#17 macbook pro early 2009 upgrades how to
#17 macbook pro early 2009 upgrades upgrade
#17 macbook pro early 2009 upgrades software
#17 macbook pro early 2009 upgrades Pc

I have very little memory left 20GB free of 250 GB.

I know I need a new battery because I cannot use it without keeping it plugged in. It has 2.53 GHz Intel Core 2 DUO, memory is 4 GB 1067 MHz DDR 3, Graphics NVIDIA GeForce 9400M 256 MB.

#17 macbook pro early 2009 upgrades software

I have been told by my computer guy that I am trying to run a 2009 laptop with 2016 software and that is the reason why. My 2009 mid 13 'Macbook Pro works fairly well except for a color wheel that always seems to pop up while I am browsing.

#17 macbook pro early 2009 upgrades how to

As someone who is terrified during even boring OS updates, this was amazingly achievable.Īs for the RAM issue, any ideas on how to tell whether I just have a card installed improperly or if the card is bad? I've removed and replaced them several times, but it's still showing one slot as empty.

There's all sorts of information out there, but yours was the most clear and easiest to follow. My only lingering problem is that my computer is only recognizing one of the 4GB RAM cards I installed (any ideas?), but even still it's a massive improvement. So far I'm about 95% of the way there, but I'm already amazed by how easy this was and how much better my computer is behaving. After step 1 I went back to the articles Mike suggested. Before physically installing the SSD drive I followed Step 1 from this CNET article to copy the information on my old hard drive over to the new drive. The tutorials linked above were great, I followed them exactly with one exception. I wound up getting the 'kit' since for the extra ~$10 I figured it was worth having all the tools and stuff I'd need (includes the necessary screwdrivers, spudge, and a case to turn the old hard drive into an external HD). I followed the advice above and purchased 8GB RAM and an SSD drive from OWC. Just wanted to circle back on this, in case anyone ever searches a similar issue. Explaining things like I'm your mother wouldn't hurt. Please keep in mind that I don't really know what I'm doing. I saw one suggestion that mentioned replacing the optical drive with SSD instead of the hard drive.what's the optical drive? Is that a better option? Also, where is a good place to buy this stuff? I'm currently running Chrome and have some Finder windows open, and Activity Monitor is saying that I'm using 1.98GB of my 2GB memory, so I'm thinking that memory is really an issue. Memory 2 GB 1067 MHz DDR3 -> original, but I think can go up to 8GB?īattery performance seems ok, I mostly use this plugged-in though. Aside from the speed issue I'm still pretty happy with it. While money isn't a huge issue, I wouldn't mind saving a bit for now and keeping this one around. However, my parents have my 'old' MacBook (2006ish) which is still going pretty strong, if slow, which makes me think that this thing could stick around for a while longer. My boyfriend (with whom I'd be splitting a new laptop) seems to think that upgrading a 6-year-old laptop isn't worth the effort, so we should just buy a new one.

#17 macbook pro early 2009 upgrades Pc

In addition to this laptop, in our household we also have a desktop PC and I have two Dell laptops for work, so outside of my personal files this laptop isn't really that necessary. For what I use my computer for (email, web browsing, word processing, photo storage & editing in iPhoto), I don't know if paying the premium for a Mac is really worth it despite having Macs since I was 10 years old. As a note, if I were to get a new laptop, it likely would not be an Apple product.

#17 macbook pro early 2009 upgrades upgrade

However, it is super slow, and I'm wondering the merits of trying to upgrade the RAM (and possibly switch to a solid-state drive) vs. I have a mid-2009 MacBook Pro, that in general works fairly well. I apologize if this is a redundant question, but a lot of the threads I found were older so I'm not sure if that makes a difference.