Macbook Pro Harddrive Upgrade

MonkieMann · 10 Dec 2007 at 22:06

hey all,

just a quick one, i have decide to get the bottom range macbook pro for christmas (for myself :rolleyes:

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i'm just wondering whether the harddrive in the macbook pros is a user replaceable part? or would i have to get an apple store to do it for me?

i was thinking about paying the £50 to upgrade from a 120gb to a 160gb harddrive, but i might as well get a 250gb for £90 if i can

thanks in advance!

MonkieMann · 10 Dec 2007 at 23:33

cheers, so there isn't a way to do it without voiding your warranty? even via an authorised apple store?

cheers for the advice, but i really don't want to void my warranty

MonkieMann · 11 Dec 2007 at 00:03

bugger, either that or get an external drive, the reason for wanting more storage is because I have to run windows on my macbook, because i code websites using .net for work, and I hear you can't run windows from an external drive via bootcamp, have i heard correctly? cheers

MonkieMann · 11 Dec 2007 at 10:26

Chris1712 said:
lack of NTFS support in mac is very very frustrating.

yea, i'm thinking it will be too

do you have your external harddrive formatted to FAT32 then? doesn't that mean i'll be limited to 4gb files?

do i have to get an external harddrive and spilt it 50/50 for mac and windows?

thanks for the advice

MonkieMann · 11 Dec 2007 at 11:22

theheyes said:
I think OSX can READ NTFS formatted drives

yea it can read, but not write ...

i'll have a look at MacFuse and NTFS-3G, thanks

MonkieMann · 13 Dec 2007 at 20:37

mdjmcnally said:
On a MacBook the Hard Drive IS user replaceable. If you want to put your own HD in then probably better getting a non Pro version.

yea, but i'm wanting a pro for the larger screen size, i do quite a bit of web design and image stuff, so a 13" isn't much good tbh, 15" is that great either, but i can't afford a 17" lol, so it'll just have to do, lol

using a 15" laptop at the minute, and it does me fine, when it doesn't randomly shut down (its a packard bell :rolleyes:

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cheers though

MonkieMann · 13 Dec 2007 at 22:14

Justin said:
Have a look at the refurbs, could pick up a cheap 17"er from Apple.

well i'm a student, and as far as i know you don't get a discount off refurbed ones?! :confused:

so i can usually get a new one for less, which is nice

yea, i would love a 17" but i think the 15" would be better overall, i still want it to be portable

thanks for the idea tho

MonkieMann · 14 Dec 2007 at 00:20

EVH said:
I can't see how old you are but my advice is, blag.

If you say you go to Uni you'll get the maximum amount of discount

(Assuming you're still in College/School and want the extra money off)

i am at uni, what i meant was, i don't think i can get a discount off the refurbed ones, because they are already discounted maybe?! not sure, i'll try ringing them up tomorrow and asking.

I can get the lowest 15" macbook pro for £1100, which is pretty good

and i don't think i really need the extra 0.2ghz and 128mb of gfx card (i hope)