Upgrading HDD

[Casey01]

So my Macbook Pro is coming and it's a 15in Core Duo 2.16Ghz with 2 cores. It's already up to 2GB of Ram which seems to be the max. But the HDD is only 100GB. Is there a certain limitation I can go up or can I go has high as I want? Because I was hoping to get a 250GB which is the perfect amount.

The reason I ask this is because I heard from someone that there is a limitation.

 

[zachsilvey]

From what I could gather from OWC you are right about the RAM. As far as hard drive, you can upgrade to whatever capacity you want as long as you get a 2.5 inch drive (sometimes labeled as laptop drive). There are guides ifixit that will show you how to do this. 250 gb is nice because they are so cheap these days.

 

[Casey01]

Okay. Next and final question. What would be better. a 250GB 7200RPM HDD or a 500GB 5400RPM HDD? They're both the same price or very close.

 

[zachsilvey]

As with everything, it depends. If you need maximum speed you should go with the 7200 RPM drive, if you need a lot of storage for stuff like video, raw images, music then go with the larger drive.

The difference between 7200 and 5400 is not that big.