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Upgraded my wifes late 2008 macbook pro with a 120gb solid state drive. The macbook pro 15 unibody late 2008 early 2009 memory maxxer ram upgrade kit includes all the parts and tools you need to upgrade to 8 gb. Owcother world computing offers an optibay data doubler to stick an ssd in the optical drive bay. Jan 28, 2008 macbook air optical drive on a macbook by ahmedalhani jan 28, 2008 9. Ram can upgrade to 4gbapple, 6gb max is actual test. Macbook pro 15inch, late 2008 macbook pro 17inch, early 2008 model identifier. Mb470xxa, mb471xxa newest compatible operating system. Macbook late 2008 ssd and optical drive upgrade youtube. The inch notebook had not been updated since june 2012, but it remained. Macbook pro retina, inch, late 20 through macbook pro retina. How to use cds, dvds, and blurays on a mac without an. These computers support up to 192 khz sample rate for audio playback.
I then removed the optical drive and replaced it with the old 250gb. Owcother world computing offers an optibay data doubler to stick an ssd. How to replace your macbooks optical drive with an ssd. The optical drive negotiated for a lower speed but can. So both my mountain lion and mavericks can share library likes of iphoto, imovie or garageband. I gave up on my early2008 macbook pro optical drive early. The ram and the battery arrived first, so i added the new ram, removed the broken optical drive and put in the new battery. Oct 27, 2016 apple has discontinued its nonretina legacy macbook pro, the last mac it sold with a builtin cddvd drive.
Apple does not intend for the unibody macbook pro models which consist of the late 2008, early 2009, mid2009, mid2010, early 2011, late 2011 and nonretina display mid2012 macbook. Aug 24, 2012 you will come across lots of problems with that. So keep your macbook pro 2008 it is a powerful machine. Hello, so im upgrading some parts on my late 2008 macbook pro. The inch notebook had not been updated since june 2012, but it remained available for. Apple does not intend for the unibody macbook pro models which consist of the late 2008, early 2009, mid2009, mid2010, early 2011, late 2011 and nonretina display mid2012 macbook pro lines to have the optical drive replaced with a second hard drive or an ssd, but it is quite possible. Apr 01, 2011 tweet share post just before the latest macbook pro s aapl updates were released, rumors swirled that the new models would adopt solidstate drives ssd in addition to hard disk drives hdd and drop internal optical dvd drives across the line. Macbook pro 15 unibody late 2008 optical drives ifixit. Apples macbook air, along with many other macs, no longer includes an optical drive. Macbook air optical drive on a macbook by ahmedalhani jan 28, 2008 9. May 05, 2020 macbook pro 15inch, late 2008 model identifier. As i dove for the couch cushions in search of spare change to add to my computer upgrade fund, i considered that i didn. I went with a big ssd so my most used files would launch instantly plus i can reuse it in another machine or ps4 when i upgrade. At the time, the lack of an optical drive was a unique feature for the companys new ultralight notebook, and the macbook and macbook pro units of its day still unquestionably arrived with.
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Jan 08, 2009 i gave up on my early 2008 macbook pro optical drive early. I had upgraded mine to 8gb of ram which can be had pretty cheap now and put in a ssd and believe me t. Oct 01, 20 install mavs on 200gb partition and leave 300gb partition as a file drive. For select imac, macbook, macbook pro, and mac mini 20082010 models. Hard drive capacity was increased, although video card.
Macbook aluminium late 2008 model when u update to osx mountain lion will very slow. The new tapered finish featured a new location for the optical drive right side and removed the firewire 400 port while keeping firewire 800. When power button is pressed, dvd drive cycles and makes noise, and fan spins, but no display. I was very pleased with how going from the stock 4gb of memory to the 8gb. But you can still use cds, dvds, blurays, and other optical discs on your mac.
I simply removed optical drive, used this adapter and installed an appropriate 2. Macbook pro ram upgrade kit 8gb 2 x 4gb 2011 2012 a1278 a1286 15 10600s ddr3. Macbook pro 15 unibody late 2008 and early 2009 optical. The new tapered finish featured a new location for the optical drive right side and removed the. Ssd for late 2008 aluminium macbook apple ios os help. How to upgrade your ram to 8gb on late 2008 apple macbook. So both my mountain lion and mavericks can share library likes of iphoto, imovie or. Handy for using on the road with a macbook air or retina macbook pro. The optical bay is capable of 3 gigabits per second, however, the negotiated speed is 1. I have bought new ram 2x4gb to replace 2x2gb, i am adding a ssd drive and i have bought a new battery. The ssd did make a huge improvement when i installed that a year ago.
Nov 06, 2015 hello, so im upgrading some parts on my late 2008 macbook pro. Featuring a redesigned unibody aluminum case, a new 15 macbook pro was announced in late 2008. The most common repairs with late 2008 and early 2009 model macbook pro 15 unibody laptops are replacing a dead battery, replacing a malfunctioning left or right fan, and upgrading the hard drive or ram. Bottom case with battery silver macbook retina 12 early 2015 60403216,6040321601. In late 2009, an efi firmware update was released to address the buzzing noises coming from the optical drive. How to install an optical drive into an apple imac lat. Memory capacity was doubled for each model, to 1 gb on the lowend 15inch and 2 gb for the highend 15 and 17inch models. The audio hardware in some macbook pro, mac pro, and imac computers supports 176. I purchased 8gb of memory from owc and have installed it.