Originally Posted by
Mats
I have a MacBook Pro that I bought in 2011. I'm running out of space on it. It has a 516 GB hard drive, but that's turning into not enough.
It might
not be cost-effective to put an SSD in it. 750 GB SSDs are currently selling for $425+ and, if you have an older MacBook Pro, its internal interface might not be fast enough to take advantage of an SSD. Here's an informative post in the Apple Support Communities:
Upgrading Your MacBook Pro with a Solid State Drive
If your Mac is fast enough to use a SSD, definitely get one...... but if it isn't fast enough for a SSD and you are happy with the laptop and just want more space, 1TB hard drives are only about $100.
Originally Posted by
Mats
How hard is it to replace the drive?
I have the Time Capsule backup system, but I'd be really fearful about doing this myself. And I'm a bit dubious of "Mac Specialist" store front establishments.
A store front tech would probably put the new drive in a hard drive dock (example:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16817153066), connect that to your laptop, and copy your files that way. Once everything was copied, they'd pull the old drive out of the laptop and insert the new one in its place.