I have a 2007 Mac OS X 10.5.8. How do I go about bringing everything on it up-to-date? Maybe refurbishing it? How much might that cost approximately?

Okay so there are a few things you can do to bring your MacBook up to speed. You may find, however, that purchasing a new computer will be more cost effective for you.
Adding RAM - this is one place you can get very good value for your money. Max out your MacBook's RAM.
Purchase and install a larger hard drive. If you've been running out of drive space or just want more, hard drives are inexpensive and easy to install.
Update your operating system - You can get Snow Leopard for $29 from Apple. When it comes out next month you can then get Lion for $29.99 from the Mac App Store. Unfortunately as of yet there is no way known to upgrade directly from Leopard to Lion.
Add an external hard drive to your system for backup. This is always a good idea to have, as data that is in only one place is vulnerable to loss if your hard drive fails.
Update all of your applications. Many can be bought online now through the Mac App Store, which has made it easy and inexpensive for applications that are available there.
Things you cannot upgrade -
Your MacBook's processor. This is the brain of the computer and a faster one will give you a speed boost in some applications. It is part of the logic board so you can't put a new one in.
Video card - also part of the logic board.
Interfaces such as FireWire, USB, video out, audio in and out.
If you need any of these, look for a newer computer.
Hope this helps you out.
Best of luck.

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thank you for your prompt reply. After I sent the email, I left the wheel spinning to see if it would eventually stop. It didn't, but after a while the screen turned blue, so I decided to switch everything off with a forced shut-down. I could not restart with the OS DVDs because I am currently away from home, but fortunately everything was more or less fine after restarting. It then got stuck again, I forced it shut again, restarted again, and now it seem to work but I won't overdo it and will switch off smoothly after writing this (unless it gets stuck again). Last April I have replaced the HD, so it's now just under 6 months old. And, of course, since the crash occurred when I was abroad and had backed up just before I left, I have lost only a few days' work. Still, and I know this will make me hugely unpopular here, with my 5 previous laptops running on MS Windows I never had a problem. Which does not mean I loved the OS, or I would not have switched to Mac.
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Good night
I have two separate questions regarding expanding my 2007 Mac Pro.
The specs for this machine are:
8 core 3Ghz Xeon
5GB DDR-2 FB DIMM
ATI Radeon X1900
As you might be aware I am unable to install 64bit windows on this machine due to compatibility issues with my hardware. However due to the nature of my job ( 3D artist ) I really need to run it and would be interested in any advice on which specific hardware I could replace that would allow me to run it on this machine.
Also, I am interested in buying a Quadro graphics card. Can anyone tell me are compatible with my Mac Pro?
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Carlos

Thanks hatter
I did take a look at welovemacs; I just thought that paying 2000 dollars for a graphics card that is 2 years old and isn't even sold by nvidia anymore is quite steep.
The hd 4870 looks good from tech specs - however I disregard bench mark tests that use gaming apps ( I don't use games in my workstation ) and no mention of 3D app performance. Besides I am only looking for grahics cards certified for DCC.
Buying a 2009 Mac pro is out of the question for me - I haven´t even finished paying the thousands of pounds I sank into this workstation. I am not in a hurry to buy another one, especially one that again doesn't even feature a Quadro graphics card in its current offering.
My intention is to make this usable for heavy duty 3D work in a shared OSX/Windows environment, preferably one that runs 64 bit windows ( my mac just refuses to boot the Vista OS I bought - any solutions welcome ).
From my standpoint, it looks as if Apple stopped bundling certified powerful graphics cards, the ones that are used in serious heavy duty production work ( I work mainly in commercials and primarily use PC's at work - they ALL run Quadros ).
It also looks as if Apple left me out to dry, having sank thousands of pounds in their system, I am unable to use 64 bit windows ( again standard issue in most commercials studios - unless running Linux ), and unable to pack serious heat ( graphics-wise ), even if I do want to run my apps in OSX.
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My 2007 Mac Pro has started rejecting DVDs I insert for burning all of a sudden. Its worked well until now.
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Thanks for the link, it will take some digging to find what I need but good info..
I have a 3 yr warranty on this rig, so might as well take it into the shop and let them deal with it (drive replacement).
I tooled around with it last night, thinking maybe the whole drive is pooched but it will read the same -R and +R disk it previously wrote to, and written from other drives, so it's a bit of weird prob.
Not having much luck with anything working at 100% on the Macs I recently bought.. The daughter's MacBookPro has to go back for a clicking sounds which we were told is a power system prob, the Cinema Screen I bought has a couple of stuck pixels and the MacPro has this problem.. The original iMac I bought before all this was so horribly flawed with its fire wire that I returned it and bought the MacPro instead, JUST before the 2008's came out.
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