I have been using my MacBook pro for 7 months now and I am a proud customer. Though I do most of my work in Windows, I use Mac for personal use like browsing, importing photos (I just love iPhoto), organizing personal files and most importantly – syncing my iPhone 4 with it.
After a while I realized that my MacBook is a great piece of machine except that it is slow. I noticed that I do not use much space on the hard drive. I do not have many apps installed and mostly the laptop is just used to stay online.
The most straight forward upgrade for any computer in terms of speed is SSD. To explain the benefits of SSD, I need to derail from the topic of this post, so I will save that for later. I bought this SSD from Delta Peripherals in Chennai for Rs.5,300 Approx. I did not need a bigger capacity SSD and this fit nicely in my budget.
The Upgrade Process
I thought that opening a MacBook Pro and installing an SSD was something like a brain surgery, but it turned out to be much simpler than I thought. It’s just that the components inside are so small and you need delicate hands. Especially while removing the old hard disk, you need to handle the SATA cable carefully. [click to continue…]
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