Macworld has put together a short video on YouTube that shows how to remove the RAM and hard drive in the new Apple MacBook. Apple’s MacBook has been receiving a lot of attention due to its user-replaceable hard-drives. However, people have been complaining about the MacBook’s new glossy display and reports are coming in that the MacBook’s matte surface is flaky.
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I have a HP dv1000 notebook with a “glossy” display and it is torture trying to view the screen in well lit areas and almost impossible outside. Hopefully the MacBook won’t be as bad as my HP. The best screen i’ve seen is the VIAO XBRITE LCD from $ony.
Yeah Sony’s XBrite is really nice. BTW, Blake with prism you need to use a www in front of http or it won’t load. I’ve already gone ahead and changed it in your comment above. :-D
ouch. the new black mbooks look a bit drab to me. they seem to missing that apple flair..
i like the glass screens but tey are a bitch to use. my wife has a 12″ Dell 700m. this machine is awesome BTW. but the screen is a bit to deal with in all situations. you see yorself, you see lights in the ceiling etc.
im not sure why everyone is unhappy. i mean you could have easily gone to a bestbuy, circuit city etc and tested these types of screens before you plunked down on a new macbook.
now the flaking. ouch.
not giving me a reason to switch ;)
Does anyone know if the 512MB RAM is integrated into the system or is taking up the two expandable memory slots? I’m looking to get a Macbook very soon and need to know if I’ll need to buy 512MB or 1GB to reach my GB of memory that I want.
now i really want one
Cavemonkey50: The 512 memory from Apple consists of 2x 256 sticks. that is what I have in my machine right now. I was hoping for 1 x 512 stick so I could easily update it to 1 GB, but no such luck. I’m still going to upgrade, just not sure to how much yet.
macbook memory must come in pairs. so you can’t get a single stick and upgrade. the best is by far to buy from apple with the lowest (2×256) available and upgrade from http://www.crucial.com (or other memory specialist).
macbook pro can have independent memory sizes so there get the 1gb and buy the second online.
apple memory is about 2x more expensive than an online memory specialist. get it online.
did i mention to get memory online? apple rips you off big time.
by the way, my mbp15 just now has 170mb wired, 260mb active, 875 mb inactive and 738mb free (don’t add that up). i have firefox, mail, excel, lightroom, and calendar running.standard macbook is sharing memory with video so good idea to get full 2 gb…
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Memory To Go (memorytogo.com) has Macbook memory at a GREAT price. I spend $200 on 2×1GB modules for my computer…that is a steal. We tried to by some generic laptop memory for a windows laptop we also purchased from a local retailer and they wanted $179 per GB.
QUESTION: What is the best way to UPG the HD in a Macbook. I know I can purchase an HD, but…just get an external housing a “copy” the HD? Any ideas on that?
ben
I am just about to buy a MacBook (white), 13.3-inch, 2GHz Intel Core Duo. I’m trying to cut costs and decided to buy my own memory as suggested (£186.81 from Crucial instead of £359 from apple) and I just wandered if anyone has any suggestions on hard drive size – I intend to store most stuff on external drives and so the macbook drive will just be used when I am ‘on the go’ so to speak – so is there any performance diference on the different size hard drives if I am not storing a great deal on it – I will be using some fairly heavy duty software.
I just purchased a MacBook Pro, 15.4 inch, 1.83GHz (student model) and 512MB or RAM. I am looking to upgrade the RAM to at least a GB at crucial.com or some other online retailer. Do I need to buy two sticks or just one and does anyone have a tip on which ones would work best in the MBP? I would be open to upgrading to more than 1GB but I do not want to spend more than a couple hundred dollars on it.
Just ordered upgrades from http://www.newegg.com. Hooked it up with G.Skill DDR2 667 2GB’s , and a 160 5400RPM HITACHI Travelstar Total cost, less then 275$ a steal from what Apple will charge you. First, I believe doing the upgrades yourself will void your warranty. Second, research what you buy, the difference between a 7200rpm and a 5400rpm is minimal for more then the majority of users, the average seek time for a 7200rpm is 10ms write is 4.2ms, and the 5400 is 11ms and write is around 5ms I believe. A 7200rpm 100GB will cost the same as a 160GB 5400, again not sure its worth the cost. Third the upgrades are totally necessary, between MP3’s and software, and the fact that the dual-core gets no love with 512mbs of RAM you need the larger hard drive and upgraded RAM.
Best Luck
So I’ve been thinking of upgrading the paltry 80GB drive on my MBP to something more substantial, but the only place I can find said upgrades is at macsales.com- any other suggestions on where to look?