You'll do fine on 4Gb of ram and at the price of the upgrade, oh no, that is a bit to painful. Now I'd spend the money on a solid-state drive, that would be nice. On Aug 17, 2009, at 7:57 PM, Les Kriegler wrote:
> > Hi Chris, > > Well, regarding the size of the hard drive, this is why I'm > purchasing from > Apple rather than from the store. The drive can be configured, > which is not > the case in the store. The processor speed cannot be modified. I'm > hard > pressed to imagine a scenario where I'll need more than 4 GB of RAM, > but if > I'm mistaken, please enlighten me. Thanks. > > Les > > -----Original Message----- > From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Chris Blouch > Sent: Monday, August 17, 2009 3:04 PM > To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > Subject: Re: configuring my macbook pro > > You are correct that the processor is not upgradeable so if you > can't afford > to get everything at once the processor is one thing you'll be stuck > with > for the life of the machine. RAM is pretty easy to upgrade. The > downside is > you will have two slots with two 2GB SO-DIMMs so to upgrade to 8GB > you'll > have to take the existing two out and throw them away or sell them to > somebody else. That said, I have 3GB in my older model MacBook Pro > and that > works quite well. So 4GB should last a bit before you spring for the > bigger > RAM. I'm told you can do a hard drive swap as well but it involves > pulling > out a lot of tiny screws and, as you mentioned, moving all your > stuff from > the old drive to the new one. So if you can afford it I'd get a > bigger drive > now but that's not something you have to live with down the road. Of > course > I'm getting along pretty well with only a 111GB drive so 320GB would > be > downright roomy. > > CB > > a radix wrote: > > Hello, I have made the decision to buy a macbook pro. I wanted to go > for the 15 inch model (because the 17 inch only has a better screen > and > would drain the battery more), i want to get the glossy display > because I > dont want to spend more on the matte version. It is still a lot of > money for > me though so I would like to save where I can. I have heard that it is > possible to get applecare after the purchase date, that would save > quite a > bit. Is it difficult to apply for it later instead of date of > purchase and > is it more expensive? > The other options that I can select now and which I am not sure > about are clock speed and internal memory. I know i will get the 500gb > 7200rpm harddrive. > The 3.0ghz processor version is a lot mroe expensive, about 270 euro > I think but I guess it is not possible to install a new processor > later and > I want to use this laptop for at least 3 years and I want it to work > well > with the new snow leopard so I guess it is worth it. > I guess I could save a bit on the harddrive but I have no wish to > update it soon after getting my laptop and having to reinstall mac > os x when > I can already get it with a good hd for not much extra. > What I am not sure about though is the internal memory. It comes > standard with 4gb and I would like to upgrade it with an extra 4gb > for use > with the new operating system in a few months. this would be VERY > expensive > though, about 900 euro. I wodner, is it possible to upgrade this > later? Is > it possible to use memory with a higher clock speed then the > standard memory > that has been included for example 1366mhz? I am not sure why this > memory is > so expensive, i think i bought some ddr3 memory about 2 years ago > that was > a lot less expensive then the price apple is asking and it had a > higher > clock speed. Or do laptops use special memory that desktops cannot > use? > Thanks in advance for your help everyone, > Greetings, Anouk > > > > > > > __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus > signature > database 4343 (20090817) __________ > > The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. > > http://www.eset.com > > > __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus > signature > database 4343 (20090817) __________ > > The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. > > http://www.eset.com > > > > > __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus > signature > database 4343 (20090817) __________ > > The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. > > http://www.eset.com > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
