This is an unadvertised feature, but yes, the new processor can handle 16GB of RAM. Last time I looked (although not very hard) I was unable to find 2x8GB stick

This is an unadvertised feature, but yes, the new processor can handle 16GB of RAM. Last time I looked (although not very hard) I was unable to find 2x8GB sticks though. The 8GBs of RAM I have in my MBP (which sounds to be the EXACT same machine as the poster, depending on which SSD he's using) is 2x4GB chips.