upgrades to macbook

[rory129]

hey i was wondering what good upgrades i can make to my macbook right now i have a 160GB HDD 2GB of ram and intel core 2 duo at 2.16GHz

 

[Geoff]

You could upgrade the hard drive to a larger 7200RPM drive, or upgrade to 4GB of RAM.

 

[rory129]

i looked into the ram and it turns out the my model only holds up to 2GB and i already have that

 

[rory129]

will this hard drive work in my macbook http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=4434267&sku=TMD-500AS2

 

[bomberboysk]

Id recommend the Western Digital Scorpio Black, best laptop hdd on the market next to an ssd.

 

[rory129]

the only thing is i wanted the most hard drive space

 

[bomberboysk]

the only thing is i wanted the most hard drive space

Well, you could always get one of these(750gb):
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136414

 

[rory129]

how much of a difference will i see between 5200 RPM and 7200 RPM because it is only a laptop

 

[bomberboysk]

how much of a difference will i see between 5200 RPM and 7200 RPM because it is only a laptop

Faster overall, faster loading of files, faster booting, faster launching of programs.

 

[rory129]

ok well i am thinking of getting the one you recommended and getting an external 750GB so that way i have more space and i can back up my laptop

 

[rory129]

does anyone know what size torx screwdriver i need to take the case off of my current hard drive to put on my new one

 

[rory129]

does anyone know what size torx screwdriver i need to take the case off of my hard drive to put on the new one?

 

[tlarkin]

Macbooks don't use Torx to get to the HD, the HD is accessible form the battery. What model of Mac laptop do you have?

 

[PabloTeK]

Macbooks don't use Torx to get to the HD, the HD is accessible form the battery. What model of Mac laptop do you have?

The new MBP's at least do use Torx to get the HDD mounting screws off, I think it's a Torx T6 I had to use.

 

[rory129]

i know how to get to the hard drive but it needs a torx to take the case off the hard drive and the model is Apple MacBook 2.16GHz Intel Core 2 Duo (13-inch Black) MB063LL/A