Hi everybody,
My sister has a white macbook [MacBook 2.4GHz Intel Core 2 Duo (13-inch White)] and her birthday is coming up at the end of March. Her computer is starting to go a little slow on her and I'd like to fix it up for her so she can make the most of it for college. I know it can still be a very good computer, I just don't know what parts and upgrades I should make for her.
I am willing to spend up to around $300 on parts for her, I know I can do all the upgrades myself.
It still has the stock ram and hard-drive in it.
I was thinking of upgrading the Ram and probably throwing a hybrid hard drive in there? and then I would upgrade it to Mountain Lion for her, since I still have Mountain Lion from when I upgraded my MBP. I can use the free copy I got for upgrade when I bought my MBP, right? since it is tied to my App Store account?
I appreciate any and all suggestions, including experiences you guys have had trying to upgrade yours.
Oh, and she mostly uses it for school (pre-dental) for writing papers and looking at slides. But when she uses it in her free-time it is for photo-editing and other artsy-type projects. She's an avid photographer.
Thank you,
Hassan
TL;DR Upgrading MacBook 2.4GHz Intel Core 2 Duo (13-inch White) and need tips on upgrades to make and products to use
My sister has a white macbook [MacBook 2.4GHz Intel Core 2 Duo (13-inch White)] and her birthday is coming up at the end of March. Her computer is starting to go a little slow on her and I'd like to fix it up for her so she can make the most of it for college. I know it can still be a very good computer, I just don't know what parts and upgrades I should make for her.
I am willing to spend up to around $300 on parts for her, I know I can do all the upgrades myself.
It still has the stock ram and hard-drive in it.
I was thinking of upgrading the Ram and probably throwing a hybrid hard drive in there? and then I would upgrade it to Mountain Lion for her, since I still have Mountain Lion from when I upgraded my MBP. I can use the free copy I got for upgrade when I bought my MBP, right? since it is tied to my App Store account?
I appreciate any and all suggestions, including experiences you guys have had trying to upgrade yours.
Oh, and she mostly uses it for school (pre-dental) for writing papers and looking at slides. But when she uses it in her free-time it is for photo-editing and other artsy-type projects. She's an avid photographer.
Thank you,
Hassan
TL;DR Upgrading MacBook 2.4GHz Intel Core 2 Duo (13-inch White) and need tips on upgrades to make and products to use