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13" Macbook Air or New New MBP?

aznguyen316 said:
agreed. The MBA "Feels" faster pretty much b/c of the SSD.

Put in an SSD and bam pretty much solid.

Here's my i7 13" 2011 killin' it w/ SSD. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pmxLICfrOc4

i5/i7 will help in your minor video, but that's about it in terms of your uses. Lower resolution though too in the MBP.
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congrats man.. your MBP seems to be as fast as a normal Air - but the truth is that it is faster =P


AppleScruff1 said:
Nice!! Is it easy to install the SSD in the new MBP? I saw that you have to remove the entire back now, not just an access panel. And does it still use regular phillips screws?
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check this website... its really easy to do:
http://www.ifixit.com/Guide/Repair/...nibody-Mid-2010-Hard-Drive-Replacement/4305/1
they have other How-to's to MBP, maybe you wanna check them too.
 
I have them all, 13 air, 11 air, 15 MBP Sandy Bridge 2.3ghz high rez matt and they are all great but for doing light work on the go the 13" is phenomenal. Now for real stuff the macbook pro is awesome because I have 2 750gb HDs in in it so I have all my stuff. If I had to pick one though it would be the 13" air and some portable hard drives for sure. Oh and all the screens are fantastic and equal, no wash out.
 
aznguyen316 said:
It's still super easy. The actual HDD part is the same as before, with the Torx T6 screws.. the back panel isn't anything hard either, I like it better than the access panel b/c that thing always moved a little bit when I held it and that bothered me. The full back panel makes it feel much more solid. Anyway yeah it's just a small philips screwdriver to take off the back panel screws, nothing more to it. Take off the back panel and you'll see the HDD. Two more philips screws that hold down the HDD, torx, remove connector, swap.

I have a 120GB SSD.
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Excellent! Are there screws under the rubber feet on the bottom panel or just around the edges? So the ssd is installed in place of the optical drive? Are there any other modifications necessary or do you just unscrew the optical drive and replace it with the ssd? I'm assuming you run the OS and Apps on the ssd and use the original hdd for storage? How do you set that up? Thanks for the info.
 
AppleScruff1 said:
Excellent! Are there screws under the rubber feet on the bottom panel or just around the edges? So the ssd is installed in place of the optical drive? Are there any other modifications necessary or do you just unscrew the optical drive and replace it with the ssd? I'm assuming you run the OS and Apps on the ssd and use the original hdd for storage? How do you set that up? Thanks for the info.
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Naw I put the SSD in the main drive slot, and put the HDD into a caddy that is shaped exactly like the superdrive and that plugs in. The optibay thing is a bit tougher than the main drive slot though... but yeah main OS and apps are installed in ssd and my home folder is set to the HDD as storage etc. Done under account settings --> change home folder location. easy..
 
aznguyen316 said:
Naw I put the SSD in the main drive slot, and put the HDD into a caddy that is shaped exactly like the superdrive and that plugs in. The optibay thing is a bit tougher than the main drive slot though... but yeah main OS and apps are installed in ssd and my home folder is set to the HDD as storage etc. Done under account settings --> change home folder location. easy..
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Do you have a link for the caddy? Where does it plug in?
 
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The Air is better than the 13" Pro, but not the 15" and 17" Pro.
 
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The Air is better than the 13" Pro, but not the 15" and 17" Pro.
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How do you figure that?
 
Nice!! Is it easy to install the SSD in the new MBP? I saw that you have to remove the entire back now, not just an access panel. And does it still use regular phillips screws?
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I put a 128 GB SSD in my 2011 MBP right after I got it. I've never really had a problem getting the screws out, but for some reason with this one I did. I stripped two of them but thankfully took it to the Apple store and they got them out for me (and then, per my request, gave me a few extras). Make sure you use a size 000 screwdriver. The 00 can work, but 000 is what you really need.
There are the torx screws on the sides of the HDD/SSD that you'll need to remove and put in the housings. I also noticed they've added little rubber square like things for some reason. They might have been in earlier MBP's, but if they were - I've never seen them. But yes, all in all, installing a new HDD/SSD in a MBP is about a 15 minute process, max.
 
Honestly if you want a MBA, just get a MBP 13, unless you need a really really really lightweight computer.

the 13 may have lower resolution, but its processor is better suited to multi-tasking, can handle flash better, and will play HD video better because the IGP relies on the processor.

also you can throw in a very fast SSD for less than the BTO option
 
foulmouthedleon said:
I put a 128 GB SSD in my 2011 MBP right after I got it. I've never really had a problem getting the screws out, but for some reason with this one I did. I stripped two of them but thankfully took it to the Apple store and they got them out for me (and then, per my request, gave me a few extras). Make sure you use a size 000 screwdriver. The 00 can work, but 000 is what you really need.
There are the torx screws on the sides of the HDD/SSD that you'll need to remove and put in the housings. I also noticed they've added little rubber square like things for some reason. They might have been in earlier MBP's, but if they were - I've never seen them. But yes, all in all, installing a new HDD/SSD in a MBP is about a 15 minute process, max.
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So it's 000 philips for the case screws and T-6 for the Torx?
 
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