Ed, I have the same one with the SSD drive and it is great. I can't believe the incredible speed and no hot bottom on the laptop when I hold it. SSD is the only way to go!
On Monday, August 5, 2013, Wiser, Ed wrote: > Great, I am loving my new retina MacBook Pro with SSD drive boy now > there is speed.:) > > > > *From:* [email protected] <javascript:_e({}, > 'cvml', '[email protected]');> [mailto: > [email protected] <javascript:_e({}, 'cvml', > '[email protected]');>] *On Behalf Of *Bill Micou > *Sent:* Sunday, August 04, 2013 10:43 PM > *To:* Topics related to Apple and Macintosh computers > *Subject:* Re: [MacGroup] Upgrading MacBook Pro HD > > > > Group, > > Procrastination should be my middle name. A year ago, plus a few months, > I had every intention of upgrading my MBP with a new larger, faster HD. I > had bought the new drive, and I came to the group for advice, which, like > always, was very helpful. But I sat and continued to use the slow and > crippled, due to lack of space, laptop. Why?? Luckily, I didn't wait until > I had a disaster. For some reason this weekend, I found myself doing all > the things needed to make the change. I'm happy to report (oh, please, > don't let this jinx it) all went smoothly. I used SuperDuper to make a > backup copy of the old drive- took MBP apart- installed new drive- put MBP > back together- plugged in USB external HD with SuperDuper on it- booted up > from that- formatted new drive- told SDuper to copy from external HD to new > blank drive and it worked. I can tell it is running faster now and with the > extra space, I can bring iPhoto back internally, instead of having it on > another external. > > Life is good, even if I'm a little slow making it happen sometimes. > > Bill Micou > > Sent from my micro sub meson electronic component > > > On May 27, 2012, at 10:59 AM, Nora Probasco <[email protected]> wrote: > > I did this just a couple of months ago. I installed the new hard drive, > loaded Lion, then used my portable hard drive that backs up my computer > with Time Machine and reloaded everything onto my computer. No problems at > all. Worked like a charm! > > Nora > > On Sun, May 27, 2012 at 10:53 AM, Dan Crutcher <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Bill, > > I have done this over and over, NEVER going from Lion to Lion so I suspect > that all will go fine, boy trying to go from Snow Leopard using Migration > just won't cut it.....learned that the hard way and the guys at the Apple > store confirmed it after I had gotten into a mess. > > If I were doing what you intend I would put the new drive in the MBP, put > the old one in the enclosure, install Lion (I assume by downloading, or > with the thumb drive) on the new drive (after formatting as you say) and > then when booting up the first time it will ask if you want to migrate from > another machine or TimeMachine I would then choose the old drive in the > enclosure. If going from Lion to Lion works as well as going from Snow > Leopard to Snow Leopard it should be a smooth transaction. > > John > > > > > My 2007 MBP has been giving me hints that it's hard drive won't make it > through the summer, so I plan on switching it out with a new one. I am > getting a Western Digital 320GB, to replace the 120GB. I have also ordered > an enclosure that I can put the old one in after I transfer them. > > My concern is making the data transfer. Do I first just connect the old > one (still in the MBP) to the new one in the enclosure with a usb cable and > use Migration Assistant on the Mac? I know I'll need to format the new one > as Journaling something to be Mac friendly, but do I have to put Lion on > the new one before I 'Migrate'? Or does Lion get moved over too? Since I > upgraded to 10.7.xx, I don't have an install disc (because I downloaded > it), so do I ...? ...go to the app store and somehow reinstall from > previous purchases? How can I make the new drive as clean as possible? > > Looking forward to doing this surgery this Holiday weekend. As always, I > appreciate anyone's help and advice. > > > > Bill Micou > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > MacGroup mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > MacGroup mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > MacGroup mailing list > > > ------------------------------ > > If you are not the intended addressee indicated in this message (or > responsible for delivery of the message to such person), you may not copy > or deliver this message to anyone. In such case, you should destroy this > message and kindly notify the sender by reply email. Please advise > immediately if you or your employer do not consent to internet email for > messages of this kind. >
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