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Apple Computing Products:
macOS - Notebook Hardware
Swap Hard Drive and RAM between newest MBP and previous gen?
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<blockquote data-quote="EvenStranger" data-source="post: 1191085" data-attributes="member: 181804"><p>Hold up a sec - it might not be so easy. The tech specs on the new machines shows the ram to be 1333mhz, while the ram for your current system is 1066mhz. In addition, your hard drive may not have the correct drivers for the new hardware, and moving the drive over may cause system instability.</p><p></p><p>I recommend ordering RAM as needed to upgrade the new computer to 8GB, and using the Migration Assistant tool to move your account and files from the old computer to the new. I don't recommend swapping hardware from old to new... you're just asking for trouble.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="EvenStranger, post: 1191085, member: 181804"] Hold up a sec - it might not be so easy. The tech specs on the new machines shows the ram to be 1333mhz, while the ram for your current system is 1066mhz. In addition, your hard drive may not have the correct drivers for the new hardware, and moving the drive over may cause system instability. I recommend ordering RAM as needed to upgrade the new computer to 8GB, and using the Migration Assistant tool to move your account and files from the old computer to the new. I don't recommend swapping hardware from old to new... you're just asking for trouble. [/QUOTE]
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