Macbook Pro for WoW/Maya

[Hevlex]

Hello guys since at MOP i will start playing WoW again and i am active in 3D modelling / animation (maya) etc i would like to upgrade my macbook pro (medio 2010).

At the moment it has:
Processor: 2,66 GHz Intel Core i7
Memory: 4 GB 1067 MHz DDR3
Card: NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M / 512 MB

I would like to upgrade my memory since i often run at the max when working in 3D.
Now my question:

Does somebody have experience with upgrading this particular model? Or another Macbook Pro.
I read that my MBP only supports max 8GB memory so i think i want to go for this. Is there something i should look for?

Found a site that allows you to upgrade easily but it doesn't show my model.
8 GB Kit DDR3 voor Apple MacBook Pro (2009 - 2010) Alu/Zwart 2,4

MacBook Pro 17 inch 2,53GHz. Medio 2010 (MC024LL/A)
MacBook Pro 17 inch 2,8GHz. Medio 2009 (MC266*/A)
MacBook Pro 15 inch 2,53GHz. Medio 2009 (MC118*/A)
MacBook Pro 15 inch 2,66GHz. Medio 2009 (MB985/*A)
MacBook Pro 15 inch 2,8GHz. Medio 2009 (MB986*/A)
MacBook Pro 13 inch 2,26GHz. Medio 2009 (MB990*/A)
MacBook Pro 13 inch 2,53GHz. Medio 2009 (MB991*/A)

And another that says you need thunderbolt (don't know why????)

8 GB Kit DDR3 for Apple MacBook Pro (2011 - 2012) with Thunderbolt
Modellen:
MacBook Pro 17 inch 2,4GHz. Eind 2011 (MD311LL/A)
MacBook Pro 13 inch 2,4GHz. Eind 2011 (MD313LL/A)
MacBook Pro 13 inch 2,8GHz. Eind 2011 (MD314LL/A)
MacBook Pro 15 inch 2,2GHz. Eind 2011 (MD318LL/A)
MacBook Pro 15 inch 2,4GHz. Eind 2011 (MD322LL/A)
MacBook Pro 17 inch 2,2GHz. Begin 2011 (MC725*/A)
MacBook Pro 15 inch 2,0GHz. Begin 2011 (MC721*/A)
MacBook Pro 15 inch 2,2GHz. Begin 2011 (MC723*/A)
MacBook Pro 13 inch 2,4GHz. Medio 2010 (MC374LL/A)
MacBook Pro 13 inch 2,66GHz. Medio 2010 (MC735LL/A)

Will the one that should have Thunderbolt also support mine?

[Mister K]

I take it you are a mobile and have a workstation already for actual 3D Modelling, correct? A desktop at the same price of a Macbook would be many times more powerful and obvious choice for Rendering, 3D Modelling and so forth compared to a laptop.

Adding extra RAM should be rather easy unless you are unsure about it I believe Apple can do it for you, for a charge

Here is a video how to add RAM into a Macbook Pro, the model shouldn't really matter.

[Hevlex]

Yeah i have a workstation at home, but since i do a multimedia design study i need to take my laptop everywhere. And do all my work on it at the moment actually. Was checking around and saw that 8GB RAM only costs around 40/45 bucks nowadays. So it is a really nice price / quality upgrade. ^^ but i was unsure about what sort of RAM i should buy since as stated above my model isn't between it. But good to hear the model really doesn't matter. Thank you .