Anybody ever switched internal harddrives in a notebook PC and been sucessful ?

stitch Mar 12, 2009, 5:05 PM

I'm considering attempting this. Is it a big deal or not ?

Hardware installation seems easy. Somewhat worried about the drivers though.

Calvin19 Mar 12, 2009, 5:26 PM

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Re: [stitch] Anybody ever switched internal harddrives in a notebook PC and been sucessful ?

yes, in my macbook pro. upgraded to 320gb drive. no sweat. just be sure you have the startup disks and instructions. its just like a wipe.

AndrewKarnowski Mar 12, 2009, 5:51 PM

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Re: [Calvin19] Anybody ever switched internal harddrives in a notebook PC and been sucessful ?

It's easy stitch, give me a shout on the 23rd if you'd like help.

GreenMachine Mar 12, 2009, 6:34 PM

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Not on topic... but my G5 came with a 160 gig hard drive
and I added a 320 gig hard drive, which was easy to do;
open the case, snap it in like Lego's. Gotta love MACs Wink

Tyrion Mar 16, 2009, 7:54 PM

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GreenMachine wrote:

Not on topic... but my G5 came with a 160 gig hard drive
and I added a 320 gig hard drive, which was easy to do;
open the case, snap it in like Lego's. Gotta love MACs Wink

Just as easy with a PC.

Though if you've got a Macbook Air nearly everything is soldered in place I believe, so you're SOL if you want to upgrade anything.

Edit: I wish you'd include a {/green} at the end of your posts. It's really annoying.

GreenMachine Mar 17, 2009, 5:56 AM

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I wish you'd include a {/green} at the end of your posts.

Can do.

stitch Mar 17, 2009, 7:38 AM

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Fixed it. Bought a bigger and better PC. Sly

Calvin19 Mar 17, 2009, 9:10 AM

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wat.

dude.
My MBP has logged over 2 hours a day on average for the last 3 years, she is on her way out. and I am trying to finance a new 3+ghz 8gbRAM 320gb solid state MBP.

PC?

loser. Tongue

stitch Mar 17, 2009, 3:27 PM

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Can't justify $2500 for a laptop.

pocbase Mar 18, 2009, 12:21 AM

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Same here... Unsure

Calvin19 Mar 18, 2009, 2:04 AM

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stitch wrote:

Can't justify $2500 for a laptop.

could get the best and drop $5500

stitch Mar 18, 2009, 6:29 AM

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Calvin19 wrote:

stitch wrote:

Can't justify $2500 for a laptop.

could get the best and drop $5500

I don't think a Mac Pro is all that portable. Crazy

Ghetto Mar 20, 2009, 5:46 AM

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I was going to get a MBP but after thinking about it getting lost/stolen/broken/filled-with-sand in Africa, I decided to buy a $350 junker at best buy. It turned out to be a fucking sweet laptop. My only gripe is that its got vista home basic which doesn't come with IIS Manager. WTF kind of horseshit is that for a web developer Mad

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