MacBook Pro :: 17" MBP I7 Can Be Upgraded?
May 25, 2010
I currently have a 17" 2.8GHz MBP, it's the previous edition just replaced in this latest release (purchased about a year ago). I'm considering selling my current MBP and replacing it with the new i7, but I'm not sure it's worth it. I'm a photographer and do all of my editing on this laptop, so any boost in speed *should* help my workflow. I'm also a p/t student, so I qualify for academic pricing, and the free iPod they're currently offering.
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Feb 16, 2012
I upgrade to Lion after being told that it would upgrade my iLife to iLife 11. But that doesn't seem to be the case.
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Jun 24, 2012
256 SSD - want to upgrade to 512 or larger SSD. is this possible.
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MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.4), 256 SSD - want to upgrade to 512
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Feb 3, 2012
Upgraded to Lion on my MacBook Pro. Since then cannot see any external device (USB, CD, etc)
Info:Mac OS X (10.6.4)
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Jun 1, 2012
I upgraded my ram with Crucial 8gb kit for my Macbook Pro (Mid 2010). After playing a game I noticed that my fan speed was much higher than it originally was when I hadn't changed it and it was 4gb. I already tried resetting SMC and nothing has changed.
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Jul 1, 2012
I have a MacBook Pro running OS 10.5.8, attempting to upgrade Adobe CS3 to CS6. Alert states 10.6 is required. Can my laptop be upgraded to higher OS?
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MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.5.8), Upgrade to 10.6?
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Sep 18, 2010
Can a Macbook that runs on 10.4 Tiger be upgraded to 10.6 Leopard?
I bought a used Macbook. It has the following specs:
MacBook 2,1
Intel Core 2 Duo
2.16 GHz
4 GB Memory 667MHz
I reformated the Mac for a fresh start (20GB+ of the space were used up and the seller claimed that everything was erased)
However, the sad news is that the discs that the seller sent me appear to be 10.5.2 Tiger. In the auction, seller claimed that the OS is upgraded to 10.4 Tiger. When I tried to install, I get the error saying that "This software cannot be installed."
So... now it looks like I will have to buy an installation disk?
My question is will this laptop be able to run a 10.6 Leopard (I just put this example in because it seems to be the most popular one or something. I am new to Mac.)? Or will I receive the same error for that 10.5 Tiger?
Currently, this laptop has no OS installed.
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Nov 3, 2010
would like to say that is my first mac and I am loving it. I've got the new 13" 1.86ghz 128gb and the upgraded ram 4gb. Now I've fully charged it and left it on a further 2 hours or so, following the instructions for calibrating the battery. Now that I'm using the macbook, I'm noticing the battery going down fairly quick, already at 88% after 30mins of use. Is it supposed to go down this quick?
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Jun 27, 2009
So a lot of people are recommending that I upgrade to 4GB of memory on the 13" MBP 2.26ghz, but does it really make much of a difference? I do a lot of photo editing work and occasionally play games like The Sims 3.
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Jul 24, 2009
I'm starting my masters program (interactive multimedia) in September and my powerbook won't cut it. So I plan on upgrading. I think of now I want the 17" 3.06 with the 500 GB 7200 RPM drive. My question is can the RAM be upgraded easily at a later date when it won't cost me almost a grand to max it out. Do you think I should go glossy or antiglare?
Also apple always updates the laptop line in september along with the ipod line, do you think apple will update them again even though they were just updated in June? What do you think will be updated? If I go with the above specs, how much faster will the MBP be then my current IMac? (see sig for specs) Will it be significant?
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Oct 7, 2009
I upgraded to Snow Leopard three weeks ago on my rev B MBA but am thinking about downgrading to Leopard again. Reasons:
- Have not seen any 'improvement' from Snow Leopard
- Battery time is slightly worse(!)
- 'Idle' Temperature is also higher compared to Leopard
So I am curious if anyone has seen improvements when going to Snow Leopard or if you are planning to go back to regular Leopard?
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Nov 22, 2009
Following the death of my dual G4 867mhz system, I have been left with an IBM T42 laptop for the last few months on which to work (feel free to Google if you're curious about the stats).
I can't honestly say that I care much for the iMacs and the Mac Pros are beyond my budget so it looks like I'll be going with the next revision of the Macbook Pro.
I've reviewed the Apple website and I'm interested in the high-end 15 inch with the dual video card setup with 512MB of VRAM. What I am not pleased with, however, is that it is also configured with additional RAM and HDD space; both of which Apple charges a premium for.
My line of thinking is that I'll purchase the other two components from third party vendors as add-ons for the base configuration and upgrade the video card either at the Apple store or elsewhere - assuming it's practical.
My question then, can the video card in the Macbook Pro be upgraded?
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Apr 11, 2012
I have upgraded my hdd in my Macbook Pro from 250 gig to a 750 gig 7200 rpm. I cloned the drive and all transferred well except boot camp. How would I do transfer my bootcamp from my old drive to my new one now that its installed in my Macbook? I have a portable enclosure that I installed the old 250 gig in and still have all the info on it. Also I noticed that start up is taking longer with the new hdd then the old one. test I can do or is this normal cuz the drive is bigger.
New Drive
Hitachi 2.5 750 GB SATA 7200 rpm 16 MB
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MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.6.8)
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Feb 12, 2009
i recently upgraded my memory ram to 2 slots of 2gb each the corsair for mac.now i find that loading times are a bit longer why is this?shoudnt it be faster loading times instead of slower loading times.and im not talking about the internet and it is not always,like a app that i would normally run logic pro 8 sometimes it takes a whilelonger than it used to before i upgraded the memory. also in startup it takes a while longer than it used to why?
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Jun 9, 2009
When I click to open the application it says that the photo library needs to be upgraded to work with this version of iPhoto. So I have the choice to upgrade. But I can't click it because another screen pops up saying that iPhoto quit unexpectedly. I can ignore it, send a report, or relaunch the application. This happens every single time, and I can no longer access my photo library.
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Apr 19, 2012
I upgraded to Lion last week and now can open documents that are sent as attachments to e-mails? The file seems to download but when I try and open it I have this error message..... The document “BAAF__PAR_2008_Parts_A_-_C-4.doc” couldn’t be opened.
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Time Machine, Mac OS X (10.6.8)
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Jun 10, 2012
I am working on a macbook that got recently got upgraded from 10.4.6 to 10.5.8, and I want to upgrade it using my 10.6.3 retail disk but can't. It just spits the disk out after 10-20 seconds. The 10.6.3 retail disk has no scratches or abnormalities. It can read other DVD's fine. I have also reset the PRAM.
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MacBook
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Dec 4, 2014
Since I upgraded to Yosemite I can't connect to certain websites. I get the message 'the server isn't responding'. It doesn't matter if I use Safari, Chrome or Firefox. If I try to log in to the same websites on my iPad or iPhone everything works fine.
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MacBook Pro, OS X Yosemite (10.10.1)
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Mar 18, 2012
I recently upgraded to lion and now whenever I click on mail, it hangs and I can't quit. I can't force quit either.
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MacBook Pro (15-inch Late 2008), Mac OS X (10.7.3)
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Mar 21, 2012
I upgraded to lion and now I can't open zip files.
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iMac, Mac OS X (10.6.8)
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May 8, 2012
I have just made the dreaded change over to Lion and iCloud from Snow Leopard, every thing was working fine however I am not connecting to the mac mail server anymore, I am getting a message which reads along the lines of, Verify the settings for account xxxxxxxxxxx@mac.com or try again.The server returned the error: The server p99-imap.mail.me.com refused to allow a connection on port 143.
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MacBook Pro
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May 8, 2012
I upgraded the RAM in my Macbook (late 2007) and the computer won't boot. I have power but no video display. I put the old RAM back in and it worked fine. I was careful to order the correct RAM: DDR2 PC2-5300 667 MHz. Is it possible the memory is bad?
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MacBook
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May 27, 2012
I orderd 8 gig's of RAM from Apple. Installed it per the instructions. Now, the MBP with Lion boots up and runs fine from off, the activity monitor acknowledges the 8 gig's. Runs well.
When I close it and then open it back up, the screen stays black and the sleep light goes out.Also, sometimes it won't boot, the light blinks and it makes a beeping noise over and over until I do a hard shutdown. Also, a couple of times, I was using it and the graphics went totally screwy and were blinking and whatnot until I did a hard shut down.Can I return the memory (a shame because it is better with it when it works).Software Mac OS X Server Lion 10.7.3 (11D50)Graphics Intel HD Graphics 288 MBMemory 8 GB 1067 MHz DDR3Processor 2.53 GHz Intel Core i517-inch, Mid 2010
Info:MacBook Pro (17-inch Mid 2010), Mac OS X (10.7.3)
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Jun 6, 2012
Is there any way to recover a file that might have been thrown away? I am using TimeMachine
Info:MacBook Pro (13-inch Mid 2010), Mac OS X (10.7.4)
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Jun 21, 2012
we all know that the regular 13" and 15" MBP's were upadted and are just as capable, acually other than the display they are more capable and more flexible machines than the Retina MBP. The only thing that hasn't been talked about anywhere is the fans in the regular MBP's. I bought my wife the late 2011 13" MBP 2.4GHz, 500GB (5400RPM) MBP and threw in 16GB of RAM to replace the 4GB that came in it, since it was cheap at OWC ($167). When I get the updated 15" MBP with 2.6GHz, 512 SSD and 8GB of RAM, I will swap them out so that I have the 16GB RAM and she has the 8GB of RAM. Another reason I wanted the 16GB of RAM is because I will be getting into Photoshop and a bit of video editinig for fun with all the videos and photos that I take and some gaming with D III and SC II. So that's the plan so far.
I'm torn at the moment between the 15" Retina and Non-Retina MBP. I love the new disply but I'm torn that Apple decided to upgrade a display while loosing other features like the Ethernet Port and SuperDrive two things we are far from not needing altogether. Although, Apple screens all around great and the Hi-Res on the regular will do fine, the Retina MBP is such a slick and powerful machine. The money isn't a problem and I've configured both online and I'm looking at this below;
15" MBP (non-Retina) $2,899.002.6GHz Quad-core Intel Core i7, Turbo Boost up to 3.6GHz8GB 1600MHz DDR3 SDRAM - 2x4GB512GB Solid State DriveSuperDrive 8x (DVD±R DL/DVD±RW/CD-RW)MacBook Pro 15-inch Hi-Res Glossy Widescreen DisplayBacklit Keyboard (English) & User's Guide (English) 15" MBP (with Retina) $2,887.00 2.6GHz Quad-core Intel Core i7, Turbo Boost up to 3.6GHz16GB 1600MHz DDR3L SDRAM512GB Flash StorageApple USB SuperDriveBacklit Keyboard (English) & User's Guide (English)Apple Thunderbolt to Gigabit Ethernet Adapter There's only a $12 difference in my configurations and I already have the 16GB of RAM for the non-Retina if that's the one I get. With the non-Retina I get all the connections with out all the extra cargo and fancy display. Yeah Apple dropped the weight of the Retina but when you consider the fact that if you want the additional capabilites then you're carrying the weight around anyhow with the extra cord for ethernet and the SuperDrive, but you do not always need the either of the two anyhow. Another thing is that you can't upgrade it after the fact but wth my configurations above I won't need to anyhow because the only thing that I'm not going with is the 768GB Flash Drive since I already have the 2TB Time Capsule for additional storage and it's where I keep most of my data anyhow other than my documents for school.
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MacBook Pro (13-inch Late 2011), Mac OS X (10.7.4)
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Dec 17, 2010
Does anyone know if Apple Retail stores carry the fully upgraded 11" Macbook Air (128 GB SSD, 1.6 GHz C2D & 4 GB of RAM)?
I could give my local store a call, but.. I'm lazy (and its also 6AM in the morning right now).
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May 30, 2010
I went to the Apple Store yesterday because my USB ports were WAY too flimsy, plugs would easily slip out with my effort at all. The Genius told me that the logic board needed to be replaced and since I was under warranty til 2011, it was free. Now I heard that when newer models came out, I can get my logic board upgraded to match current specs. I got my MBP in March 2010, is there a chance I can get the low end processor? I have a 2.26GHZ btw and the low end now is 2.4GHz.
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Aug 24, 2014
Just bought a Macbook Air running 10.9.4 and was trying to transfer iPhoto library from our old laptop via an external HD.
After I copied the old library to Pictures folder, iPhoto prompted me to install and run upgraded.
I did that but when I try to open iPhoto it still prompts me "The photo library needs to be upgraded to work with this version of iPhoto." after I click upgrade it shuts down immediately. When I try to access the library as described above, it only opens what I believe is called a package.
reading "Pictures-bash-80x24"
Do I delete the Pictures folder and start over? if so, how?
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MacBook Air, OS X Mavericks (10.9.4), iPhoto
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Apr 20, 2012
i dont have the hardware test anymore. I've upgraded to Lion. I have read that you can reinstall it from the original install disc that came with the mac but i lost mine. is there any other way i can gat it? On on a macbook pro 17 inch mid 2010?
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MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.3)
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May 28, 2012
why my MS Office takes longer time to start up after I have upgreaded my MacBook Air to OS Lion ? Why my MacBook Air takes much longer time to shut down after upgraded to OS Lion ?
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MacBook Air, Mac OS X (10.7.4)
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