This is the first upgrade you should tackle, hands down. I am not exaggerating: the computer will boot faster, apps will launch faster, and if you play games, say goodbye to long loading times. Replacing that spinning drive with an SSD will make it feel like an entirely new machine. Traditional hard drives (sometimes called HDDs) have long been a bottleneck in PC snappiness. Swap In an SSD Say goodbye to old, spinning hard drives.Īn SSD is the greatest upgrade you can make to any aged computer. If your laptop hasn’t been modded since it was originally made way back when, there are likely a few things you’ll want to tackle. It’s called, imaginatively enough, Ask iFixit. Second, mulling over your question inspired us to start a series on our blog, to answer these kinds of repair, upgrade, and nitty-gritty questions from readers. 2012 MacBook Pros are still soild machines, and very upgradeable-in fact, it’s what most of our team uses at the iFixit offices.
You’re also going to save a whole bunch of money avoiding the Apple (or Microsoft) store. Tim, on Twitter, for example, asked us what the best upgrade would be to his new-old MacBook Pro:įirst, kudos on buying used and keeping another laptop out of the waste stream, Tim. We get this type of question all the time from our readers. But which upgrades get you the most value per dollar inside your battle-hardened system? Just make sure you don’t lose those tiny screws.īuying a used computer and upgrading it can get you most of the power you need at a fraction of the price (and environmental cost) of a new machine. Give It a Good Cleaning While You’re In There.
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