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Re:The New MacBook Pro: Unfixable, Unhackable, Untenable by gnaffle on Friday June 15, 2012 @02:08PM (#4117810)
That's right, 4GB is the max. I'm using an Intel X25-M SSD. I don't find the memory to be a problem using the SSD. Be prepared to remove a lot of screws to get to the HDD, but the iFixit guides are great.
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Re:The New MacBook Pro: Unfixable, Unhackable, Untenable by StavrosK on Friday June 15, 2012 @06:59PM (#4119147)
I have a 2008ish MacBook (the white plastic one), I installed some extra RAM and a Vertex SSD (both very easy to do, as they're user-upgradable) and it's just as fast as my new Air or my desktop computer, there's no noticeable difference.
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Re:The New MacBook Pro: Unfixable, Unhackable, Untenable by mirkules on Friday June 15, 2012 @02:32PM (#4117940)
Yeah, the likelihood of messing it up is really what kept me back all these years (that, and voiding the [now-expired] warranty). I might give it a shot this weekend. Thanks for the info!
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Re:The New MacBook Pro: Unfixable, Unhackable, Untenable by ericd on Friday June 15, 2012 @05:26PM (#4118798)
I did the same thing with an 07 MBP, it went off without a hitch and made a big difference, for another data point. The iFixit pictorial guides were really helpful.
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