Upgrading MacBook Pro

[Quinoky]

So I have ordered a late 2011 15" MBP, which I expect to arrive tomorrow. Since I definitely wanted to upgrade it with an SSD and 8GB of RAM, I dropped by a hardware store today to pick these up. My question, then, is whether I can install these before the very first boot of the machine. Would this be okay at all?

 

[neenja]

are you replacing the main hdd with the ssd? or adding it to the optibay? the ram should be fine before first boot.

i ask about the ssd because if you plan to replace it, then you will need an install image or dvd to reinstall the os.

 

[Quinoky]

I'm replacing the HDD. I thought Lion introduced internet recovery to handle this?

 

[alust2013]

Yeah, you'll probably want to boot up and do updates to make sure you have the EFI capable of internet recovery. After that you should be good to go.

 

[Quinoky]

Alright, I see. Thanks guys!