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Hello
officially in a week or 2 i will be the proud new owner of a mac [my first ever] have a question about upgrading the HDD.
im gonna buy the base model 13" mbp, and have apple upgrade the 2g memory to a 4g
however ill be upgrading the HDD myself and was wondering a few things
1. i want a 500g HDD, but not sure which brand/type to buy and would like some personal opinions
2. i will be using the computer for LITE graphic arts/photography so should i go with a 7200 rpm or a 5400 rpm hdd [will the higher rpm noticable decrease battery life??]
3. before i install the HDD what should i do? [i.e. back up the computer on an external harddrive]
4. and after the HDD installation what should i do? [idk if their will be anything special to do or not]
hehe im trying to make sure i get everything right and ready before hand
thank you
-babyt
officially in a week or 2 i will be the proud new owner of a mac [my first ever] have a question about upgrading the HDD.
im gonna buy the base model 13" mbp, and have apple upgrade the 2g memory to a 4g
however ill be upgrading the HDD myself and was wondering a few things
1. i want a 500g HDD, but not sure which brand/type to buy and would like some personal opinions
2. i will be using the computer for LITE graphic arts/photography so should i go with a 7200 rpm or a 5400 rpm hdd [will the higher rpm noticable decrease battery life??]
3. before i install the HDD what should i do? [i.e. back up the computer on an external harddrive]
4. and after the HDD installation what should i do? [idk if their will be anything special to do or not]
hehe im trying to make sure i get everything right and ready before hand
thank you
-babyt