How to upgrade ibooks ?

if you are ordering from apple, you can BTO. (built to order, at apple.com, you can customize several aspects of the laptop you order.) BTO is fairly rare for non-apple Mac vendors. this will keep the warranty intact, but will make the iBook un-returnable, even paying the re-stocking fee.

if you are getting an older iBook that's out of warranty, then you can replace the HD yourself. you will, of course, risk breaking the machine but there are sites on the web that shows how you can do it.

 

I don't think this voids the warranty. But they don't say whether they are their 5400 RPM drives, the only way it could be considered worth it if you still haven't bought your iBook.

 

If you are getting a new iBook then do the custom order for a larger HD. If you have an older iBook I would recommend that you have a local Apple certified repair person do the upgrade. They will have had experience replacing HDs, and some places may offer a warranty on the installation. Do it through someone who has experience.

 

On the white iBooks, you can upgrade your hard drive, ram, and CD Drive to a combo drive. It isn't simple to get into the units, but for simple upgrades like those noted above, it isn't difficult either.

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