Upgrade Q: Can I put 15-inch Pro drive, into 13-inch Pro?

[AlBDamned]

Hi guys, quick question regarding an upgrade and migration, before I take the more obvious path.

I have:

• a 15-inch MacBook Pro (early 2008) that's fully up to date: 10.6.4 etc.
• a new 13-inch MacBook Pro, with factory install that's up to date.
• a new 240GB SSD which is going in the new 13-inch Pro.

Can I clone my 15-inch machine's drive to the new SSD, and just put that in the new 13-inch Pro? Would that work?

Otherwise, I'm going to go the migration or rebuild from scratch route.

TIA.

 

[spinnerlys]

It should work, but make sure to run Software Update after the switch to get the appropriate drivers for your 13".

 

[Kyffin]

One thing that might cause a problem though is using licensed software on the same network on both machines at the same time- may be some issues running photoshop concurrently (for e.g.).

p.s. hey you do know the OS is at 10.6.5, right? Also making the obvious assumption that you don't have > 240gig on your 15"!

 

[AlBDamned]

See no reason why not (hey you do know the OS is at 10.6.5, right? Also making the obvious assumption that you don't have > 240gig on your 15").

One thing that might cause a problem though is is you're using licensed software on the same network on both machines at the same time- may be some issues running photoshop concurrently (for e.g.)

You're right - 10.6.5 - that's what I have.

The 15-inch is 200GB so that bit should be fine. Good tip on the network issues. MSFT stuff is prone to that issue too.

 

[Kyffin]

You're right - 10.6.5 - that's what I have.

The 15-inch is 200GB so that bit should be fine. Good tip on the network issues. MSFT stuff is prone to that issue too.

Safe, just checking (wasn't calling you out!)

 

[AlBDamned]

Safe, just checking (wasn't calling you out!)

No I know.

It should work, but make sure to run Software Update after the switch to get the appropriate drivers for your 13".

Thanks also.

I'm actually weighing up whether a fresh install would be better anyway. it's more work, but I do have a lot of crap on this one!

 

[Kyffin]

Hey, may as well get the most out of your fast SSD!

fwiw I found re-installing the way to go, but only because the clone didn't boot properly for some reason; but it didn't really take that much longer anyway. (got the envy bad now with all this SSD talk!, don't want to get too spoiled just yet as its the only thing left to do and I want to keep something back for later)