You dont specify if it is a macbook air, pro, or just a plain macbook. Apples new laptop, the macbook air, may not be the true ultraportable that many had hoped for, but it still easily breaks new ground for small laptops. All of the other macbook air ssd speedperformance articles i found dates back to 2008. Appended on october 31st, 2008, with wd scorpio black 7k 320g hdd results appended on december 4th, 2008, with intel x25m ssd results one of my favorite features is the ease with which you can switch hard drives on the late 2008 macbook pro.
I had several problems with my disk due to a couple of wrong choices you can read the story here. Use migration assistant to install my old apps, files, preferences. Do i need some special screwdrivers to open the macbook pro. Mid 2008 unibody macbook with 8gb ram, 400gb ssd, and macos 10. I have the late 2008 edition of the unibody macbook. Mid 2008 unibody macbook with 8gb ram, 400gb ssd, and. Im listing the relevant information from those articles in the remainder of this document. Sdssdxp480gg25 fit and work in my 2008 unibody macbook. Crucial memory and ssd upgrades 100% compatibility guaranteed for apple macbook pro early 2008 and late 2008 free us delivery. Crucial memory and ssd upgrades 100% compatibility guaranteed for apple macbook early 2008 and late 2008 free us delivery. Booting and launching some applications before and after the system was migrated to a ssd. I booted the machine from a lion disk and i didnt succeed in formatting the disk in hfs due to a cryptic wiping volume data to prevent future accidental. If you need 1 tb and your budget cant handle a 1tb ssd it could be. The ssd macbook air is also expected to offer a better battery life than the hdd version, though the magnitude of this effect is unknown.
Switch on your macbook pro, go to system preferences startup disk and make sure the ssd is selected. Also, battery change and installation of a new ssd in a few years is incredibly easy. I was thinking about upgrading ram to 8 gigs and putting in an ssd. It has a builtin hdd which became unbelievably slow.
Now, since its not too bad regarding the processor and the memory is ok too, i thought about speeding it up a bit by giving it an ssd. A new ssd drive for your mac will make an instant impact. This makes the 2008 machines very special in the unibody universe. Macbook aluminium late 2008 model when u update to osx mountain lion will very slow. Apple released a second generation macbook air in october 2010, with a redesigned tapered chassis, standard solidstate storage, and added a smaller 11. Ram can upgrade to 4gbapple, 6gb max is actual test. In february, 2008, apple insider reported the following macbook air ssd speed data. Depending on the size of your drive bay, you may need to use a spacer to make your ssd fit properly. Crucial memory and ssd upgrades 100% compatibility guaranteed for apple macbook pro 15inch, late 2008 free us delivery. It features 2 gb of ram, a 128 gb solid state drive ssd. When replacing your hard drive, you must transfer the torx screws from the old drive to the new one. Im trying to install a samsung ssd 830 256 gb disk as main disk on my macbook late2008. I still have an old macbook 5,1 late 2008 aluminum with a 2. Upgrade your 2006 early 2008 macbook pro to an ssd for 106x faster speeds and 12x the capacity of the original factory drive.
Macbook air 2,1 inch, late 2008 and mid 2009 igotoffer. Data storage free delivery possible on eligible purchases. Some drive bays have a height of 7 mm, while others have a height of 9. Replace the macbook cover and screw in the ten tiny screws.
The ssd will be much faster all around, but costs more per gb. Since these macbook air models were introduced, the price of ssds has become far more affordable. Get everything you need to upgrade your mac pro 2008 ssd for a total system performance and capacity boost. I want to upgrade memory slot as well as put in a ssd as it is being slow despite multiple interventions. Unibody macbook late 2008 macbook 5,1 2 ghz, 4 gb ram, 80 gb intel ssd, 160 gb hdd snow leopard. Crucial memory and ssd upgrades 100% compatibility guaranteed for apple macbook inch, aluminum, late 2008 free us delivery. There even is a manual printed on the inside of the case. How to upgrade macbook air hard drive original20082009. When you open the back of your macbook, the hard disk drive is located next to the builtin battery. The easy part will be the physical exchange of drives since the hard drive on this model is easily accessable by lifting off the battery cover.
Macbook pro 15 unibody late 2008 and early 2009 ssd. How to upgrade a42 unibody white macbook hard drive. It has a capacity of 480gb which is a lot of storage for all your personal and business files. Make offer apple macbook 1tb ssd and 8gb ram late 2008 mb467lla factors to consider when selecting a 2008 apple macbook apple has no shortage of computing devices for customers. Get everything you need to upgrade your 2008 2009 macbook ssd for a total system performance and capacity boost. More specifically, the white unibody macbook models each support a 2. How to install an ssd hard drive on late 2008 apple macbook duration. Is it possible to exchange the 320gbhdd in my late 2008 macbookpro 15 mb471da with a 256gb ssd i would prefer crucial realssd c300. If possible, will the macbook really become faster. The macbook air was introduced in january 2008 with a. Crucial mx500 however, the 2008 mac pro will not be able to use these drives at anywhere near their full speed when using the normal sleds.
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