[pancari]

I wound like to upgrade my harddrive in my macbook pro. How do I go about doing that without avoiding warranty? Can I purchase a harddrive and have an apple authorized center put in the harddrive for me? Can I install the harddrive myself and avoid voiding the warranty? Do I have to purchase the harddrive through to avoid voiding the warranty?

[ghporter]

Welcome to the MacNN Forums!

The hard drive in the MacBook Pro is not considered "user-accessible" by Apple, so if you do it yourself and leave any trace, your warranty will be voided. On the other hand, if you have an Apple approved service center do the work, your warranty won't be affected. This can cost around $50 plus the drive, depending on the center, but they probably won't require you to buy the drive from them. The Apple Store will only use Apple-supplied drives, so that means a lot more cost.

Again, welcome to the forums!