Re: Upgrading an air?

2011-12-25 Thread LuKreme
On 24 Dec 2011, at 14:30 , Michael_google gmail_Gersten wrote: What is involved in upgrading an Air on your own? Lets say I were to get the cheap 64GB air, and upgrade drive and memory on my own. Is this an end-user upgrade, or is it a PITA? O don’t think it’s a PITA, I think

Re: Upgrading an air?

2011-12-25 Thread LuKreme
On 24 Dec 2011, at 17:05 , William Ehrich wrote: How hard to replace that? It and the SSD are most likely to wear out. Why do you call it 'soft' battery? The SSD is not likely to ‘wear out’ before the machine it is in is consigned to the recycling bin. -- Adolescence is the period between

Upgrading an air?

2011-12-24 Thread Michael_google gmail_Gersten
What is involved in upgrading an Air on your own? Lets say I were to get the cheap 64GB air, and upgrade drive and memory on my own. Is this an end-user upgrade, or is it a PITA? How much would the self upgrade cost compared to the Apple cost? What is the general state/price of compatible SSD

Re: Upgrading an air?

2011-12-24 Thread Neil Laubenthal
of the warranty or decided that your drive upgrade didn't have anything to do with say a mother board failure. On Dec 24, 2011, at 4:30 PM,12/24, Michael_google gmail_Gersten wrote: What is involved in upgrading an Air on your own? Lets say I were to get the cheap 64GB air, and upgrade drive

Re: Upgrading an air?

2011-12-24 Thread Macs R We
On Dec 24, 2011, at 2:38 PM, Neil Laubenthal wrote: i think the ram is soldered to the motherboard You got it. Service guide says: Defective memory... replace logic board. Memory is actually underneath another component. Lets say I were to get the cheap 64GB air, and upgrade drive and

Re: Upgrading an air?

2011-12-24 Thread William Ehrich
there are several places in the overall procedure where you can damage your soft battery if not extremely careful. How hard to replace that? It and the SSD are most likely to wear out. Why do you call it 'soft' battery? -- Bill Ehrich ___

Re: Upgrading an air?

2011-12-24 Thread Neil Laubenthal
I don't think you have to worry about the SSD wearing out . . .sure, it has a finite life but it's way more than the number of years before the computer is replaced. On Dec 24, 2011, at 7:05 PM,12/24, William Ehrich wrote: How hard to replace that? It and the SSD are most likely to wear out.

Re: Upgrading an air?

2011-12-24 Thread Macs R We
On Dec 24, 2011, at 5:05 PM, William Ehrich wrote: there are several places in the overall procedure where you can damage your soft battery if not extremely careful. How hard to replace that? It and the SSD are most likely to wear out. Why do you call it 'soft' battery? Because it's soft.