Upgrading HDD

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  1. Casey01, Dec 11, 2010
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    Casey01 macrumors member

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    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.
     
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  2. zachsilvey, Dec 11, 2010

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    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.
     
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  3. Casey01, Dec 11, 2010

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    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.
     
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  4. zachsilvey, Dec 11, 2010

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    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.
     
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