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All right, question time. First off, I am loving my MacBook, had it since February now and I just adore the little thing.
I will be going off to grad school next year and going from a big house to a 300 sq. foot apartment (going back to school as an adult is scary). This is forcing me to simplify. The PC desktop/gaming computer won't be coming. However that computer is my file server due to its huge hard disk. My MacBook has a 60GB drive, this is not big enough if its the only machine I have (and it will be). So, I need to upgrade that hard drive.
My questions:
1. Am I correct that standard laptop hard drives will work? I don't have to buy the hard drive through apple?
2. What's the best way to do the transfer. I really don't want to change all my settings, download and install all my apps, transfer my files, etc all over again. Is there a way to make a disk image of the old drive and drop it onto the new? What is the easiest way to manage this upgrade without spending days getting my precious little MacBook setup again?
Thanks all
Tandaina
I will be going off to grad school next year and going from a big house to a 300 sq. foot apartment (going back to school as an adult is scary). This is forcing me to simplify. The PC desktop/gaming computer won't be coming. However that computer is my file server due to its huge hard disk. My MacBook has a 60GB drive, this is not big enough if its the only machine I have (and it will be). So, I need to upgrade that hard drive.
My questions:
1. Am I correct that standard laptop hard drives will work? I don't have to buy the hard drive through apple?
2. What's the best way to do the transfer. I really don't want to change all my settings, download and install all my apps, transfer my files, etc all over again. Is there a way to make a disk image of the old drive and drop it onto the new? What is the easiest way to manage this upgrade without spending days getting my precious little MacBook setup again?
Thanks all
Tandaina