[drnkn_stylz]

I am looking into what upgrades I can do to my MB in the near future. So far I have found only a couple upgrades.

-RAM upgrades up to 2gb (obvious).
-HDD upgrade to a faster 7200rpm.

I am currently waiting for NuPower to make battery upgrades for the MB. I would also like to see some fan upgrades, speaker upgrades, or minor overclocking. I am unsure of what can be done due to limitations of the motherboard.

Please everyone contribute what you know, what you have heard, and what you would like to see.

[StickClicks]

I know my friend has a C2D 2.0GHz 1GB Macbook and he let me test drive it before and after he upgraded to a 7200RPM 100GB HDD. It really makes a huge difference in boot time, paging, and anything that has to do with HDD writing / reading. Also he uses a fan controller that keeps his Macbook very cool to the touch. I believe he said it idled out at around 48*F
You probably already knew about this but in case not: Fan Control 1.1 UB I added that much in just because I don't think there will be a "Physical" fan upgrade in the form of a mod or anything like that. Ja, for sure go for the 7200 though, squeezed a ton of extra performance out of his Mac.

[wilsonng]

This is what I'm looking at....

MCE OptiBay Hard Drive for MacBook Pro, MacBook and PowerBook G4

They'll take out your internal SuperDrive and put it into a USB 2.0 slim external case that is powered by the USB port.

In the area vacated by the SuperDrive, they have the OptiBay which allows you to stick in a hard drive with capacities of up to 160 GBs.

So, if you put in a 200 GB 4200 rpm hard drive in the MacBook's upgradeable hard drive bay and then have the 160 GB OptiBay hard drive, you'll have 360 GBs of internal storage space.....

I rarely use my internal SuperDrive as I rely more on my 16x external SuperDrive. I can whip out the USB 2.0 external SuperDrive when I need it. Otherwise I'd have the OptiBay.

Other upgrades can be an external USB2 or FireWire hard drive that you can use in conjunction with your MacBook....

[StickClicks]

Wow, thats really cool, and it can up to triple the storage space. Thanks for the link.

[wilsonng]

I'd also add an external monitor. Connecting your MacBook to an external monitor and have it work with dual monitor display mode really makes things easier to work in. Having all that screen real estate allows me to open and view more documents at the same time....

Other simple upgrades include buying a USB 2.0 powered mini-hub and external hard drives.

The more USB2 devices we get, the more ports we need.

If the OptiBay option is too expensive, get a USB2/Firewire external hard drive instead. I always need storage space so I invested in a few external USB2/Firewire hard drives. There are portable bus-powered hard drives as well as regular desktop hard drives.

I also opted to get a 16x external USB2/Firewire DVD-R. It's much faster than my internal SuperDrive.

I've had several internal slot-loaders flake out on me and I don't like sticking in discs that have labels in it or irregular shaped mini DVDs. An external tray-loader DVD-R helps with that. I use the SuperDrive only if I'm on the road. Otherwise when I'm at my home office or work office, I just use the external SuperDrive that's on the desk. The MacBook's SuperDrive tops out at 6x so the 16x external SuperDrive makes a nice upgrade.

There are always other options that don't necessarily have to be tied into the MacBook itself.