If you want to upgrade HDD to 7200 rpm ???

[RafMac]

If you want to upgrade HDD to 7200 rpm, will it void your new MacBook Pro 2010 warranty? Some say yes, some say no?

Do you think there is a big difference between 5400 rpm and 7200 rpm drives on the new i7 MacBooks?

I don't know if I should have had paid the extra $50 for the 7200 HDD, but buying same HDD would cost me $95 and and I would have 2 drives on hand.

 

[spinnerlys]

It will not void the warranty, it is even explained in some detail on page 37 in the User Guide for the MacBook Pro.
http://support.apple.com/manuals/#macbookpro

The difference is 20MB/s in benchmarks and around 15 minutes less battery time. If you use MRoogle, you will find hundreds of threads about this.

 

[Hellhammer]

No, it does not. Apple even provides instructions how to do it

http://manuals.info.apple.com/en_US/MacBook_Pro_13inch_Mid2010.pdf

 

[RafMac]

So we are talking seconds here and it is not that much then. I will leave as is then hope maybe next year SSD will come down in price or just upgrade to 7200 rpm beyong 500Gb once it will be fine.

 

[tekmoe]

It's super easy! I did mine in about 10 minutes. Here's a video that shows you how to do it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uKMBMd6kuWg