HDD upgrade on Mac Book Pro - Which HDD?

Seagate Momentus
Western Digital Black Scorpio
Hitachi Travelstar
and...
How much heat does a 7200 rpm drive generate?

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My 2¢ - go with the Seagate Momentus 500GB 7200 drive, it's fast, pretty quiet (slightly more vibration than the original) and doesn't have much impact on battery life.
http://eshop.macsales.com/item/Seagate/ST9500420AS/

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For example so that I can just press shift or another key to get the German character.

Some may already exist, but you will have to learn them. On my old system these can be found through keyviewer.app For example, if I press option+s I get ß Umlaut is a bit cumbersome as option+u then the actual letter. It may be possible to bind a key to do this function, possibly through System Preferences > Keyboard > Shortcuts
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Ukelele Mac OS X Keyboard Layout Editor - http://scripts.sil.org/cms/scripts/page.php?site_id=nrsi&id=ukelele - mostly useful for character, not function mapping.
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Everyone (also in light gray)
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On you MBP try the three fixes below in order as needed:
Fix #1
1 - delete the iPhoto preference file, com.apple.iPhoto.plist, that resides in your Home/Library/Preferences folder.
2 - delete iPhoto's cache files that are located in your Home/Library/Caches/com.apple.iPhoto folder.
3 - reboot, launch iPhoto and try again.
NOTE: If you're moved your library from its default location in your Home/Pictures folder you will have to point iPhoto to its new location when you next open iPhoto by holding the the Option key. You'll also have to reset the iPhoto's various preferences.
Fix #2
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Select the options identified in the screenshot.
Fix #3
Using iPhoto Library Manager to Rebuild Your iPhoto Library
Download iPhoto Library Manager and launch.
Click on the Add Library button, navigate to your Home/Pictures folder and select your iPhoto Library folder.
Now that the library is listed in the left hand pane of iPLM, click on your library and go to the File ➙ Rebuild Library menu option
In the next window name the new library and select the location you want it to be placed.
Click on the Create button.
Note: This creates a new library based on the LIbraryData.xml file in the library and will recover Events, Albums, keywords, titles and comments but not books, calendars or slideshows. The original library will be left untouched for further attempts at fixing the problem or in case the rebuilt library is not satisfactory.
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OT

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Which version of iPhoto is installed on your old Mac?
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I learned this from Old Toad , see his post here:
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Apple will not normally buy back old Macs. They do offer a recycling program with the store. Inquire at your local store. This is a user to user forum, so no one here can answer for Apple directly, except with what we have experienced as users.
My website has tips on selling your old Mac*:
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You will see significant improvements in overal performance by upgrading the HD to a SSD.
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Here are Mac benchmarks.

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