it's my understanding that replacing the drive in a Macbook Pro will void the warranty, if you do it yourself. But, this is not the case with the regular MacBooks, as they have a user-replaceable hard drive.
On Jan 6, 2008, at 6:22 PM, Harry Jacobson-Beyer wrote: > Dan, > > When I had to replace the hard drive on my 17" MacBook G4- I was > told I > couldn't put a drive in larger than 160GB. I was told the OS would > recognize only 160 GB. Does your MacBook Pro recognize all 320 GB? Did > you partition the drive? Tell us more, please! > > And, if one were to replace (his/her self) a perfectly good 160 GB > hard > drive in a MacBook Pro with a larger hard drive would it negate the > warranty? Would it negate the warranty if an authorized dealer did the > replacement? > > Thanks. > > Sunday, January 6, 20085:48 PMDan [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> Just received and installed one of these (320 GB Western Digital >> Scorpio drive for laptops) in my MacBook Pro. Aside from a lot of >> screws to take out and having to buy a T6 torx driver, it was a >> breeze. NewEgg does have them in stock, or at least did earlier this >> week. It took only 3 days for it to arrive. >> >> If anyone else is considering this, I would recommend printing out >> the >> how-to info at: >> >> http://www.ifixit.com/Guide/Mac/MacBook-Pro-17-Inch-Core-Duo/Hard-Drive- >> Replacement/87/8/ >> >> Dan >> >>> <http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp? >> Item=N82E16822136197&ATT=22-136-197&CMP=OTC-pr1c3watch&nm_mc=OTC- >> pr1c3watch&cm_mmc=OTC-pr1c3watch-_-Hard+Drives+-+Notebooks+/ >> +Laptops-_- >> Western+Digital-_-22136197 >>>> >>> >>> 320GB of internal storage for my Macbook? Please someone tell that >>> this will fit! >>> >>> rick >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> The next Louisville Computer Society meeting will >>> be January 22 at MacAuthority, 128 Breckinridge Lane. >>> Posting address: [email protected] >>> Information: http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/ >>> macgroup >>> >>> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> The next Louisville Computer Society meeting will >> be January 22 at MacAuthority, 128 Breckinridge Lane. >> Posting address: [email protected] >> Information: http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup >> > > > > _______________________________________________ > The next Louisville Computer Society meeting will > be January 22 at MacAuthority, 128 Breckinridge Lane. > Posting address: [email protected] > Information: http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup > _______________________________________________ The next Louisville Computer Society meeting will be January 22 at MacAuthority, 128 Breckinridge Lane. Posting address: [email protected] Information: http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup
