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Thinking of upgrading a 2009 MacBook Pro

Posted on 11/9/14 at 10:13 am
Posted by Wayne Campbell
Aurora, IL
Member since Oct 2011
6364 posts
Posted on 11/9/14 at 10:13 am
Other than upgrading the RAM, any suggestions for other upgrades?

It runs well, only recently has it started getting a little glitchy.
Posted by Hopeful Doc
Member since Sep 2010
14940 posts
Posted on 11/9/14 at 10:30 am to
HDD-->SSD will have the most effect.
Posted by ILikeLSUToo
Central, LA
Member since Jan 2008
18018 posts
Posted on 11/9/14 at 12:04 pm to
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HDD-->SSD will have the most effect.

Posted by wish i was tebow
The Golf Board
Member since Feb 2009
46121 posts
Posted on 11/9/14 at 1:12 pm to
quote:

HDD-->SSD will have the most effect.




this
Posted by Wayne Campbell
Aurora, IL
Member since Oct 2011
6364 posts
Posted on 11/9/14 at 1:21 pm to
Is it a pretty easy process? I'll admit to not having much tech experience.

I'm sure there are how-to's available.
Posted by wish i was tebow
The Golf Board
Member since Feb 2009
46121 posts
Posted on 11/9/14 at 1:39 pm to
I did mine myself. Im not a computer guy by any stretch. Just watched a couple youtube videos and did it. really was no where near as hard as I expected it to be
Posted by Wayne Campbell
Aurora, IL
Member since Oct 2011
6364 posts
Posted on 11/9/14 at 1:54 pm to
Thanks.

Any recs on brand? I'm looking at a Samsung 840 right now.
Posted by ILikeLSUToo
Central, LA
Member since Jan 2008
18018 posts
Posted on 11/9/14 at 2:50 pm to
It's a good SSD, but unless it's the 840 Pro, you'll have to upgrade the firmware on it. It suffered from a controller bug that caused the read speed on older files to slow down. It was fixed with new firmware, but I doubt Samsung has pulled all of their existing inventory from every vendor and applied the fix on unsold drives.

It's very easy to update (Samsung made a program that automates the process), but if you want to avoid any and all extra hassle, a safer and cheaper choice is a Crucial MX100.
Posted by Coppertone
LA
Member since Aug 2013
345 posts
Posted on 11/9/14 at 4:16 pm to
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I did mine myself. Im not a computer guy by any stretch. Just watched a couple youtube videos and did it. really was no where near as hard as I expected it to be


ditto
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