Which am I supposed to listen to? Apple or the community of Apple? Or did I understand if incorrectly, and that it means that I can upgrade it to 8GB on each RAM slot? I need clarification.Īlso, can I assume that I can upgrade or downgrade my HDD/SSD to how big ever I want, as long as the OS fits on it and the drive fits in the macbook? Like let's take a 3TB SSD for an example (not 100% sure if one exists, but let's assume), it fits in the macbook pro normally, I clean install El Capitan or whatever I have a backup of, it works normally? Right? ' 4GB (two 2GB SO-DIMMs) of 1333MHz DDR3 memory two SO-DIMM slots support up to 8GB' said in here: MacBook Pro (15-inch, Late 2011) - Technical Specifications So, I bought an used MBP which has worked great and I'm happy with it, though I'd want to upgrade the RAM from 4gb to 16gb, although Apple says that you can only upgrade it to 8gb, but some of the community says that you can only add it to 8gb of RAM.