upgrade macbook pro without voiding applecare

[whyrichard]

hello,


i have one of the first generation macbook pro's, with apple care -thank g.


i want to upgrade two things:

-airport card to support 802.11n
-the harddrive to something much much larger then 100 gigs!


how can i do this and still be covered?

thanks,
r.

 

[Eidorian]

1. Pay an AASP to do it.
2. Become a Self Service for tech Apple Laptops yourself.

 

[whyrichard]

1. Pay an AASP to do it.
2. Become a Self Service for tech Apple Laptops yourself.

what?!

 

[dornoforpyros]

what?!

lol, in simpler terms, if you attempt to upgrade those parts yourself you will void your applecare.

You need to have an Apple Certified Technician do the work.

 

[cwedl]

I think he meant become a Apple Certified Portable Technician (ACPT) yourself.

http://train.apple.com/certification/hardware.html

 

[Eidorian]

I think he meant become a Apple Certified Portable Technician (ACPT) yourself.

http://train.apple.com/certification/hardware.html

That is what I meant.

I do a lot of work already but I don't have an Apple certification.

 

[dailo]

Correct me if I am wrong, but last time I asked a genius he said even though he was certified he could not perform any upgrades to his own macbook and needed someone else to do it, so I don't know if getting certified means you can fix your own laptop