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I'm looking to purchase a MBP, any tips or suggestions?
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<blockquote data-quote="IvanLasston" data-source="post: 1286610" data-attributes="member: 145676"><p>I have upgraded both the hard drive and RAM after the fact - the RAM is a much easier upgrade and something that Apple considers user replaceable. (Of course if the 3rd party ram fails you have to go to where you bought it from, not Apple to get it fixed, but it is generally cheaper for you to replace stuff) </p><p></p><p>The interesting thing is that the Hard drive is currently harder to replace - because there is no install disk for Lion currently (unless you thought ahead and made one before you installed Lion) If you are buying new then there is a repair partition, not a install disk - so you would need to use something like carbon copy cloner to bring up a new hard disk. Or you could pay Apple $70 for their USB drive of Lion</p><p><a href="http://store.apple.com/us/product/MD256Z/A?fnode=MTY1NDAzOA&mco=MTM3NDgwNTg" target="_blank">OS X Lion USB Thumb Drive - Apple Store (U.S.)</a></p><p>Or try making your own bootable drive you can download the Lion installer from the Mac store.</p><p><a href="http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2389178,00.asp" target="_blank">How to Make Your Own Apple OS X Lion Bootable USB Key | PCMag.com</a></p><p></p><p>Anyway TL ; DR - upgrade the hard drive through Apple, then get more RAM 3rd party for cheaper, it is an easier install.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="IvanLasston, post: 1286610, member: 145676"] I have upgraded both the hard drive and RAM after the fact - the RAM is a much easier upgrade and something that Apple considers user replaceable. (Of course if the 3rd party ram fails you have to go to where you bought it from, not Apple to get it fixed, but it is generally cheaper for you to replace stuff) The interesting thing is that the Hard drive is currently harder to replace - because there is no install disk for Lion currently (unless you thought ahead and made one before you installed Lion) If you are buying new then there is a repair partition, not a install disk - so you would need to use something like carbon copy cloner to bring up a new hard disk. Or you could pay Apple $70 for their USB drive of Lion [url=http://store.apple.com/us/product/MD256Z/A?fnode=MTY1NDAzOA&mco=MTM3NDgwNTg]OS X Lion USB Thumb Drive - Apple Store (U.S.)[/url] Or try making your own bootable drive you can download the Lion installer from the Mac store. [url=http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2389178,00.asp]How to Make Your Own Apple OS X Lion Bootable USB Key | PCMag.com[/url] Anyway TL ; DR - upgrade the hard drive through Apple, then get more RAM 3rd party for cheaper, it is an easier install. [/QUOTE]
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