Yep. You flip it over, remove the 10 screws on the bottom, and a plate lifts away to reveal the guts. The hard drive, battery, memory, and other replaceable components are right there for swapping. It is designed to be upgraded, so you aren't voiding the warranty or anything by opening the service panel on the bottom.
The screws are extremely tiny, though, and easy to lose. Anyone with basic experience with electronics or computer maintenance should be able to replace memory or a hard drive in a MBP. Maybe you shouldn't try it if you're not comfortable with taking equipment apart, though. The IMac is much easier, though. When you open the memory compartment, the memory chips are all that's there. I've heard that the Mini is farily easy, also but I haven't checked it out myself. Bryan -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Frank Ventura Sent: Saturday, February 27, 2010 8:44 AM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: VMWare Fusion 3 / Windows 7 What about a Mac Book Pro, is it possible to get to the memory slots? -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Bryan Smart Sent: Saturday, February 27, 2010 4:48 AM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: VMWare Fusion 3 / Windows 7 There is a small door on the bottom that you open with a screw driver. The memory slots are right inside. Each chip (looks more like a small data card than a chip) is held in by two clamps that you release with your fingers, and it will pop out. You take the new chips, push them in to the slots until they click in to place, and put the door back on and secure with the screw driver. Very simple. Bryan -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Ryan Mann Sent: Friday, February 26, 2010 3:31 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: VMWare Fusion 3 / Windows 7 How easy is it to add more RAM to an Imac? I'm not thinking about doing that right away, but I might in the future so my Windows VM will run faster. On Feb 26, 2010, at 2:59 AM, Bryan Smart wrote: > You should probably stop running it on your Mini with 2GB memory. > *smile* > > Memory is cheap. A whopping 8GB is only $350 if bought in 2 4GB modules, like for a MacBook. If you're buying for an IMac, you can use 4 2GB modules, and get 8GB for more like $250. > > If you don't give VMware lots of memory, it isn't going to work. If you do, it runs just as fast as a real Windows PC. VirtualBox and Parallels will be just as slow without enough memory. XP Pro needs 1GB to run at its best. Win 7 needs 2GB. That's how much they need on real PCs, so it isn't reasonable to expect that they can run well with less in a virtual machine than is required on a physical computer. > > Bryan > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Simon Fogarty > Sent: Thursday, February 25, 2010 3:26 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: VMWare Fusion 3 / Windows 7 > > Yeah I've found that vm 2 and vm 3 fusions are both slower than a turtle walking backwards up an ice slope. > > > > If only parallels was usable. Or virtual box. > > > > > > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of E.J. Zufelt > Sent: Thursday, 25 February 2010 4:10 p.m. > To: [email protected] > Subject: VMWare Fusion 3 / Windows 7 > > > > Good evening, > > > > Curious if anyone has written about accessibility differences between VMWare Fusion 2 and 3. Would someone who has upgraded share if you are finding anything troublesome in the new version, anything new that is a benefit? > > > > Also, for anyone who has installed Windows 7 in Fusion 3, was the process easy, can it be automated like Windows XP, and which edition of Windows 7 installation media where you using? > > > > Thanks in advance for the help, > > Everett Zufelt > > http://zufelt.ca > > > > Follow me on Twitter > http://twitter.com/ezufelt > > View my LinkedIn Profile > http://www.linkedin.com/in/ezufelt > > > > > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > Ryan Mann email: [email protected] phone:386-383-5175 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. 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