Ifixit has guides, as usual. I don't know which yours is exactly, though I'd guess it's A1226/A1260 and not a new-style one from the way you describe those. It's way harder than on my new-style one, but it's still definitely possible. You need a Phillips screwdriver, but more importantly you need a T6 Torx bit. Assuming that you have a set of Phillips screwdrivers but not the Torx bit; Getting Apple to do it = £75 + £60 = £135 (£0.27/GB) Buying a Torx driver and a 500GB drive from Scan and doing it yourself = £65.92 (+p&p) + £2.89 (+p&p) = £68.81 (£0.13/GB) Buying a Torx driver and a 1TB drive from Scan and doing it yourself = £165.64 (+p&p) + £2.89 (+p&p) = £168.53 (£0.17/GB) Check your manual to see what the situation is regarding the warranty, though.
thanks PS yeah id need a torx 6. correct it is the old styled one! the 1tb probably will not fit due to the physical dimensions. if it wasnt in warranty id 100% do this myself but warranty ends on nov 2010 some point. so maybe just sit it out and then do it myself once the warranty is up. or is that a totally stupid idea lol
You got a 15" one then? I know the 12.5mm (1TB) will fit in the pre-unibody 17", but not in the 15". The largest 9mm drive I can see then is the 640GB (on offer at Overclockers.) It's probably within the warranty, but read the manual to check. If it is I wouldn't bother waiting for the warranty to expire, it looks like a relatively simple task.
yeah its damaging the case im worried about someone somewhere said something (lol mouthful) about these clips that break when you open it, so when you put it back together it wont be flush anymore yeah man its the 15"
oh right interesting so will need a spludger as well this seems like a lot of hassle lol i think im going to pay mr apple man to do it
One of the reasons I'll never buy a mac. Not a PC fanboy, just an anti-mac. And seriously, you uninstalled that prog that would tell you what was using the space because it was taking a long time? You'd rather get shafted and pay through the nose for a hard drive and fitting than wait overnight for a prog to run?
No, the reason I bought it was because it looked good and it doesn't require a power brick just large plugin. That means no messing with a 2 lb power brick. Some 2.5" enclosures can transfer data over one USB and use the power from another USB. So for 2 USB ports you wouldn't need to plug it in at all. That would be what I'd buy if I had a laptop and was on the move a lot.
Wait, I thought you wanted use to fund your research in space.... Jokes aside: I too have a mac book and the best thing you can do is get an external storage drive. Use that to store all your music and stuff on. Hell, get a 128GB flash drive if you want to be fancy and that will solve your issues.
jezmck, no i just wanted the space anyway its not vital. i found what was taking up my last bit of space. everything else is accounted for, i have 50GB left now. and £130 for a 500gb and for someone to do it without invalidating my warranty i consider a good price to pay. and mac's are amazing, plus at least im not getting shafted by windows and bill gates @the beast I was thinking, IF i go ahead with the 500gb upgrade etc that will leave me with a 160gb sata2 2.5 drive. so i was asking if they do that specific 3.5 enclosure that you bought, but for a 2.5 lap top hard drive.. what is the brand company etc you completely lost me about the 2 usb's and not needing to plug it in at all... i have a maxtor 320gb external hdd that powers from one usb port. it has 2 usb's but you only need to plug one into a pc/mac and it will work fine, so not sure what you meant in your post exactly :S yeah could look into some sort of flash drive but they cost mega bucks
If they give you your old 2.5" back, put it in a specialised enclosure. That way you'll be able to take it around as even more space; it doesn't look like that company do a 2.5" enclosure in the same style but look around for more Mac-themed ones. He means that almost all external 3.5" HDDs need a power brick to be plugged into the mains, in addition to a USB cable to connect them to the computer. By contrast, almost all 2.5" external HDDs don't need the power brick because their power consumption is so low that they can send both the data and the power over the USB cable they connect to the PC with (like the one I linked above). So, that particular 3.5" enclosure has the transformer ('brick') held internally, so you have a USB cable and a simple mains cable, which is neater. There are also enclosures that have two USB cables; one for the data, and one to supply power so you don't need a mains plug at all. I've got a Mac-supplied 128GB flash in mine, and I've got to say it's the only bit of the computer I regret. I could have an AM3 system for what it cost and it's just not fast enough...
