I am thinking about upgrading my harddrive and wanted to know where can I go to get this done...I have been told that Apple doesn't upgrade the harddrives...Please someone advise....
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upgrade macbook harddrive
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go to ifixit. They have a tutorial on how to swap out the drive. Buy a good big 2.5 sata laptop drive (newegg, owc, etc.). Get yourself a SATA 2.5 firewire/USB external case from Other world computing. Put the new drive in it. Clone the old drive to the new drive using SuperDuper's free version. Swap the two drives. Now you have the old drive as a firewire backup.
Any questions?
Any questions?
http://manuals.info.apple.com/en/MacBook_13inch_HardDrive_DIY.pdf
I just got a stock 1.83GHz Macbook and will be doing a RAM upgrade soon and a hard drive update eventually, though possibly not until Leopard unless I find I need it sooner. I've never done any of that before, but it looks pretty simple.
I just got a stock 1.83GHz Macbook and will be doing a RAM upgrade soon and a hard drive update eventually, though possibly not until Leopard unless I find I need it sooner. I've never done any of that before, but it looks pretty simple.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822146227
120 GB seagate for under $100. This one has a 5yr warranty.
http://eshop.macsales.com/item-maillist/Other World Computing/MOTGSU2/
OWC drive case for $38. Very nice case, easy to put together, I have 2.
On the HD, you can probably get a speed bump with a 7200 RPM drive, but you may run into heat issues, so I'd stick with a 5400.
Luck!
Not sure if mentioned, but Apple does say that this is a user replaceable part. First time in Apple's history to do that, I believe... atleast in a notebook.
I think the TiPB had the HD listed as a user serviceable part as well, even though it required a fair bit of work to do.
And yes, the MB HD swap is easy as can be. Just be easy on the white pull-tab on the HD carriage, as I somehow managed to start a little tear in mine.
I checked out OWC video and the install is totally something I could handle!! Thanks for the advice!!!!!