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How many upgrades does average consumer make on their MacBook Pro? I'd argue it's ~0.

by raja 14y ago

learc83 14y ago
RAM upgrades are fairly common. Most of my friends, even the non-technical ones, have upgraded the RAM in their macbook pros. When I worked at Geeksquad we used to get people in all the time for RAM upgrades ($29 labor charge). I'm still using an early 2008 macbook pro thanks to a cheap RAM upgrade. Additionally there is a huge secondary market for macbook pros. Plenty of people help pay for their new $2k+ computer by selling their old one. That won't work if it's completely obsolete in 3 years.
danieldk 14y ago
Virtually all people I know that have MacBook Pro's upgraded the memory. Some replaced hard disks by SSDs. Upgrading memory is especially attractive, since it's so much cheaper to buy it practically anywhere else then Apple.
gamache 14y ago
I know lots of folks who've added RAM and who've swapped out the spinning drive for an SSD. Maybe it's more of a "power user" thing, but here you are on Hacker News.
- kamjam 14y ago
  This. And all the other same replies below. My manager just "upgraded" his old Mac by installing an SSD and gave it to his wife to use. Said it prolonged the life for another few years. I just upgraded RAM and HDD -> SSD on a friends computer. He had no clue what I was doing, but his computer ran "better than new". All he does it surf the web, use Outlook for email, write Word/Excel docs. Extended life for another few years for him. He certainly doesn't need a new computer (which is was about to go buy). If users themselves can't or don't know how to upgrade, they may well know someone who can. Or some small local indie shop who has the skills.
jamesu 14y ago
On my 2010 Macbook Pro I upgraded the ram and replaced the rather horrible 5200rpm disk with an SSD. I've upgraded the ram on every Macbook i bought (3), since the default amount is always insufficient and apple-supplied memory was overpriced.
timc3 14y ago
Average consumer I don't know, but I upgrade RAM and disks on my MacBook Pros. Disks get slow and memory gets cheaper.

How many upgrades does average consumer make on their MacBook Pro? I'd argue it's ~0.

by raja 14y ago

How many upgrades does average consumer make on their MacBook Pro? I'd argue it's ~0.

RAM upgrades are fairly common. Most of my friends, even the non-technical ones, have upgraded the RAM in their macbook pros. When I worked at Geeksquad we used to get people in all the time for RAM upgrades ($29 labor charge). I'm still using an early 2008 macbook pro thanks to a cheap RAM upgrade. Additionally there is a huge secondary market for macbook pros. Plenty of people help pay for their new $2k+ computer by selling their old one. That won't work if it's completely obsolete in 3 years.

danieldk 14y ago

Virtually all people I know that have MacBook Pro's upgraded the memory. Some replaced hard disks by SSDs. Upgrading memory is especially attractive, since it's so much cheaper to buy it practically anywhere else then Apple.

gamache 14y ago

I know lots of folks who've added RAM and who've swapped out the spinning drive for an SSD. Maybe it's more of a "power user" thing, but here you are on Hacker News.

kamjam 14y ago
This. And all the other same replies below. My manager just "upgraded" his old Mac by installing an SSD and gave it to his wife to use. Said it prolonged the life for another few years. I just upgraded RAM and HDD -> SSD on a friends computer. He had no clue what I was doing, but his computer ran "better than new". All he does it surf the web, use Outlook for email, write Word/Excel docs. Extended life for another few years for him. He certainly doesn't need a new computer (which is was about to go buy). If users themselves can't or don't know how to upgrade, they may well know someone who can. Or some small local indie shop who has the skills.

jamesu 14y ago

On my 2010 Macbook Pro I upgraded the ram and replaced the rather horrible 5200rpm disk with an SSD. I've upgraded the ram on every Macbook i bought (3), since the default amount is always insufficient and apple-supplied memory was overpriced.

timc3 14y ago

Average consumer I don't know, but I upgrade RAM and disks on my MacBook Pros. Disks get slow and memory gets cheaper.