Swapping Drives in a MacBook Pro

To swap drives in the MacBook Pro simply remove all of the exterior screws (including those behind the battery and memory expansion cover), pull up the keyboard and start working on the drive itself.

There's clamp that helps keep one side of the drive secure in the MacBook Pro; it's held in place by two Torx screws. With the clamp removed you can pull the old drive out, disconnect and peel off the cables stuck to the drive and transfer its screws to the new drive.


Remove this once you've cracked open the Pro


Lift the drive out, right side first


These screws on the left side of the drive need to be transfered to the new drive


...as do these screws + rubber case


Removing the sata cable


The new drive in place

The Test

  CPU Clock Speed L2 Cache Memory HDD Graphics
MacBook Pro 2.5GHz Intel Core 2 Duo (45nm Penryn) 2.5GHz 6MB 2GB DDR2-667

Hitachi Travelstar 5K250 (5400RPM)

Memoright MR25.2+128S (SSD)

NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT 512MB
The Drive Better Battery Life? Not Necessarily
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  • Timothy123 - Tuesday, April 15, 2008 - link

    The Honda Civic actually gets a 5 star depreciation rating.
    http://www.edmunds.com/reviews/alg/index.html#seda...">http://www.edmunds.com/reviews/alg/index.html#seda...

    It being one of the cars that depreciates the least.

    Look at the list, you will only find TWO American cars on it, a Viper, which is really an odd inclusion, and a Jeep Wrangler.

    Really really really bad example in using the Honda Civic.
    Really really bad to be honest with you. This lack of judgment and knowledge makes me question the entire worth of the article.

    Really really bad.
  • hansmuff - Monday, April 21, 2008 - link

    OMFG Hondagate!

    You're correct about the depreciation, but the JUST LEAVE HONDA ALONE response is quite silly.
  • niva - Wednesday, April 16, 2008 - link

    A Honda owner scorned is apparently worse than a Mac Fanboy being told he owns an overpriced pos. GG!
  • Duwelon - Tuesday, April 15, 2008 - link

    o rly?
  • DigitalFreak - Tuesday, April 15, 2008 - link

    We really really don't care. Really really not.
  • whatthehey - Tuesday, April 15, 2008 - link

    Dear Timothy123,

    We at Honda Civic Owners Anonymous are here to help you. We know the pain you feel at having purchased and tricked out a piece of shit $15,000 car so that you can play gangsta pimp around the neighborhood, only to realize that what you now own is a $40,000 piece of crap that sane people laugh at. We can help you with your problems! Please call us:

    1-800-CVCSHIT
  • Denithor - Wednesday, April 16, 2008 - link

    That really is the funniest thing I've read all day.

    WTG!
  • Frumious1 - Tuesday, April 15, 2008 - link

    I also wanted to lend my support for your insightful comments Tim. There's nothing I appreciate more than someone that jumps to the conclusion, takes one sentence, and then posts a bitchfest in the comments. But then what should we expect from a Honda owner? "Anand made fun of my car. Waaaaaah! Moooooom!"
  • Avalon - Tuesday, April 15, 2008 - link

    That was really really really the silliest thing I've read all day. LOL.

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