram configurations. Sad times when intel itself seems to be falling behind.
- wmf 10y agoOr Apple could have used pro RAM in the MacBook Pro.
- Sanddancer 10y agoIntel's mobile processors like the ones in the Macbook Pro support up to 64 megs of ram. Their ultra low power cpus only support 16 gigs, but the line in question goes up to 64, even with ddr3l ram.