Category Archives: Upgrades

Installing OS X Leopard in 10 Minutes from a USB Flash Drive

I decided to make a clean installation of OS X Leopard last night. I had already used Carbon Copy Cloner to copy my Leopard installation DVD to an 8GB partition on one of my USB memory sticks. Having the OS … Continue reading

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Corsair "P128" 128GB SSD in a MacBook Pro

After toying with the Seagate 500GB hard drive in my MacBook Pro for about 6 weeks, I realized that I needed an even faster drive to push through my photo and video projects. After conducting a ton of research and … Continue reading

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MacBook Pro and the Seagate Momentus 500GB 7200RPM Drive

I went ahead and picked up the granddaddy of all laptop hard drives for my MacBook Pro – the Seagate Momentus 500GB 7200RPM with SATA 3.0 (model ST9500420AS). I upgraded from a Hitachi 320GB 7200RPM drive and boy, what a … Continue reading

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