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So I've got a mid-2009 MacBook Pro 13". Integrated GPU so not a games machine but fast enough for doing .Net development in VMs. I love the little thing and wanted to give it a Christmas present so thought I'd mod it up a bit and give it a boost.
I'm thinking of swapping out the stock 5400rpm HD with a faster drive (e.g. one of these new-fangled hybrid laptop drives with 4GB RAM that spin at 7200rpm) but was wondering if any of you had tried or knew of anything else I could change/upgrade/mod to squeeze more out of my laptop. Before you answer though, please be aware that I'm not sure I can run to putting in the 8GB of RAM Apple have suggested :-(
EDIT: Is it true you can swap out the DVD burner for another drive?
Thanks in advance.
I didnt' know about accumuluations of 'cruft' and consequent slow-down. will investigate further. Many thanks ;) – 5arx – 2011-01-10T11:15:58.840
@5arx Mac OS X is usually quite good in resisting slowing down. However, tons of background/menubar applications, Dashboard widgets, etc. might slow things down anyway. And e.g. Safari doesn't like it when your accumulate hundreds of bookmarks or never clear your browsing history. Therefore my suggestion to create a new user account, and see if things are faster there. – Daniel Beck – 2011-01-10T11:19:37.040
I second the SSD. If you need lots of storage, install a second HD where the optical bay is: http://eshop.macsales.com/item/Other+World+Computing/DDAMBS0GB/
– churnd – 2011-01-10T12:06:29.267@churnd - man that would be ser-weet! 8GB RAM + 2 X 0.5/1 TB hard drives ;-) – 5arx – 2011-01-10T12:45:02.233