Can a macbook Pro Retina be upgraded...

[gpspad]

I see a lot of people mention having their macbook pro's upgraded.

I thought they couldn't be, can the memory or the ssd drive in a macbook pro retina be upgraded on your own on certain model years?

Not sure if you physically can't or not supposed to like jailbraking.

 

[brdeveloper]

I see a lot of people mention having their macbook pro's upgraded.

I thought they couldn't be, can the memory or the ssd drive in a macbook pro retina be upgraded on your own on certain model years?

Not sure if you physically can't or not supposed to like jailbraking.

Don't know if Apple Care is void if you upgrade your mid-2012/early-2013 rMBP's SSD. Until now it's the only part you can replace in a rMBP and only in these specific versions (mid-12/early-13).

 

[T5BRICK]

I see a lot of people mention having their macbook pro's upgraded.

I thought they couldn't be, can the memory or the ssd drive in a macbook pro retina be upgraded on your own on certain model years?

Not sure if you physically can't or not supposed to like jailbraking.

Non-retina MacBook Pros have all had upgradeable RAM and HDD. The retina models don't have upgradeable RAM, it's soldered onto the logic board. The SSD is technically upgradeable, but there are basically no aftermarket options available.

 

[capathy21]

I see a lot of people mention having their macbook pro's upgraded.

I thought they couldn't be, can the memory or the ssd drive in a macbook pro retina be upgraded on your own on certain model years?

Not sure if you physically can't or not supposed to like jailbraking.

As stated the SSD is the only upgradable part and as of now, the Late 2013 models do not have aftermarket SSD's available.

 

[FrozenDarkness]

i believe apple's current stance is that even if you do upgrade, they won't repair a unit without your original drive, so if you do end upgrading don't sell your old drive

 

[AZhappyjack]

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[saturnotaku]

the aftermarket SSDs are expensive and can be hard to find.

This is less the case since Transcend introduced its own line of SSDs for the first-generation rMBP.

 

[Crugga]

i believe apple's current stance is that even if you do upgrade, they won't repair a unit without your original drive, so if you do end upgrading don't sell your old drive

I think they will still honour the warranty but wont cover the replacement drive or any damage you cause by swapping it.
But yes seems a good idea keeping the original drive.

 

[maflynn]

I see a lot of people mention having their macbook pro's upgraded.

I thought they couldn't be, can the memory or the ssd drive in a macbook pro retina be upgraded on your own on certain model years?

Not sure if you physically can't or not supposed to like jailbraking.

The memory is soldered onto the logic board, the SSD can, though there's no PCIe SSDs that are comparable yet. So for all intents and purposes current rMBPs cannot be upgraded.

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I think they will still honour the warranty but wont cover the replacement drive or any damage you cause by swapping it.
But yes seems a good idea keeping the original drive.

I believe there have been instances where apple saw a non apple drive in the laptop and refused to honor the warranty. I guess its up to the tech working on the laptop

 

[tivoboy]

Hmm

Not sure what some people are saying here, but the rMBP certainly have upgradeable SSDs, which are not soldered and can easily be swapped out by third party products. Some of which have been available for at least 1.5 years (OWC)

We now have two clear players in that space, OWC and Transcend, which has apparently brought some serious pricing competition to the market, essentially cutting the price overnight by about 30%+..nice for us users.

The general observation from users who have done this is that it doesn't invalidate the Apple warranty, but users who have had any problem have usually tried to put the original OEM drive BACK IN THE MACHINE before taking it in to a store. But, I THINK there is some official statement somewhere from Apple that says 3rd party drive upgrades don't invalidate other elements of the system warranty.

 

[leman]

Not sure what some people are saying here, but the rMBP certainly have upgradeable SSDs, which are not soldered and can easily be swapped out by third party products. Some of which have been available for at least 1.5 years (OWC)

We now have two clear players in that space, OWC and Transcend, which has apparently brought some serious pricing competition to the market, essentially cutting the price overnight by about 30%+..nice for us users.

Show us a single aftermarket SSD that can be used in a current-gen rMBP.

 

[mpe]

OWC sells SATA 6G drives for 2012 rMBP. But as far as I know there is no upgrade for pcie-based 2013 and 2014 models.

If you are lucky, you can get original Apple part but they are quite rare.

 

[tivoboy]

Show us a single aftermarket SSD that can be used in a current-gen rMBP.

not sure bout the 2014 models, but the references above were for 2012/2013 models as others noted.

 

[leman]

not sure bout the 2014 models, but the references above were for 2012/2013 models as others noted.

2012 models, yes. But currently, no third-party PCI-e based SSD modules are available. So I don't think that your previous statement is entirely accurate. having updates for a single generation of a product is not what I would refer to as 'easy' upgradeability.

I do hope that third-party modules will be available soon...