LOL you can chop a grand off that if u bought the SSD off newegg. theres nothign special about appls SSDs
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Saving money and self-installing hi-res
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LOL you can chop a grand off that if u bought the SSD off newegg. theres nothign special about appls SSDs
Apple Australia upcharges $1275 for the 512GB SSD (a ridiculous number). Still, I'd like to see where you found a 512GB SSD shipped to Australia for $275 that would save him the thousand dollars you're talking about.
Same. Cheapest here for a decent 6gb/s one is about $600-900... still keeps it above the $3000 altogether cost the other poster was saying doesn't exist.
here...obv not that cheap but you still save so much that you could go out and buy yourself 16GB of corsair ram for your mac from the same people as below AND still have enough to prob buy a 120gb or less SSD for your optibay if you so inclined
http://www.scorptec.com.au/computer/45429-vtx4-25sat3-512g
http://www.scorptec.com.au/computer/44522-ssdsc2cw480a3k5
http://www.scorptec.com.au/computer/42995-cssd-f480gbgt-bk
I feel I need to clarify as my title was misleading.
It wasn't intended to be two separate occasions. I am going to self-install the hi-res screen and will save money by spending $300 now to get a complete assembly to install instead of spending ~$3000AU to get a new system just for the screen.
In my current setup I have:
2011 2.2GHz i7 MBP
512GB Toshiba SSD in optical bay (as both are 3GB/S)
120GB MACH XTREME SATAIII SSD 540MB/s 510MB/s
Both run silently, and I now get ~8 hours real battery life, with 85% battery health/ total of original capacity.
It has 16GB RAM, and the 1GB optional VRAM (which I rarely use comparatively, as I use this for a nice little run-around for reading and viewing guides)
It does improve actual movie watching though, which is appreciated.
If I bought a new one I'd have to return this one's RAM to the original configuration and HDD config. and considering I live regionally, I'd lose out as there wouldn't be many local buyers.
So yeah, bought one from HK and getting it delivered early Monday. Have practiced removing the video cable + airport/bluetooth connectors and have a knack for it now so that worry's gone.
I'll let you guys know how it goes, and thankyou for the help and advice
P.S. I've scoured the earth for footage of someone changing the complete display assembly but have not found one anywhere. Did Apple pull them so people have to go to Service Centres to repair?
It wasn't intended to be two separate occasions. I am going to self-install the hi-res screen and will save money by spending $300 now to get a complete assembly to install instead of spending ~$3000AU to get a new system just for the screen.
In my current setup I have:
2011 2.2GHz i7 MBP
512GB Toshiba SSD in optical bay (as both are 3GB/S)
120GB MACH XTREME SATAIII SSD 540MB/s 510MB/s
Both run silently, and I now get ~8 hours real battery life, with 85% battery health/ total of original capacity.
It has 16GB RAM, and the 1GB optional VRAM (which I rarely use comparatively, as I use this for a nice little run-around for reading and viewing guides)
It does improve actual movie watching though, which is appreciated.
If I bought a new one I'd have to return this one's RAM to the original configuration and HDD config. and considering I live regionally, I'd lose out as there wouldn't be many local buyers.
So yeah, bought one from HK and getting it delivered early Monday. Have practiced removing the video cable + airport/bluetooth connectors and have a knack for it now so that worry's gone.
I'll let you guys know how it goes, and thankyou for the help and advice
P.S. I've scoured the earth for footage of someone changing the complete display assembly but have not found one anywhere. Did Apple pull them so people have to go to Service Centres to repair?
Sure thing mate. Don't know if it's against forum rules as I am in no way sponsored by/ affiliated with the eBay store but here's the linky:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/New-661-584...ltDomain_0&hash=item1e6e39191a#ht_1745wt_1378
It was either that, with 3-5 days delivery, or pay $550 to buy locally, haha.
So, easy choice
Best part is, I can keep the old, current screen as a replacement if I ever break the matte one. Which I hopefully won't
Sure thing mate. Don't know if it's against forum rules as I am in no way sponsored by/ affiliated with the eBay store but here's the linky:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/New-661-584...ltDomain_0&hash=item1e6e39191a#ht_1745wt_1378
It was either that, with 3-5 days delivery, or pay $550 to buy locally, haha.
So, easy choice
Best part is, I can keep the old, current screen as a replacement if I ever break the matte one. Which I hopefully won't
Nice buy! I'm sure they couldve been a bit cheaper, but at least you get a brand new one, bot a broken, scratched one like me
And I commend you on your willingness to do this- as you can see, some people on the forums would just rather be led around by apple and arent willing to take their precios apple out of its case, and would rather use a Dell instead.
Truly, its not that hard to do it. Basically, it takes ~1hr, and you have a very small chance of ruining something (basically the screen cable is the worst part to put in. Go slowly on that one). I am with you, and would so much rather spend $300 on a screen, NOT $3600 in store.
And for you, mr DrKockter, there are some of us here who would like to actually UPGRADE the computers we buy, WITHOUT paying FOUR times the price it costs to actually do it.
Most apple stores wouldnt even attempt doing this. At least the OP is trying to save a little cash. I wonder where you will be in a few years, because, apple laptops ACTUALLY cost between $3000 and $4000. My dream laptop is a good $3600. So I would not say anything.
Maybe you have an iBook 3g. Worth about $25 now. So probably, yeah, in your view apple laptops only cost $25!
Nice buy! I'm sure they couldve been a bit cheaper, but at least you get a brand new one, bot a broken, scratched one like me
And I commend you on your willingness to do this- as you can see, some people on the forums would just rather be led around by apple and arent willing to take their precios apple out of its case, and would rather use a Dell instead.
Truly, its not that hard to do it. Basically, it takes ~1hr, and you have a very small chance of ruining something (basically the screen cable is the worst part to put in. Go slowly on that one). I am with you, and would so much rather spend $300 on a screen, NOT $3600 in store.
And for you, mr DrKockter, there are some of us here who would like to actually UPGRADE the computers we buy, WITHOUT paying FOUR times the price it costs to actually do it.
Most apple stores wouldnt even attempt doing this. At least the OP is trying to save a little cash. I wonder where you will be in a few years, because, apple laptops ACTUALLY cost between $3000 and $4000. My dream laptop is a good $3600. So I would not say anything.
Maybe you have an iBook 3g. Worth about $25 now. So probably, yeah, in your view apple laptops only cost $25!
Cheers mate
Yeah, the actual screen cable was a bit of a nail-biter as it didn't want to go in properly the first time as the opposite ends kept snagging >.<
However, took a deep breath and tried again with steadier hands and it went in, lickety-split.
I'll keep you all posted, if you can still find this page when it's done next week, amidst the new product posts
I totally forgot the photos
I did get it installed though and it works a treat. It's a sight thinner than the glossy screens, due to the lack of glass plating, but I sure do appreciate the extra real estate, and the lack of glare.
It also seems to have lowered my power consumption, quoting me for 9 hours battery while running no internet and text editing, or 7 hours using internet and browsing. Pretty brilliant for a near-to-new battery.
Gave myself a scare for a bit when I'd not attached the Bluetooth cable correctly, so I had to open it up again.
I'd left my USB interent dongle in the slot though and as such it wouldn't boot 'till I removed it. Thought I'd fried my mobo for a bit!
Still, all went better than expected. The best advice I can give is to take your time, and make a box with a compartment for each step in which you remove/add components or screws. Then, simply work backwards when you're done.
Took me about 25minutes all up, which ain't too bad
I would have got the slightly spec-bumped new one, but my wife said $500 tops for upgrades, so I got 16GB RAM and the hi-res screen. Hoping it'll last me quite some time. Beautiful machine, always does what its told
$100 for the high-res upgrade is pretty reasonable though. Tempting, to say the least.
I'll probably get the 2nd or 3rd 'vamp of the RMBP when they're out, but for now the resolution on this baby does everything I could want or more. With my terrible close-up eyesight this already looks "retina" to me
To be honest, half the fun was in the rush of following the instructions on my mini running through the T.V. and trying not to break anything haha
I totally forgot the photos
I did get it installed though and it works a treat. It's a sight thinner than the glossy screens, due to the lack of glass plating, but I sure do appreciate the extra real estate, and the lack of glare.
It also seems to have lowered my power consumption, quoting me for 9 hours battery while running no internet and text editing, or 7 hours using internet and browsing. Pretty brilliant for a near-to-new battery.
Gave myself a scare for a bit when I'd not attached the Bluetooth cable correctly, so I had to open it up again.
I'd left my USB interent dongle in the slot though and as such it wouldn't boot 'till I removed it. Thought I'd fried my mobo for a bit!
Still, all went better than expected. The best advice I can give is to take your time, and make a box with a compartment for each step in which you remove/add components or screws. Then, simply work backwards when you're done.
Took me about 25minutes all up, which ain't too bad
This was a very helpful thread. I recently bought a used mid-2012 2.3 i7 MBP from a friend, and have the 1440x900 screen installed. I am also pretty good at tinkering with electronics (I've replaced my iphone 4s cracked screen before, so I feel this is a bigger version of that.)
I had a question though: If I'm upgrading the screen to a 1680x1050, so that I too, can have more real estate, do I just open the machine, remove the 1440x900 screen, and replace it with the 1680x1050 screen? I'm just curious if I need to install new drivers and whatnot. But if it just works once plugged in, that's wonderful!
Thanks in advance for your response.
THANKS for this thread! I have a mid-2012 cMBP with the 900 resolution screen and am really wanting to upgrade the display to the 1050 hi-res screen. I got a killer deal on this MBP so not interested in selling to buy a build-to-order. I'm comfortable with these kind of projects and can't wait to do this upgrade! Not having much luck finding after-market displays that mention 2012 MBP compatibility specifically but it looks like 2010-2011 model displays are compatible with the same connectors and mounts.
Just a few questions: What year is the MBP that you did this with? Have you seen any performance hits when viewing video or photo/video work? I'm curious if that's a concern. I have the Intel 4000/Nvidia 650m (512mb) and would like to confirm if that might be a consideration to think about. Are there any driver or setting modifications needed in the OS to make this work or is it a simple 'plug-n-play' arrangement?
Just a few questions: What year is the MBP that you did this with? Have you seen any performance hits when viewing video or photo/video work? I'm curious if that's a concern. I have the Intel 4000/Nvidia 650m (512mb) and would like to confirm if that might be a consideration to think about. Are there any driver or setting modifications needed in the OS to make this work or is it a simple 'plug-n-play' arrangement?
This was a very helpful thread. I recently bought a used mid-2012 2.3 i7 MBP from a friend, and have the 1440x900 screen installed. I am also pretty good at tinkering with electronics (I've replaced my iphone 4s cracked screen before, so I feel this is a bigger version of that.)
I had a question though: If I'm upgrading the screen to a 1680x1050, so that I too, can have more real estate, do I just open the machine, remove the 1440x900 screen, and replace it with the 1680x1050 screen? I'm just curious if I need to install new drivers and whatnot. But if it just works once plugged in, that's wonderful!
Thanks in advance for your response.
Monitors are pretty much 100% plug and play. It reports its max resolution and refresh rate to the OS, which sets it accordingly.
Hello,
I also have a Macbook Pro mid 2012 15" that I want to replace the screen with a Hi-resolution screen. I contacted the "laptopscreen.com" support via chat and they've told me that they do not advice interchanging resolutions as they might have different cable ports or connectors, I'm not really familiar with these.
I just wanted to ask if "Necrotique's" MBP 15 2011 is just the same (monitor) as the MBP 15 Mid 2012? If so, I think then we can also replace our screens
Any advice is greatly appreciated
Thank you!
I also have a Macbook Pro mid 2012 15" that I want to replace the screen with a Hi-resolution screen. I contacted the "laptopscreen.com" support via chat and they've told me that they do not advice interchanging resolutions as they might have different cable ports or connectors, I'm not really familiar with these.
I just wanted to ask if "Necrotique's" MBP 15 2011 is just the same (monitor) as the MBP 15 Mid 2012? If so, I think then we can also replace our screens
Any advice is greatly appreciated
Thank you!
This was a very helpful thread. I recently bought a used mid-2012 2.3 i7 MBP from a friend, and have the 1440x900 screen installed. I am also pretty good at tinkering with electronics (I've replaced my iphone 4s cracked screen before, so I feel this is a bigger version of that.)
I had a question though: If I'm upgrading the screen to a 1680x1050, so that I too, can have more real estate, do I just open the machine, remove the 1440x900 screen, and replace it with the 1680x1050 screen? I'm just curious if I need to install new drivers and whatnot. But if it just works once plugged in, that's wonderful!
Thanks in advance for your response.
which screen do you recommend - the 2010/11 MBA screen? I have an upgraded 2012 MBP 13" with 16GB RAM and 1 TB SSD. Not going to change computers but I absolutely hate the screen resolution, especially having "upgraded" from the same year MBA with the 1440 resolution.