Please, don't defend the garbage handing of inactive memory, if I did that for a client I would be kicked and not get paid. Anyway 2 questions please :ġ - Is there anyway to configure or turn off inactive memory? I am sick of having 45mb free with 2.5GB inactive and my machine throwing java errors as a result. Until Apple (or someone else gives us all the memory we need (4 slots would be nice and yes I would sacrifice my optical drive for 4 memory slots - no competition)). I learned to program on the good old reliable Apple IIe □ I love my Mac for development (other than its inadequate memory). My customers are an even mixture of OS X, Linux and Windows and so I need to run lots of VMs to run the various tests.
Like many people here I do enterprise software development and have a real need to work in multiple operating system environments. I've got two running right now and out of my 8Gb of RAM I have 0.5Gb free! So 16Gb is really a must for me, and I suspect, others like me. One you get a VM loaded up with Visual Studio and the various server products you need in there you are looking at 2Gb of memory per VM as a workable minimum.
Timetec 16GB KIT(2x8GB) Compatible for Apple DDR3 1067MHz / 1066MHz PC3-8500 RAM for Mac Book (Mid 2010 13-inch), Mac Book Pro (Mid 2010 13-inch), iMac (Late 2009 27-inch), Mac Mini (Mid 2010) MAC RAM. Apple have caught up on CPU but the 8Gb RAM limit is now a real contraint for some usage scenarios. 1-16 of 700 results for'ram for macbook mid 2010'.
I have read many many failed attempts with 1333mhz ram. they have a specific 16gb kit that is known to work with 13 inch 2010 macbook pros. In the end i ended up getting 1067 mhz memory from OWC. Then they started to get left behind as other manufacturers started sticking Quad-Core i7's in their laptops. I have read alot on the 2010 13 inch macbook pro since I have it and planned to upgrade. Plus by using an MBP with VM's I could also dabble in Mac and iOS development. Granted these are not going to be Apple's biggest market segment but I can assure you there are plenty of them out there being used for Windows development via VM's or Boot Camp - I know plenty, even some guys within Microsoft use MBP's because they make bloody good development machines.Īt the time I bought mine there was nothing on the market that could compete for power, weight, battery life etc.