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Early 2011 13" MBP worth upgrading or should I look at retiring it?
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<blockquote data-quote="ferrarr" data-source="post: 1819437" data-attributes="member: 376394"><p>Just as an FYI, the Early 2011 MBP will accept 16GB ram. </p><p></p><p>What I would do is throw an SSD in the main drive bay, then put a spinner HDD in place of the optical drive. Then you can put the optical drive in an external USB enclosure, if it's still functioning. They cost of everything, would be the only thing that would hold me back, it's something only you can answer. As a new (or newer?) MBP, could cost upwards of 10X as much. </p><p></p><p>Ram - <a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00BKVQETY/?tag=macforums0e4-20" target="_blank">https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00BKVQETY/?tag=macforums0e4-20</a> </p><p>SSD - <a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0764WCXCV/?tag=macforums0e4-20" target="_blank">https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0764WCXCV/?tag=macforums0e4-20</a> </p><p>HDD - <a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01DOL05OC/?tag=macforums0e4-20" target="_blank">https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01DOL05OC/?tag=macforums0e4-20</a> </p><p>Adapter - <a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01I15ZVKY/?tag=macforums0e4-20" target="_blank">https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01I15ZVKY/?tag=macforums0e4-20</a> </p><p>External USB - <a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00JCT0SU2/?tag=macforums0e4-20" target="_blank">https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00JCT0SU2/?tag=macforums0e4-20</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ferrarr, post: 1819437, member: 376394"] Just as an FYI, the Early 2011 MBP will accept 16GB ram. What I would do is throw an SSD in the main drive bay, then put a spinner HDD in place of the optical drive. Then you can put the optical drive in an external USB enclosure, if it's still functioning. They cost of everything, would be the only thing that would hold me back, it's something only you can answer. As a new (or newer?) MBP, could cost upwards of 10X as much. Ram - [URL]https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00BKVQETY/?tag=macforums0e4-20[/URL] SSD - [URL]https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0764WCXCV/?tag=macforums0e4-20[/URL] HDD - [URL]https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01DOL05OC/?tag=macforums0e4-20[/URL] Adapter - [URL]https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01I15ZVKY/?tag=macforums0e4-20[/URL] External USB - [URL]https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00JCT0SU2/?tag=macforums0e4-20[/URL] [/QUOTE]
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