Hey I'm looking to get a used or Apple refurb 15" 2015 MBP. Is it possible to swap the SSD from my 2014 to a 2015? This one I'm looking to get seems to be in excellent condition but only has a 250gb SSD. Mine has a 512Gb. Here is the link. https://www.kijiji.ca/v-laptops/ott...i7/1329316372?enableSearchNavigationFlag=true
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Swap SSD from 13" 2014 MBP to 15" 2015 MBP
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Hmm okay. I'm just making sure as I know the socket is the same on both models but if I recall the max SSD speed is higher on the 2015. Guess it just means the SSD from the 2014 won't go as fast as the 2015 model is capable of doing.
I don't think you can, or want to do that. The 2015 SSDs are considerably faster. And I also thought they used nVME.
I used an Intel 600p nvme drive in my 2015 13" air with good results using information from this thread: https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/upgrading-2013-2014-macbook-pro-ssd-to-m-2-nvme.2034976/
Thanks. I'll check it out. But if I can just swap the drives than it saves me buying a new SSD. A 480gb OWC drive is $480 Canadian. https://eshop.macsales.com/shop/ssd/owc/macbook-pro-retina-display/2013-2014-2015
The OEM apple drives are pricey and rare where I live. I found a person selling a new 256 GB Intel 600p and, since I already had the sintech adapter, decided to buy the intel to perform the swap. I happen to be running High Sierra on my air at the time so the timing worked out for me. Total cost was around $110 CAD for the drive and adapter. Honestly, I could have lived with a 128 GB drive.
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Yeah Apple charges pretty high price for their upgrades. But I'm not just buying an SSD by itself. I'm planning to take the one out of my 2014 MBP and put it into a 2015 MBP.
I did the exact same thing yesterday, it works fine and you'll get the same reading speed but you'll lose on the reading speed 700mb/s vs 1300mb/s
That's exactly what I did. Bought a Mac with a bigger SSD, swapped drives, and then sold it for what I paid for it and I was left with a big drive in my Mac
I'm not worried about losing read speed. My drive is plenty fast for me. I don't do anything with large files and such.
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That's exactly what I did. Bought a Mac with a bigger SSD, swapped drives, and then sold it for what I paid for it and I was left with a big drive in my Mac
Hehe I'm kinda doing the opposite as the newer Mac has the smaller drive.
Is this even worth it though? I can't justify the cost of a new Mac. They're way overpriced though I'm sure people will somehow try and justify the absurd prices Apple charges. A 15" 2017 with the specs I'd want is $3,699 CAD + tax. That's insane. No computer is worth 4k.
Nonsense many computers are worth more than $4000 Canadian. Not worth it to you maybe but for many people that’s a small amount to pay for hardware for work. Photographers spend 10’s of thousands for cameras and lenses for example and a few grand on a computer to process those pics is nothing a tax write off in many cases. These are High quality premium devices And use incredibly expensive components (as you are finding out) designed with a professional use in mind and priced accordingly.
That's fine. But it doesn't change the fact that products and services in this world are way overpriced. To me that devalues the dollar. It doesn't have any value anymore when things can be priced at any price. A simplified example is bread. When at one point cost 5 cents and now can cost $5 then something is severely wrong.
What are you talking about? bread prices go up and down with inflation and commodity prices (quick hint climate change is ruining wheat crops and driving up flour prices and energy costs have risen rapidly) And 5cent bread in the last 25 years was only ever a massive loss leader to get you into a supermarket in one of those stupid supermarket “who can do the cheapest basics” wars. Bread at $5 is just fleecing hipsters for bread with some strange named grains in it. I am pretty sure you can buy a decent loaf of bread for under $2 and that seems a fair price. Also a quick look at the internet will show a current investigation into bread price fixing in Canada.
Apples computers are priced much the same as other high end machines whether from dell or HP or Lenovo or Microsoft. There are however much cheaper options out there and if you can’t afford a high end machine then buy a lesser machine that you can afford.
No one has a right to buy what ever they want at the price they want to pay that’s madness, but that seems to be your argument. You want a Mac so Apple should price them accordingly, unfortunately that’s not how the world works.
If you can’t or won’t spend what Apple charge for their computers then you have literally 2 choices, buy something you can afford or go without a computer. Whinging on about it on here is the same as me going on a Ferrari forum and complaining that I can’t buy one because I haven’t got the money, I’m pretty sure I would be told where to go and to buy something I can afford. Apple computers are luxury items and if you want them then earn the money save up pay what they cost.
Thanks for that unneeded lecture. My "argument" is not to pay whatever price I want. I'm just suggesting things be more affordable. More and more things are being priced so high that the average person cannot afford them. That's called greed and corruption. I have no issue with a company making a profit cause that how they stay in business. But don't mark up a product far higher than it needs to be just so that the ones at the top can line their greedy pockets. The bread analogy was good example. Bread even at $2 is no more valuable than when it was 5 cents back in possibly ~1950's. It's not like the quality has gotten any better. I recall an older lady one time commenting that at one time you could fill a grocery cart completely full for under $20. Now that same amount of groceries could be over $400. The product isn't more valuable. Food is food. It's just that those at the top became greedy and hiked the prices sky high.
Another example is my grandpa's house. When my grand parents were married decades ago they bought that house for $17,000 with a big sized lot of land. Over the years that lot has gotten smaller with other houses being built around my grandpas house. The only real upgrades to the house have been all new windows. But if he sold his house now (which he will have to pretty soon due to his old age) He'd probably get $300,000+ for it. Sure that's a decent chunk of change but the house isn't worth any more than he paid for it back in the day. Especially with a much smaller lot of land.
It just astounds me that people can actually approve of the high cost of living being experienced nowadays.
You clearly don't understand supply and demand, anything is worth what people will pay for it. In the case of bread the minimum prices are set by cost and upper prices are set by demand for more expensive premium products (bread never cost 5 cents to make and sell it was losing money on every loaf if that was the price in the last 50 years, that is a loss leader, a way of getting shoppers into your shop by losing money on a product that everyone has to buy and is unsustainable, shops have by and large stopped this practice after it got out of hand in the noughties, now you have price fixing issues with all shops agreeing to gouge customers for a product, as is being investigated in Canada as we speak). Of course bread is not a computer its is a basic necessity and price gouging is unacceptable.
What you seem to have difficulty understanding is that an apple computer is a luxury good its not a necessity you don't need it to live, you buy it because you want it and the price is the same as any luxury good its exhorbitant. I'm not defending it I'm explaining it, and explaining why you have no grounds for complaint, its not like anything has changed apple computers have always been expensive (the MacBook air was $1800 US in 2008). In fact all luxury goods have always been priced way above the man in the street that's what makes them luxury goods, whether it was silk or exotic spices in the middle ages, tea in the age before the British empire or jewellery and art at any time.
Lets take a silly pointless unconnected example as you seem to like those, Honey, you can spend a couple of dollars and get some honey, its still a luxury good its not essential but you can get reasonably priced honey and it will do the job it will sweeten stuff and tastes nice on that expensive toast or you can spend $30 on Manuka honey with its spurious claims to health benefits and other nonsense it will still sweeten your food or spread on toast but you've paid ten times as much for it, that's fine if luxury honey is your bag spend the money.
Now look at computers, you can certainly argue that they are a necessity in a western economy making the comparison with honey a little wrong, but for day to day basic stuff you can buy a $200-300 computer that will do all of those day to day things you need or use a cheap smartphone or tablet. Or of course you can buy a premium computer made by a premium brand with spectacular specs and in a beautiful package and pay through the nose (10x as much shock horror!!) for an apple MacBook pro just like that utterly pointless comparison with honey. Of course even apple has cheaper products you can also use a MacBook air or a mac mini and spend less half what you would for a pro, with similar functionality.
In other words anything that is a want is provided purely on a price point that people are willing to pay, if you aren't then that's your choice don't pay it buy something else, but many people are willing to pay this money for a premium product and until that changes apples prices will stay high and rightly so they have a legal obligation to their shareholders to maximise profits.
Just a quick note in case you come back with the "what about those that need them for their work?" question. Those using a macbook pro professionally have even less to complain about. They know what they need, they know about how much they cost (once you take into account inflation and currency conversion changes apples computers have remained fairly stable price wise for the last decade) and they have a fair idea how often they need a new one. Any decent business plan will include capital replacement of IT equipment and be budgeted for in their business, so they can just get a new one every 3-4 years and have the money there when they need it. Anyone not operating like this is asking for trouble to be honest and putting their livelihood at risk. Hell they should also have spare equipment for breakdowns and a slush fund or insurance for catastrophic equipment failure at any time as well.
So in summary, is it crap that everyone can't afford to buy anything they want?? Yes it is!!
Is this life and the way its always been?? Yes it is??
Is it replicated across just about any sector of goods you can mention?? Yes it is??
Do you have a million and one other options for computing at a vast array of price points to choose from?? Yes you do!! Does this mean that moaning about the cost of expensive luxury apple products both pointless and a little silly?? Yes it does.
Why do you want to "upgrade" to the 2015 MacBook Pro if you already have the 2014 one. There is not a huge difference and even a used one is still a lot of money. I would rather save up for the 2018 MacBook Pro or wait for a used 2016 or 2017. The price difference can't be that big, what are you doing that the 2014 MacBook Pro is no good to you?
If you want the read/write speeds of the 2014 in the 2015 body that's all you're going to get. Maybe force touch too.
If you want the read/write speeds of the 2014 in the 2015 body that's all you're going to get. Maybe force touch too.