Give me a 750 or 1TB, I am game. Until then, I'll stick with my 200. It would be nice to crack a case with screwdrivers again though, the mac mini putty knife is nerve racking the first two times. But then again, I could buy four of them for the price of my penryn.
quick questions... i plan on buying the same hard drive and replace my full 120gb HD that came with my MBP. i also have a WD external hard drive with all my stuff backed up. when replacing the old HD, do you have to reinstall everything (OSX, photoshop, office, etc) with discs or can i install the new HD, plug in my external HD, and simply drag and drop one of my time machine backups with all my info?
thanks!
I just finished the same upgrade on my 17" Macbook pro. I thought it was very simple once you see where the screws are you need to remove. I noticed I didn't have to deal with the flat cable being in the way because my bluetooth module was on the left side of the drive. The flat cable was taped to the drive but once I lifted the tape I could move it completely out of the way. I didn't time it but I think it was about 40 minutes as well and I was very slow and careful. It also appeared you had more trouble removing the keyboard and stuff. I actually didn't need the assistance of a flat screwdriver or anything for it to come up. (thankfully!)
I also found a macbook pro upgrade guide on ExtremeTech.com and the pictures of the screw locations were super helpful.
Just have it done at Best Buy for $39
- Takes 1 hour and they are an Apple Authorized Repair Center.
Got some shopping done, while I was waiting
Cool thanks for sharing!
I'd do it in a sec, but I have yet to see a comprehensive guide to backing up/transfering with a bootcamp partition..
I know exactly how to do that. I will post how I do it...
I guess I'll do when I upgrade the 500GB since I will need do it anyways.
Best Buy finally started working on macs? I was not aware of that, Last time I asked, they pretty much told me they would not touch them. But then again, I would expect them to not even know their own policies. From my experience though, they are morons, and I don't think I would want them touching my macs anyway.Just have it done at Best Buy for $39
- Takes 1 hour and they are an Apple Authorized Repair Center.
Got some shopping done, while I was waiting