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new MacBook w/new HD and Memory

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stvfisher

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Jan 16, 2008
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So I ordered a MacBook (BlackBook), and new Western Digital hard drive (320GB, 5400RPM) and 4 GB of RAM (Kingston)... all from newegg. I expect the items to come today or tomorrow, so here's my question...

Do I boot the laptop up and use it with the original parts for a set amount of time, or do I go straight for the upgrade and immediately remove the manufacturer memory and hard drive and replace them with the upgraded parts?
 
stvfisher said:
So I ordered a MacBook (BlackBook), and new Western Digital hard drive (320GB, 5400RPM) and 4 GB of RAM (Kingston)... all from newegg. I expect the items to come today or tomorrow, so here's my question...

Do I boot the laptop up and use it with the original parts for a set amount of time, or do I go straight for the upgrade and immediately remove the manufacturer memory and hard drive and replace them with the upgraded parts?
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Go straight to the new parts and get that puppy up and running!
 
I don't think that it would make a difference on when you would do it, so swap them out first.
 
I would start it up and make sure it is working right before changing anything, just in case there is a problem you know it isn't with any of the upgrades.
 
nslyax said:
I would start it up and make sure it is working right before changing anything, just in case there is a problem you know it isn't with any of the upgrades.
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Good point, make sure that there would not be an immediate need to return the computer before swapping out the drives.
 
nslyax said:
I would start it up and make sure it is working right before changing anything, just in case there is a problem you know it isn't with any of the upgrades.
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That's what I was thinking... but I also thought about just rolling the dice and putting in the new parts, THEN if there was a problem switching back to the old parts to confirm where the problem exists.

Do you think I should just start it up and just make sure it boots, or should I actually 'test drive' it for a few days?
 
If anything, test drive it for a few hours, if no problems show up by then, then I would toss in the new HDD and RAM.
 
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