I have a MacBook Pro from july of 2007, recently it has been slow and I don't have the money to buy a new one. What ram do you guys recommend to upgrade my 2GB 667 MHz DDR2 SDRAM to 4GB? also what internal hard drive can I upgrade to, since mine is only 120GB? I have the 120GB FUJITSU MHW2120BH, in it right now. Thanks!
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Upgrade Ram and Internal Hard drive
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So this ram will work in my MBP?
http://www.amazon.com/Kingston-Modu...5GI2/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1309351957&sr=8-1
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Yes, it will. But check this link out for cheaper options. As for the internal hard drive, if you have enough money I would go with a SSD personally, but if you don't go with a 7200 RPM drive.
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I may be wrong but I think the max RAM you can have is 2Gb on that generation MBP.
http://eshop.macsales.com/shop/memory/MacBook/Pro/Core2/
Look here to verify, as the SR MBPs can take up to 6GB RAM: http://www.everymac.com/systems/apple/macbook_pro/index-macbookpro.html
simsaladimbama is right (as usual!) 
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You can find specs on all Apple products:
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I have you exact computer. Just upgrade the RAM to 4GB, just match the specs and get any brand you like since everyone has their own preference it seems. Then do what I have been thinking about and put in the SSD as your main drive and slide the HDD over to the optical bay. Kits are on ebay that will work and you might find that your optical drive just doesn't work anymore (like I did).
You might be spending 1/3 of the cost of a new MBP though...I might just re-up and go for the 13" with the bolt!
You might be spending 1/3 of the cost of a new MBP though...I might just re-up and go for the 13" with the bolt!
Probably a HDD for more capacity. Since I only have 120gb now and it's almost full. I have like 3gb left...
As I said before, an opti-bay cannot be put into a non-unibody macbook pro.
There are optibay adapters with a pata interface that the op has.
Here is the link: http://newmodeus.com/shop/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=258
Check this thread out for info: https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/680228/
If you search the thread, you will find plenty of posts that talk about using the optibay mod on non-unibody macs.
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