I'll have to get him to run successive compiles and see. The other advantage of this model is that it is upgradable to 16GB RAM, according to OWC and others [1

I'll have to get him to run successive compiles and see. The other advantage of this model is that it is upgradable to 16GB RAM, according to OWC and others [1]. The upgrade is a ridiculous cost right now, but it can likely only go down. 1. http://blog.macsales.com/9394-macbook-pro-2011-12gb-and-16gb-memory-upgrades-benchmarked http://blog.macsales.com/9394-macbook-pro-2011-12gb-and-16gb...