Core 2 Quad & late MacBook Pro

Hi all! Really glad to be here as an all new Mac user - got my MacBook Pro just four days ago and already I start wondering where to go from here.
See, its probably 2-4 months from here until Apple is going to introduce a quad core MacBook Pro. It also makes sense to sync this event with the introduction of Snow Leopard, whenever that will be.
So I was wondering: Would it be possible for the current line of MacBook Pro's (such as mine) to be upgraded with a Core 2 Quad CPU in, say, late 2009 / early 2010 (when prices are more reasonable)?
What do you guys think? I know, Apple is pretty restrictive about upgrading MacBook hardware.
What's more, I don't know much about the guts of the MBP, especially w/ regard to the CPU - logic board - business. Maybe if I did, I wouldn't ask this question.
So, is it technically possible? Will it be officially supported? Tell me your opinion.

Speculation on this board is a no-no so there's no point in debating when/whether apple will do a quad core laptop
Your second question is an easy one, there's no way now or in the future to upgrade a laptops cpu. What you buy is what you get, and there's not much else you can do other then upgrade the ram and HD.

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The Mid-2007 model didn't come out until June 2007, so you must have bought an earlier model. It won't run Mountain Lion (OS X 10.8.x), but it might run Lion (10.7.x) if you can get hold of a copy, depending on which earlier model it is.
Lion requires at least a Intel Core 2 Duo processor. The first MacBook Pros came out in January 2006, but they had "Core Duo" processors (no "2"). The Core 2 Duo MacBook Pros came out in October 2006. You could have bought either in March 2007.

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It always worked, till now. If I sell a Apple notebook because I bought a new one, I make a clone with CCC and with Command-R or Choose Startup disk I say to the new machine: now eat this, here's my old stuff.
It's a great way of upgrading to a new machine. But.. my late Macbook Pro 2013 (Retina, 16 Gb) doesn't allow me to boot from any of my disks: not Firewire, not USB 2.0 and not USB 3.0 (Imagine how many hours I lost to find this out). Btw, the disk image did boot on ANY OTHER Mac, besides the late Macbook Pro 2013.
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J.

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http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=3989864&#3989864
and this site mentioned...
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As asked here perhaps 1000 times a day, and findable
with a simple search you can, but you can void your
warranty if you don't do it right and there is some
work involved. Spare the grief and get an external
drive with a fast 2.5" drive in it and add to your
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My MBP was running the fan almost constantly and otherwise acting odd so I decided to just refresh the installation from scratch. At that time I was running Lion 10.7.5. Before rebuilding everything with that version I want to make sure running Lion on this machine isn't contributing to my issue.
What is the latest Mac OS X that I can run on my 2.33 GHZ Core 2 Duo Macbook Pro?
I have every OS release since the original purchase so I can rebuild on the one that's most stable on this laptop.

You can run Mt. Lion if you so wish:
http://www.apple.com/osx/specs/
If you want the most efficient OS, I would suggest Snow Leopard.
However I suggest doing some investigation prior to installing a new OS. First do a SMC reset:
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht3964
Also run an Apple Hardware Test. Use the #2 disk on your original install disk.
If there is no improvement, post back.
Ciao.

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Can't speak about avid, since I am not familiar with the software.
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Hey Cris from London,
I would try out the recommended steps in the following link:
OS X Mavericks: If your Mac runs slowly
http://support.apple.com/kb/PH13895
Let us know if any of the steps within resolved the issue.
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So Apple released a higher spec MBP within a year of launching the MBP, and the new MBP costs less too. This is a bit sore for me, even though I have been using my MBP a lot since April when I bought it.
Now the entry level MBP comes with 2.16GHz Core 2 Duo, 120GB HDD(50% more), 1 GB RAM (again 50% more than the 1.83GHz MBP) and the DVD writer is now dual layer. All these upgrades in 6 months of my purchase. I felt a bit shortchanged.
I got some freebies,like a free upgrade to 1GB RAM plus some accessories, when I bought my MBP but none can compensate for the newer specs at lower price. The next time I buy a Mac, I am going to squeeze more freebies of the retailer to guard against such drastic upgrades.
It seems like Mac products obsolete at a much faster pace after the switch to Intel chips. Anyone from the PowerPC, Motorola or IBM chips era know whether the non-Intel powered Macs have longer lifespan?
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I can't believe some people are complaining about the launch of a new MBP with Core 2 Duo's powering them!
The iMac was upgraded to Core 2 Duo around a month or so ago, this was a big give away folks, so anybody buying an MBP after the iMac upgrade must have no deductive reasoning or lives in a box (with no internet access).
Tan Kia, what do you expect? Technology to remain in one place, never to move on and never improve? Do you read the discussion threads on here? People have been talking about Core 2 Duo machines from about May or June onwards (if not before that).
If you were so interested in the Intel Mac's why not shimmy over to Intel's website, they explain in detail where they're planning to move their technologies to and even give a time frame for the release of these new technologies, like for example a Quad Core Xeon in January 2007 - hold on to your hats Mac Pro owners - are you going to feel cheated too? Knowing this I still bought a Mac Pro. Will I feel cheated when the quad core beast is unleashed? Nope. The current one is way fast enough for my needs. If it starts to slow down and ceases to perform (which could take years), then I will replace it with a faster more powerful machine. It's the best in it's class at present and a joy to use, as I'm sure your MacBook Pro is.
I held off buying a MBP as soon as they were first announced because they only had a 32 bit CPU. I checked Intel's site and saw their roadmap for Core Duo. It was obvious that Apple would launch an upgraded MBP with a 64-bit Core 2 Duo at some point before the end of 2006 (and no doubt a quad core before the end of 2007 and so on as processors evolve more and more cores).
The fact is you made a decision to buy a MBP when you did, becuase it suited you then. There's no need to feel sore about your purchase. You have a MacBook Pro, one of the best laptops around (although not as good as the new upgraded MacBook Pro) it still performs well for you.
Apple didn't need to upgrade their PowerPC machines as often, as it was a completely different architecture working differently to x86 based PC's. Now that Apple have (in some people's views) gone to the dark side (Intel x86), Apple are now on the same footing as PC makers.
Intel launch new technologies quickly, PC makers respond quickly. It's always been the way with PC's. If Apple want to compete squarely in the same market as PC's, Mac's run Windows too, they have to lauch new technologies either before or as soon as a competitor does. If they don't, Apple couldn't trumpet their best, fastest, cheaper (as far as direct comparisons go etc) claims.
Just enjoy your computer and be grateful you bought a Mac over a PC.
Everything constantly evolves . . . evolution is the natural order.

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Probably, but 2 GB is a paltry amount, and its maximum 3 GB is not much more.
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To install Mountain Lion, you need one of these Macs:
iMac (Mid 2007 or newer)
MacBook (Late 2008 Aluminum, or Early 2009 or newer)
MacBook Pro (Mid/Late 2007 or newer)
MacBook Air (Late 2008 or newer)
Mac mini (Early 2009 or newer)
Mac Pro (Early 2008 or newer)
Xserve (Early 2009)
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OS X v10.6.8 or OS X Lion already installed
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8 GB or more of available hard disk space
a brody's Mountain Lion upgrade summary, which contains more detail than the above:
https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-3761

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