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adiddas125

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Hi! Ive been lurking on this forum and been reading alot of great advice from you all! I have decided to buy an apple macbook tonight (blackbook), ordered 2gb ram, and a 120gb hdd (internal), and a 500gb external. I have never used a mac before, but I look forward to using one soon for medical school! I hope this macbook is as good as everyone says it is.

As far as upgrading my hard drive, do I need to buy a new copy of Mac OSX tiger when I install my 120gb Seagate? Anyone wanna buy a 80gb Hdd? 😛 Thanks for all your advices and help! I look forward to some great responses as usual.
 
Congrats on your purchase, I'm sure you will love it!

I think that you can use the OS X disk that comes with your MacBook to reinstall it on the upgraded HD.
 
adiddas125 said:
As far as upgrading my hard drive, do I need to buy a new copy of Mac OSX tiger when I install my 120gb Seagate? Anyone wanna buy a 80gb Hdd? 😛 Thanks for all your advices and help! I look forward to some great responses as usual.
Your MacBook comes with all the back-up dvds and software. Just use those to install OS X on your new HD. Be sure to format.
 
Hey I just did the same thing, same internals, except a white one, and an external half the size of yours. You can use the OS X discs that come with it on your new hard drive and it'll work nicely.
 
nice. i was looking at the black macbook for a long time before ultimately going with the 15 inch macbook pro. just ordered it today!

my buddy got the black macbook and i know it runs really well. hope you enjoy it. i can't wait for mine!
 
Blackbook's are awesome you will love it, especially as your a mac newbie.....I remember the days of my first mac 😛

ShaDow
 
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