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[dmarco]

Are MacBook Air & MacBook Pro Ram and SSD interchangeable?

I have a mid 2012 Macbook Air with 4Gb of Ram and 128Gb SSD. My friend is selling his broken MacBook Pro with 16Gb of Ram and 512Gb SSD. I would like to know if the Ram modules and SSD are interchangeable between these two so that I could swap mine out and add more storage space and faster speeds???

[el-John-o]

Originally Posted by dmarco

Are MacBook Air & MacBook Pro Ram and SSD interchangeable?

I have a mid 2012 Macbook Air with 4Gb of Ram and 128Gb SSD. My friend is selling his broken MacBook Pro with 16Gb of Ram and 512Gb SSD. I would like to know if the Ram modules and SSD are interchangeable between these two so that I could swap mine out and add more storage space and faster speeds???

No. The MacBook Air has the RAM soldered on, it's not replaceable at all. In the case of the SSD, it is replaceable, but it's a blade SSD similar to the retina, it won't use a standard 2.5" drive like the Pro.

[Cubytus]

Originally Posted by el-John-o

No. The MacBook Air has the RAM soldered on, it's not replaceable at all. In the case of the SSD, it is replaceable, but it's a blade SSD similar to the retina, it won't use a standard 2.5" drive like the Pro.

So much for buying a non-standard, the least upgrade able Mac ever.

Better stick this SSD in an external enclosure, if you can find a Thunderbolt one. Otherwise you're stuck with USB 3