8 Gigs in a Macbook Pro?

[ZmaxDP]

I've had some issues with Dell workstation laptops and dual-link DVI support. So, I'm toying with the idea of getting a macbook pro (17") and pulling the 2 gigs it comes with and dropping in the 8 gigs out of my Dell M6300. I'm unsure if the macbook pro will even recognize all 8 gigs. (I'd be installing and running Vista 64 on the mac).

Has anyone tried installing 8 gigs of ram in a macbook pro?

 

[jdogg707]

I didn't even think you could buy 4GB DDR2-667 SODIMMs. Officially the MBP only supports 4GB per Apple's documentation.

 

[ZmaxDP]

Yeah, I know. I'm just curious if anyone has tried it just for fun. Anand likes to pull macs apart and do things to them, and I assume other adventurous people might do the same. Just pinging to see if anyone has...

 

[RajeshK]

If the dimms exist and the motherboard can support it, then Vista 64bit will recognize it.

 

[ZmaxDP]

Yes, but does the motherboard support it? I don't know who the manufacturer is, so I don't have any way (other than the apple site which doesn't exactly follow a full disclosure policy on hardware) to find out short of ordering one and sticking them in...