After Market Mods with unibody

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After Market Mods with unibody

Hey, I was wondering what I would do if I wanted to replace may current Hard drive with a larger one. Im running low on space. I'm also interested in upping my RAM. If I wanted to make these mods, would I just purchase the RAM and the new Hard Drive and take it into the Mac store? Would they swap everything out for me? With the new Unibody design, It makes it hard to do these types of things...

MacBook Pro, unibody

Posted on Jul 15, 2009 5:30 PM

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Answer 1

Jul 15, 2009 5:39 PM in response to Loftons

The unibody design makes it easier, actually. Previous MBPs required opening the top case (exposing the logic board, etc.) for an HDD replacement. Apple actually considers the HDD in the uMBPs to be user-replaceable, and they provide instructions starting on p. 37 of the manual.

Apple Stores will not perform an HDD swap for you. They might install RAM, but many will not. You can do it yourself, or if you'd prefer, go to an AASP (instead of an Apple Store) - they will swap HDD and add RAM, even if you buy your own.

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1434

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Answer 2

Jul 15, 2009 8:50 PM in response to neuroanatomist

Yes, it's nice to see Apple finally making it easier to replace the HDD and RAM, basically the only user-serviceable parts. My old 17"... if I wanted to upgrade the HDD, I'd have to remove the entire top, then go to town with the screw driver. It's nice to be able to do an upgrade in about 5-10 minutes.

Bryan

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