Hi Lynne, I think my MBP is the mid 09 model. I purchased it in January 2010, so I'd need to go check the release schedule.
Anyways, if my one is the same as yours, it takes about 5 minutes to replace it. Just be sure you have a Torx t6 screwdriver. Dónal On 18 Nov 2011, at 18:12, Mrs. Lynnette Annabel Smith wrote: > Hello Lew > > Please don't think I'm against the MacBook Air. Not at all, it's a very nice > little machine. And yes, if you could boot from a thumb drive that would be a > huge huge plus as you could have multiple drives with different > configurations. I've often wondered actually whether we could do that with > our MacBook and MacBookPro's as it would be extremely useful. > > Now, a question. I'm toying with the idea of getting an SSD for one of our > machines. But what I want to know is whether the hard drive in a MacBook Pro > (Mid 2009) is easy to remove and replace. Also, does anybody happen to know > whether there is a size limit on the drive you can use? It's an attractive > prospect for both of us actually as we've seen first hand the difference it > can make when you upgrade RAM. > > This 13' machine I'm using, for instance, came with 2GB of RAM when we bought > it. We upgraded it to 4GB and then, some time later, we upgraded it to 8GB. > The jump between 2 and 4 didn't do a great deal to be honest. But the jump > from 4 to 8GB made a huge huge huge difference. So much so, in fact, that > we've upgraded our Quad Core Mac Minis which are all server-based machines, > to 8GB and I'm toying with the idea of putting SSD's in them as well. It > would be expensive; but I'd rather spend the money on that and put it down to > business use than give it to the taxman! > > Lynne > > On 18 Nov 2011, at 17:41, Mr. L. Alexander wrote: > > the macbook air is a very attractive proposition, especially where OS booting > would be handy where a thumb drive loaded with say OS X, Linux and windows > on a technical only basis would be handy. > > The ipad does feel very decent and comfortable. Maybe it would be worth > taking one on and putting it through it's paces. > > <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> > > To reply to this post, please address your message to > [email protected] > > You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Mac-Access forum at > either the list's own dedicated web archive: > <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html> > or at the public Mail Archive: > <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/>. > Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: > <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.xml> > > The Mac-Access mailing list is guaranteed malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and > worm-free! > > Please remember to update your membership options periodically by visiting > the list website at: > <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/> Dónal Fitzpatrick [email protected] <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> To reply to this post, please address your message to [email protected] You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Mac-Access forum at either the list's own dedicated web archive: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html> or at the public Mail Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/>. Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.xml> The Mac-Access mailing list is guaranteed malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and worm-free! Please remember to update your membership options periodically by visiting the list website at: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/>
