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PB17 Upgrades
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redoid
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Jan 24, 2005, 06:35 AM
 
Hiya,

I want to upgrade my HDD to a 7200 RPM and also throw maybe another gig of ram.

Catch is that i know jackshit on how to put this new drive. If i go to an Apple reseller, they will do it and reinstall everything right? I mean an image of my drive will be used etc?

Sorry for the newbee answers,
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SEkker
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Jan 24, 2005, 08:44 AM
 
I did these very same upgrades myself. RAM is very easy.

The internal HD is harder. I purchased a nice 7200 rpm drive from Dell Home Business during one of their sales (~$130), added it to an external FW drive case, used CCC to clone the contents, set the external drive as boot disk to make sure everything is good, and then took it in for replacement via an Apple Certified Technician (identified as a recommendation from the Apple Store).

Made the system noticably snappier.
     
   
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