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by: zacthebyrd October 6, 2011 3:41 PM PDT

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Upgrade the hardware on my Macbook Pro? and SSD

by zacthebyrd - 10/6/11 3:41 PM

I bought my 13" macbook pro during the summer of 2009 and I was wondering if I should be looking to upgrade my hardware to make my Mac?

My uses: mostly watching movies (played from my external hard drive to not clutter up my HDD) , I don't really play games but I am an engineering student so there are some programs out there I may have to get later on, like CAD programs and the like. I take my computer everywhere with me in my bag so it gets moved around a lot as much as I try to avoid putting it through any excessive abuse.
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My current set up is as follows:
Mid 2009 Macbook Pro 13"
<div>2.53 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor
4 GB 1067MHz DDR3 Memory
NVIDIA GeForce 9400M graphics card
250 GB Hitachi HDD

If any of this sounds blatantly wrong I apologize. I'm not a computer expert but I do know a little bit.

I also wanna know if it would be worth it to replace my HDD to a solid state drive? I don't really like the idea of hard drives burning out on me after a while and from what research I have done the SSDs can be written over more times than an HDD because no moving parts.

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by pierce-dublin - 1/7/12 5:42 PM

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there is also ssd hybird ,out there and they are alot cheater
good luck


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Basically, just the RAM can be upgraded,

by mrmacfixit Moderator - 10/6/11 5:14 PM

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that will go to 8Gb. for around $50

An SSD of the same, nearly, size as the existing drive will set you back around $400
and that's about it for upgrades.

I'm sure Jimmy will be along with the definitive answer.

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by zacthebyrd - 10/7/11 6:35 AM

In Reply to: Basically, just the RAM can be upgraded, by mrmacfixit Moderator

What would upgrading the RAM do performance wise and would it be significant enough to notice? And who is Jimmy?


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You may see an improvement with the additional RAM

by mrmacfixit Moderator - 10/7/11 4:00 PM

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and Jimmy is a Mac Tech who usually chimes in on posts like yours

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