Macbook upgrades?

i currently have a 2011 Macbook pro, its the 13.3 Inch model and is 2.7GHz with 4GB of ram and a 500GB HDD.

As i do a lot more school work i need a bigger screen and more memory, i was going to purchase a Mac G5 but it would be like £500 for all of it, I have therefore decided to upgrade my macbook.

I will purchase an external display, new speakers and a wireless mouse & keyboard.

I also want to upgrade the Ram and the internal HDD to to highest my macbook will take, i also want to upgrade anything else if its possible?

what Ram can i put in it and what hard drive would i need? is there anything else i could do??

The memory you will need which you can buy from crucial.uk:

Maximum Memory 16 GB (Actual) 8 GB (Apple)
Memory Slots 2 - 204-pin PC-10600 (1333 MHz) DDR3 SO-DIMM

As for the hard drive, any good quality 2.5" x 9.5MM SATA drive will work. You can also consider replacing the hard drive with a SSD. SSDs are fast but more expensive for the same capacity.

Check with Amazon.uk for prices and availability.

Mac Mad said:

i currently have a 2011 Macbook pro, its the 13.3 Inch model and is 2.7GHz with 4GB of ram and a 500GB HDD.

As i do a lot more school work i need a bigger screen and more memory, i was going to purchase a Mac G5 but it would be like £500 for all of it, I have therefore decided to upgrade my macbook.

I will purchase an external display, new speakers and a wireless mouse & keyboard.

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Upgrading the MacBook Pro is definitely the better decision (ram and HD). And as you noted...an external display can solve the larger display issue.

Also...purchasing a "Mac G5" would have been a TERRIBLE decision:

- The last "Mac G5" to be released was in 2005 (much older than your MacBook Pro)
- it would be much slower
- doesn't have an Intel cpu
- probably wouldn't even run a lot of the software/apps you need to use.

Good luck,

- Nick

just had a flick through on ebay and i have found these, about £120 for the lot, would it be sufficient?

8GB (2X4GB) LTMEMORY RAM Memory 4 Apple MacBook Pro "Core i7" 2.7 13" Early 2011 | eBay

1TB APPLE MACBOOK PRO 13" Core i7 2.7 GHZ A1278 EARLY 2011 HARD DRIVE HDD | eBay

Both items you listed will work. Make sure you use PayPal or a credit card in case you have to return anything to the seller.