upgrade machine

[dagenhartrj]

I currently own a mid 2010 MacBook Pro but am interested in getting a mid 2011 MacBook Pro with a i7 processor. Can I take my SSD from the 2010 and place it in the 2011 and it boot up?

I am running parallels with windows 7 and have my current machine running really smooth. If this is possible I would transfer my 16 GB of RAM from the current 2010 model and Samsung SSD into the 2011 with a i7 for faster computing power.

Just thought I would ask some of the Mac gurus and see what they thought. I really don't feel like re-installing software if I don't have to. I have swapped out HDD to SDD buy coping the disk image before.

 

[chas_m]

I currently own a mid 2010 MacBook Pro but am interested in getting a mid 2011 MacBook Pro with a i7 processor. Can I take my SSD from the 2010 and place it in the 2011 and it boot up?

Should work.

I am running parallels with windows 7 and have my current machine running really smooth. If this is possible I would transfer my 16 GB of RAM from the current 2010 model and Samsung SSD into the 2011 with a i7 for faster computing power.

You can't transfer the RAM. The late-2011 MBPs use a different type of RAM at twice the speed of the PC8500 your mid-2010 uses. But the SSD transfer should be okay, though I would still suggest doing a clean install of the OS at some point for best results.

 

[dagenhartrj]

Would a better course of action be to run a time capsule save, install all the new software onto the new machine then restore via time capsule to get all of my setting just how I want them?

 

[chas_m]

Yes, you could certainly do that. I assume you mean to restore from the time capsule backup at the point in a new account set up when migration assistant asks for one. That is the best way to handle it.