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upgrade ram or get new macbook pro?
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so when I hold down option key after installing x100 I just put in my USB and then my os X and bootcamp will both be on their split?
Definitely. You're going to have to start from scratch unless you're willing to pay for WinClone.
As for OS X, just do a Time Machine backup to another external drive and then restore from it to the new drive (you'll be given the option to do this when you boot from the bootable USB stick).
No. You have to install Boot Camp from scratch. Unless you're willing to pay for WinClone, which backs up your BC partition as an image.
*facepalm*
It's a built in utility in OS X. You don't seem to know much about OS X, don't you?
After reading through this thread I would have to reccomend you just get a new computer.
If gaming is your main focus just buy a windows gaming machine with a semi decent dedicated graphics card.
If you just want a decent all round laptop that will play the odd older game well buy a new 13 inch rMBP.
To be honest your limited understanding of the hardware and software on your computer means that doing the work yourself is a risk to say the least. Your want for increased graphics performance means that any upgrades you do do (or get others to do) will not provide what you are looking for.
If gaming is your main focus just buy a windows gaming machine with a semi decent dedicated graphics card.
If you just want a decent all round laptop that will play the odd older game well buy a new 13 inch rMBP.
To be honest your limited understanding of the hardware and software on your computer means that doing the work yourself is a risk to say the least. Your want for increased graphics performance means that any upgrades you do do (or get others to do) will not provide what you are looking for.
Not much, got my first Mac in 2009 but every new computer I get I lose all of my data because I don't know how to back it up.
I wish apple said they couldn't install anything in my computer and said they would recommend me to a apple trusted place were they can do everything but they never sent me the email. ): not bad I will just look it up.
Back it up by connecting an external hard drive and clicking on the time machine icon in your dock, choose the external disk and voila it'll back up your whole sysytem.
See what I mean ... replies with a question!
No, you don't. They are entirely separate. It was suggested to install one as well because it will also help overall performance.
Yes sorry for my over the top verification I just want to make sure because I read an article online and get the wrong interpretation. Thanks so much.
sorry but quick question on this ram I am going to buy, http://www.amazon.com/Crucial-4GBx2...1434677556&sr=8-1&keywords=2x4GB+DDR3+1600MHz
it doesn't specify the height or anything. Will it still work with my macbook pro mid 2012?
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Another thing, my bad, so I want to buy this SSD http://www.crucial.com/usa/en/ct500bx100ssd1
It's a
Crucial BX100 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 2.5" Internal SSD
But I am not sure if it's compatible with my macbook pro 2012 mid. Is there such thing? Is there such thing as compatibility issues with macs and SSD's or do all SSD's work on every mac. Also sorry if these letters are big and bold I copied and pasted the name of the SSD and it made all my letters big and bold.
You crack me up man.
There are such things, but not so much at this point. Any 2.5'' drive will work fine in your MBP. These devices will adapt to their SATA interface if they have to (i.e, a SATA III drive works in a SATA II interface Mac, but you only get SATA II speeds - not to confuse).
There are such things, but not so much at this point. Any 2.5'' drive will work fine in your MBP. These devices will adapt to their SATA interface if they have to (i.e, a SATA III drive works in a SATA II interface Mac, but you only get SATA II speeds - not to confuse).
Jesus Christ. This is getting out of hand. A bloody 2.5" SSD is a bloody 2.5" SSD, no such thing as not compatible with Mac or not *facepalm*
4 GB ram is definitely a massive bottleneck. If you stick 8 GB in that machine it will load things a lot faster, as 4 GB is horribly memory starved, and instead of just reading from disk, it will be paging things in memory out to disk at the same time to fit new stuff in.
Source: my own MBP 15"
16 GB is even better, but the big big jump is from 4 GB to 8 GB.
Won't do much for graphics speed though.
SSD will of course help loading times as well, but going from 4-8 GB is very cheap and well worth it.
Source: my own MBP 15"
16 GB is even better, but the big big jump is from 4 GB to 8 GB.
Won't do much for graphics speed though.
SSD will of course help loading times as well, but going from 4-8 GB is very cheap and well worth it.