I'm also looking at updating a hard drive and battery in a mac book pro 2011, the battery price alone here in NZ is more than you paid for your ssd and battery or at least the work done price.
With 16 gig of ram in the machine it should give the owner / user another couple of years and once finished with gives me an ssd that I can use in an external drive case. -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Sarai Bucciarelli Sent: Saturday, 31 December 2016 3:54 PM To: 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries <[email protected]> Subject: Re: My Macbook Pro 2010 battery and HD I think the upgrade was well worth it! It was much cheaper than buying a new one, and If I can get another year oth of it then great! > On Dec 30, 2016, at 8:33 PM, Mike Arrigo <[email protected]> wrote: > > I've thought about upgrading to an SSD for my 2010 macbook, but I probably > won't for a couple reasons. First, apparently upgrading the firmware on SSD > drives that are not provided by Apple is next to impossible with mac OS, > Apple does not provide the low level access to the hardware that developers > would need to do this. Second, I can't say for sure, but I'm guessing that > Sierra may be the last operating system that will work with this mac, which > means I would be upgrading next year to a new laptop next year, probably a > macbook air, so I may not have this macbook long enough to make it worth the > upgrade. The SSD drives are awesome though, my girl friend's macbook pro > literally boots in about 5 seconds. >> On Dec 30, 2016, at 5:24 PM, Sarai Bucciarelli <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >> >> Hi guys: >> Well, I finally received my Mac Batttery and 750GB SSD. Took it to the >> authorized Apple repair center and I am quite pleased. All I had to do was >> turn on voiceover. All data had been restored for me. The SSD is way faster! >> I’m quite pleased. They even replaced the bottom case that had all the tabs >> worn off. Looks brand new. Not bad for $150 worth of work. >> Sarai D. 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You can reach >> mark at: [email protected] and your owner is Cara >> Quinn - you can reach Cara at [email protected] the upgrade was well >> worth it! >> The archives for this list can be searched at: >> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries > list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if > you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or > moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. 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