MacBook Pro 1,1 Upgrade

[PtitJunky]

Bonjour,
Recently I was given an old MacBook Pro 1.1 Core Duo 1.83 I was wondering if the CPU could be upgraded? Or the motherboard with ideally the last 2007 MacBook Pro Core 2 Duo

Sorry for my wonderful English

 

[Roman78]

The CPU is BGA-soldered to the logicboard, so an upgrade is not that easy. The MBP 2.1 logicboard should be the same layout, but i am not that sure about all the connectors.

 

[hwojtek]

I had to do the opposite once and the 1,1 motherboard fits a 2,1 comfortably, so they are interchangable.

 

[PtitJunky]

Thank you for your answers !! , after some research the only "big" difference between the two motherboards would be that the 2007 has an additional FireWire port. Do you think I can remove it and keep a fonctional motherboard ?

 

[hwojtek]

Uhm, I'm sorry - had to check it (it's my mom's computer) and it has been downgraded from Macbook Pro 3,1 to 2,1, not 2,1 → 1,1. Sorry for the disinformation.

 

[Patcell]

Is this something that's cost-effective on such an old machine..? Maybe put the money toward a slightly newer used MacBook Pro??

 

[crazy frog]

I dont know if it would even fit the case and cooler but the 2008 model is far superior and they made a revised gpu chipset which is reliable and would happily run dosdude catalina

 

[PtitJunky]

finally, it is a MacBook Pro 4.1 early 2008 that I recovered. Yes, because I always use Snow Leopard and Rosetta ... ArticFox and Pages 09 always serve me ^^