hard drives in macbook pro.

2010-06-02 Thread Dónal Fitzpatrick
Evening all, I'm thinking of upgrading both the memory and the HD in my MBP. Anyone know what type of drive is inside these things? I want to get a bigger 7200 RPM disk and replace the one it came with. Cheers Dónal -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Grou

Re: hard drives in macbook pro.

2010-06-02 Thread Kimberly thurman
I do know the ram is DDR3, but I would be interested in knowing what type hard drive is in the MBP as well. Also, where do I go to find out my system information, i.e. hard drive capacity, amount of ram, etc. TIA Kim On Jun 2, 2010, at 6:13 PM, Dónal Fitzpatrick wrote: > Evening all, > > I'm

Re: hard drives in macbook pro.

2010-06-02 Thread Ricardo Walker
Hi kimberly, look under apple in the menu bar. Go into about this Mac. hth On Jun 2, 2010, at 7:28 PM, Kimberly thurman wrote: > I do know the ram is DDR3, but I would be interested in knowing what type > hard drive is in the MBP as well. Also, where do I go to find out my system > informati

Re: hard drives in macbook pro.

2010-06-02 Thread Ben Mustill-Rose
It will be a normal sata ii 5400 rpm drive. There not designed exclusively for the mbp's, so you can go onto a pc components website and buy a normal & cheep 7200 drive. On 03/06/2010, Ricardo Walker wrote: > Hi kimberly, > > look under apple in the menu bar. Go into about this Mac. > > hth > On

Re: hard drives in macbook pro.

2010-06-03 Thread Scott Howell
The only thing you will want to keep in mind if you choose to replace the stock drive, is make sure you get one that runs cool. Apple uses one of the best drives in the industry and it is also a pretty cool running drive. On Jun 2, 2010, at 8:17 PM, Ben Mustill-Rose wrote: > It will be a normal

RE: hard drives in macbook pro.

2010-06-03 Thread Bryan Smart
aries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Ben Mustill-Rose Sent: Wednesday, June 02, 2010 8:18 PM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: hard drives in macbook pro. It will be a normal sata ii 5400 rpm drive. There not designed exclusively for the mbp'

RE: hard drives in macbook pro.

2010-06-03 Thread Dónal Fitzpatrick
Really Brian, is it that bad? -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Bryan Smart Sent: 03 June 2010 16:48 To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: hard drives in macbook pro. However, taking the MacBook apart

Re: hard drives in macbook pro.

2010-06-03 Thread Charlie Doremus
legroups.com > [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Bryan Smart > Sent: 03 June 2010 16:48 > To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > Subject: RE: hard drives in macbook pro. > > However, taking the MacBook apart to put in the drive will be a frustrating > experience. You&#

Re: hard drives in macbook pro.

2010-06-03 Thread Cara Quinn
o 8GB, and will never again open my MacBook if I can help it. Bryan -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Ben Mustill-Rose Sent: Wednesday, June 02, 2010 8:18 PM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: hard dr

Re: hard drives in macbook pro.

2010-06-03 Thread Ben Mustill-Rose
l never again open my MacBook if I can > help it. > > Bryan > > -Original Message- > From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Ben Mustill-Rose > Sent: Wednesday, June 02, 2010 8:18 PM > To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.c

RE: hard drives in macbook pro.

2010-06-03 Thread Bryan Smart
Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Ben Mustill-Rose Sent: Thursday, June 03, 2010 7:58 PM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: hard drives in macbook pro. I think it depends on what your comparing it to. Obviously,

Re: hard drives in macbook pro.

2010-06-04 Thread Ben Mustill-Rose
in. > > I haven't opened a 2010 MBP. Maybe Apple improved the screws and access > panel. Maybe this is just how things must be in order to have a thin MBP. > > Bryan > > -Original Message- > From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > [mailto:macvisionar...@google

Re: hard drives in macbook pro.

2010-06-04 Thread Scott Howell
access > panel. Maybe this is just how things must be in order to have a thin MBP. > > Bryan > > -Original Message- > From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Ben Mustill-Rose > Sent: Thursday, June 03, 2010