Upgrade hard drive and ram of macbook pro unibody late 2008. I wanted to upgrade to the 7200 rpm drive before i reload the os. All of our replacement parts are tested to rigorous standards and backed by our industryleading warranty. How to replace a hard drive in a macbook pro late 2008.
Apple engineers were quite clever and conveniently hid the hard drives on the macbook core duo and core 2 duo behind the memory. Macbook air specs how the macbook air works howstuffworks. I have the late 2008 edition of the unibody macbook. New listing apple macbook a1181 black 2008 macbook4,1 os x 10. I have an early 2008 macbook pro with the 250 gb 5400 hard drive. Can someone provide me with a link to the hard drive i would need to buy that is the 7200 version of the drive above.
Upgrade your 2006 early 2008 macbook pro to an ssd for 106x faster speeds and 12x the capacity of the original factory drive. It has a builtin hdd which became unbelievably slow. Macbook pro 15 unibody late 2008 parts for diy repair. Appended on october 31st, 2008, with wd scorpio black 7k 320g hdd results appended on december 4th, 2008, with intel x25m ssd results one of my favorite features is the ease with. Apples macbook pro has only one harddrive slot, but you can replace the optical drive with a bracket. How replace a macbook hard drive with a ssd youtube. Its quick and easy, this vid shows me replacing a standard hard drive with an ssd for a performance boost. Macbook pro 15 unibody late 2008 or early 2009 parts for diy repair. I recently wiped my late 2008 regular macbook and planned on using the universal snow leopard disk purchased from apple to do a new install.
Everything you need to know about your macs hard drive. As the hard drive is a userreplaceable part, there are custom configurations available, including use of 7200rpm drives or ssds. It continues with detailed instructions, complete with drawings, which absolutely should be read in their entirety before one replaces the hard drive. I have a macbook5,1 late 2008 unibody running on os x 10. Officially, the hard drive or ssd in the original, late 2008 and mid2009 macbook air models is not designed to be replaced or upgraded by the end user. Genuine service parts for your mac machine including all macbook pro parts, imac parts, macpro parts, xserve parts, macbook air parts. The late2011 macbook pro supports sata iiibut apple included only a sata ii hard drive hdd, which may have been for cost reasons, but also should have been a clue. Also i plan to run proxmox on it, not mac os x well, i might run. Make sure you use the proper antistatic precautions before replacing the device. If you have a solidstate hard drive, such as those included in the macbook pro with retina display, macbook air, or winter 2012 imac, do not attempt to.
New macbook pro or new hard drive in 2008 macbook pro. Compare portable, usb and external hard drive models for office and home and shop online. Macbook pro 15 unibody late 2008 or early 2009 hard. This is how to replace a hard drive in a 2008 white intel macbook. Extending macbook pro speed and capacity with dual drive upgrades. Extending macbook pro speed and capacity with dual drive. Unfortunately, if youve got a newer model, youre probably out of luck. How to upgrade macbook pro hard disk, late 2008, 15inch. Apple introduces new macbook and macbook pro models. New apple 256gb ssd hard drive macbook pro 15 a1502 a98 late 20, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017 mac pro a1481 genuine. When i hold down the option key at start up, it recognizes the disk and when i click the disk instead of going through to the installation a circle with a line through it pops up on the screen.
Hello, i just bought a used mackbook pro and the guy said he deleted everything and erased it all and reinstalled leopard, but a lot of space on the hard drive is taken up with. The model i found for my current hard drive is the fujitsu mhy2200bh. The hard disk drive is located to the left of the battery when you open the back of your macbook pro. Interested in using these videos on your site view our video usage policy. If your mac is more than a few years old, you can almost certainly upgrade the hard drive. Boost your macbook replacing the hard disk drive of the manual for the macbook aluminum late 2008. Owcs stepbystep video of how to install a hard drive the apple macbook pro 15 late 2008 unibody. Macbook pro 15 unibody late 2008 hard drives sata ifixit.
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Apples new laptop, the macbook air, may not be the true ultraportable that many had hoped for, but it still easily breaks new ground for small. Online shopping from a great selection at electronics store. Also scorpio 7200 rpm 300 gb notebook drive, usb 2. By 2010, apple had eliminated the hard disk drive entirely, offering only ssd storage on all its models source. Screens, batteries, keyboards, logic boards, hard drives, connectors, and small parts all tested and guaranteed. Ssds for macbook pro early and late 2008 hard drives. Make offer 250gb hard drive for macbook 2008 and later.
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