Is 8 Gbytes maximum on MACBOOK PRO 2011?

Discussion in 'Installation and Configuration of Parallels Desktop' started by NickMHarvey, Jan 25, 2012.

  1. NickMHarvey

    NickMHarvey Bit poster

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    Hi

    I installed 16 Gbytes in my early 2011 Macbook pro 17 inch and was surprised that Parallels will not see the full 16 Gbytes - it only sees 8Gbytes. Is there any reason? Can this be changed to reflect total memory?

    Nick
     
  2. strells

    strells Product Expert

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    Currently, Parallels only supports a max of 8 GB of RAM for a virtual machine. Not sure if this will change at any point.

    Steve
     
  3. NickMHarvey

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    Thanks for that. I found that you can change the memory maximum limit allocated to parallels as follows:
    prlsrvctl set --mem-limit 16384

    But this tells parallels what it can use - not what is available for the virtual machine.


    Anyhow - using 8Gbytes significantly speeds up my VM and allows me to use my software well. It makes Office makes office programs a lot quicker than before.
     

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