upgrading: 13in alum-unibody MB. What can I do?

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Aven SkyGazer

macrumors regular

Original poster

• Aug 30, 2009

• #1

Hey there, Mahyar here, writing again from Armed Forces Europe

I want to upgrade. what are my options? I own the 13in (late 08') 13in alum-unibody MB. I've ordered my ram upgrade here: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820148191

now I'd like to know what else I can do. what are some video card options I have? is the airport something that may be improved on? what else may I do to beef my MB up?

Looking forward to any feedback!!

Best!

 

miles01110

macrumors Core

• Aug 30, 2009

• #2

You can upgrade the hard drive if you want, but as far as much else you are pretty much out of luck.

 

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Furi Kuri

macrumors member

• Aug 30, 2009

• #3

miles01110 said:

You can upgrade the hard drive if you want, but as far as much else you are pretty much out of luck.

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Yea, really the only thing you can do is upgrade to a 7200 rpm or Solid State hard drive if you haven't already.

 

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Aven SkyGazer

macrumors regular

Original poster

• Aug 30, 2009

• #4

Ah. so there isn't much I can do to my MB other than memory ups and hard drive hum?

 

skye12

macrumors 65816

• Aug 30, 2009

• #5

That's about all you can do with any Apple laptop. But the 7200 HD
can speed things up nicely.

 

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bumzo1

macrumors 6502a

• Aug 30, 2009

• #6

skye12 said:

That's about all you can do with any Apple laptop. .

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hard drive and ram is about all you can do on any laptop whether its a mac or not

 

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old-wiz

macrumors G3

• Aug 30, 2009

• #7

Unfortunately the laptops aren't as modular as desktops so you can't simply take out a video card and replace it.

 

Airforcekid

macrumors 68000

• Aug 30, 2009

• #8

Put a solid state drive in it will double the speed!

 

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Aven SkyGazer

macrumors regular

Original poster

• Aug 30, 2009

• #9

awesome. do you know which hard drive is most capatable and most cutting edge for my specific laptop?

 

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BayouBengal

macrumors regular

• Aug 30, 2009

• #10

When getting a hard drive make sure it's low profile enough to fit in addition to the obvious needing to be a 2.5" drive. 1TB laptop drives are hitting the market but they are slightly taller than most laptop drives and may not fit inside MacBooks.