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Replace old MacBook HDD with one from a new refurbished MacBook?
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<blockquote data-quote="espadrillo" data-source="post: 1230214" data-attributes="member: 200561"><p>Currently using a late 2006 13" MacBook 2,1 Intel Core Duo 2GHz 80GB 5400-rpm SATA 667MHz 4GB DDR2 SDRAM OS X 10.4.11 and having some chronic problems when recording in GarageBand 3.0.4 which seem to indicate that the hard disk needs replacing.</p><p></p><p>I am considering buying a refurbished late 2009 13" MB (Intel Core 2 Duo 2.26GHz 250GB 5400-rpm SATA 2GB DDR3 SDRAM) from Apple UK to use purely as a fast & reliable GarageBand workcentre, with my old MB for everything else (internet, DVD etc.)</p><p></p><p>My plan is, as soon as the new MB arrives I would upgrade its HDD to a Western Digital Scorpio Black 500GB 2.5'' 7200RPM SATA drive, then put the new MB's original HDD into my old 2006 MB. [Also will upgrade the new MB to 8GB RAM.]</p><p></p><p>I was wondering:</p><p></p><p>a) Is the above a sensible plan? </p><p></p><p>b) Is it a fairly straightforward process-- anything in particular I need to be wary of before I go ahead with swapping the various drives?</p><p></p><p>It would be great to get an expert's viewpoint as I haven't done this kind of thing before.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="espadrillo, post: 1230214, member: 200561"] Currently using a late 2006 13" MacBook 2,1 Intel Core Duo 2GHz 80GB 5400-rpm SATA 667MHz 4GB DDR2 SDRAM OS X 10.4.11 and having some chronic problems when recording in GarageBand 3.0.4 which seem to indicate that the hard disk needs replacing. I am considering buying a refurbished late 2009 13" MB (Intel Core 2 Duo 2.26GHz 250GB 5400-rpm SATA 2GB DDR3 SDRAM) from Apple UK to use purely as a fast & reliable GarageBand workcentre, with my old MB for everything else (internet, DVD etc.) My plan is, as soon as the new MB arrives I would upgrade its HDD to a Western Digital Scorpio Black 500GB 2.5'' 7200RPM SATA drive, then put the new MB's original HDD into my old 2006 MB. [Also will upgrade the new MB to 8GB RAM.] I was wondering: a) Is the above a sensible plan? b) Is it a fairly straightforward process-- anything in particular I need to be wary of before I go ahead with swapping the various drives? It would be great to get an expert's viewpoint as I haven't done this kind of thing before. [/QUOTE]
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