How much to replace hard drive iMac 500GB

WZZZ wrote:

That would be only for the latest models.

Ah yes, your right.

Still good to plant the information less one opens the new iMac in a few years and all that...

Did you read the latest outcome of that Java thread? 😀

A very dramatic episode of arm wrestling. Your arm appeared to be within 1mm of the table, but you came back and won. Actually, for me, this is interesting news (bad) about Java.

I know mac's are expensive. but really, if you can un-screw a screw, you can change a hard drive.

I'm going to do it with the pityful 320gb in my macbook pro, and here is how;

(1) Purchase a 1tb h/d

(2) Copy the h/d using clonezilla (free download, then burn to CD) and a 2.5" h/d caddy (£12... but I already have one)

(3) Unscrew the back off the macbook pro

(4) Prize off the obvious cable that is in the way

(5) switch the new for the old h/d that is in the macbook pro

(6) Attach the cable I took off

(7) Screw the case back together.

Aside from cloning the h/d, the actual h/d swap can be done in far less than 5 minutes!

Advantages:

Complete copy of all my data

Costs less than £100

Done in minutes

Disadvantages:

I've deprived Apple of over £100 of my money.

Swapping h/d's and adding memory is the stuff a 10 year old could do... I mean really, don't get so worked up, just do it! It's so simple, it's one of the few things Apple actually LET you do!

He was very clear. Why don't you read the post? He said "Apple retail store", so don't say it depends on where you have it done. He clearly defined that for you. It's simple, he said if you have had it done at an Apple store, what size drive did you get and how much was it. It's not that difficult.

Speaking of timely replies! Have you bothered to see the date of this thread???

Does it cost to replace a 500 gig hard drive on iMac and make it a 2 TB