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Apple Mac Pro (Mid 2010) User Manual

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Chapter 3

Making a Good Thing Better

Before you install memory, determine whether you have a single- or dual-processor
Mac Pro. Remove the side panel, following the instructions in “Opening Your Mac Pro”
on page 39, and look inside:

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A quad-core or 6-core Mac Pro has one processor and four memory slots. You can
install a total of up to 16 GB of memory. See “Installing Memory in a Quad-Core or
6-Core Mac Pro” on page 45.

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An 8-core or 12-core Mac Pro has two processors and eight memory slots. You can
install a total of up to 32 GB of memory. See “Installing Memory in an 8-Core or
12-Core Mac Pro” on page 54.

One processor

Two processors

See also other documents in the category Apple Computers: