Recent Convert from PC World - Bought Macbook Pro and Love It, but have ???
Hey Guys - I apologize for the noobish questions, but I just recently purchased a Macbook Pro (just this month), and have been acclimating myself to it. So far, I am very impressed, as I have been a PC user all my life.
Having said that, I was hoping you guys can point me in the right direction. I know that there are certain limitations to upgrading a laptop (regardless of PC or Apple), but one of the things that I would love to confirm are the upgrade options for my Macbook Pro for the following:
1 - CPU (currently, I have the 2.53Ghz Core 2 Duo - any upgrade options here)
2 - Hard drive (currently, I have the 320 GB/5400rpm hdd) - I would love to have more space.
I visited the apple store on line, and just want to do my research before purchasing items. I am still a little fuzzy on whether or not anything I see on the applestore would apply.
Anywho, any guidance, assistance, direction, points of reference, websites, as well as any other upgrades I may have missed would be most appreciated. Thanks!
Sammy5gs wrote:
1 - CPU (currently, I have the 2.53Ghz Core 2 Duo - any upgrade options here)
2 - Hard drive (currently, I have the 320 GB/5400rpm hdd) - I would love to have more space.
The CPU is not a supported upgrade. However, there is a tiny chance that third parties will provide an upgrade, as they have for older Apple laptops. It is not something most people do. Performance bottlenecks in a laptop are more often the speed or capacity of the hard drive and RAM, or the graphics card (you can't upgrade the graphics card at all).
The hard drive is extremely easy to replace on the new MacBook Pro. Even on the older Apple laptops, I've ended up upgrading the drive in every one I've owned in the last 15 years. As bigger, cheaper disks become available you should have no problem swapping them in.
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