Tag Archives: Upgrade
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 wonderful difference! Using Carbon Copy Cloner, it took roughly 3 1/2 hours to clone the [...]
Upgrading RAM on the new MacBook Pro (unibody)
After Apple generously replaced my ailing 2.4GHz MacBook Pro with the new unibody 2.4GHz MacBook Pro, I went from 4GB down to 2GB RAM. Even though the new MBP has a faster bus speed and better hard drive, I felt the shortage of RAM when using Final Cut, Photoshop and Parallels. Crucial and newegg to [...]
Replacing a Hard Drive in a MacBook Pro – The Good, the Bad, The Ugly
After becoming accustomed to upgrading to newer MacBook Pro models every year, I finally convinced myself that I’d try hanging onto the same 2.16GHz laptop for a little longer, even if it was out of warranty and a whole 240MHz slower than the latest-greatest. I already had 4GB RAM installed, so I figured it’d be [...]