An SSD and 8GB of RAM can really make this little machine fly. I'm very pleased with the performance and so far Jess is absolutely loving this little beast. Apple MacBook Pro 13-inch Mid 2012 - Intel Core i5-3210M 2.50 GHz - 4 GB RAM - 500 GB HDD - DVD-RW - OS X Mavericks (10.9) Resolution: 1280 x 800 Graphics Card: Onboard. Apple covers installing memory in the 'Mid-2010' Mac Pro models on pages 43-60 of the PDF User's Guide- complete with drawings - and this absolutely should be reviewed before upgrading the memory (Apple did not release a new User's Guide for the 'Mid-2012' Mac Pro models, but the procedure is the same for the 'Mid-2010' and 'Mid-2012' models. Crucial Memory and SSD upgrades - 100% Compatibility Guaranteed for apple MacBook Pro (13-inch and 15-inch, Mid 2012) - FREE US Delivery. Apple MacBook Pro 13-Inch 'Core i5' 2.5 Mid-2012 Specs. Identifiers: Mid-2012 13' - MD101LL/A. MacBookPro9,2 - A1278 - 2554. All MacBook Pro 13-Inch Models All 2012 Models Dynamically Compare This Mac to Others. Distribute This Page: Bookmark & Share Download: PDF Manual The MacBook Pro 'Core i5' 2.5 13-Inch (Mid-2012/USB 3.0) features a 22 nm 'Ivy Bridge' 2.5 GHz Intel.

8GB of RAM, especially with an SSD, should be plenty for most people. However those of us who tend to keep lots of tabs open in our browser and run multiple programs will notice some improvement with the additional RAM. That said, even though my desktop has 16GB and my MBP has 8GB I've seldom felt my MBP was at a disadvantage due to RAM. Then again, I don't use Chrome which I think is insanely RAM intensive.

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