MacBookPro Upgrades

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MacBookPro Upgrades

Hi.

I was wondering if anybody got some useful advice about using MacBook Pro 15".

What kind of specific upgardes (hardware, software, accessories...) can be useful.

Especially, I would like to know any trick or tip regarding the battery. What's the safest way of recharging said battery without damaging it? How can I upgrade my utilisation of my MacBook Pro so I can make my abttery life longer. Is there a way not to damage it while using heavy applications such as LogicStudio9 or Adobe's Suite?

Is the 8Go of ram really useful or doest it consumes battery too much?

Is using a 1To external drive really helpful? Can it help making my MacBook processing informations faster?

I obviously already enhanced my settings through "system preferences" and backed up my informations as well.

My question may seem idiotic, but I'm really searching to enhance at its best my MacBook performances, since I'm gonna use it a lot, with heavy-processing tasks.

Thanks for both your help and your time.

MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.2)

Posted on Jan 26, 2012 9:12 AM

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dalstott

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Jan 26, 2012 9:28 AM in response to PaulFrattini

Check these links for all the info you need.

http://www.apple.com/batteries/

http://www.apple.com/batteries/notebooks.html

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1490

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1519

http://www.apple.com/batteries/replacements.html

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2332

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PaulFrattini Author

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Jan 26, 2012 10:23 AM in response to dalstott

Thanks a lot

I'm gonna check these out asap!

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OGELTHORPE

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Jan 26, 2012 11:15 AM in response to PaulFrattini

The only hardware up grades you can make are adding more RAM and HDDs. Since you have indicated that that you will be "heavy-processing tasks", an upgrade to 8GB of RAM would be very useful.

The CPU will be consuming a lot of power. The RAM will in effect reduce battery consumption since it will foster shorter CPU processing time. The battery should be let to discharge about once a month to about 30% + or -. When ever convenient use the power adapter. You cannot harm the battery with heavy CPU usage, unless you drain it to exhaustion. Avoid that. The battery cannot be overcharged.

Large external drives are good. In time you will find that there no such thing as having to much storage space. I suggest a separate drive dedicated solely for Time machine. External drives have no meaningful impact on data processing by the MBP. They are simply storage devices.

Ciao.

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