Everything Apple (the Mac heads thread)

been looking into getting some more ram for my macbook, whilst I've got some money and probably swapping out the hard drive for an ssd, any recommendations on ssd's had a look on crucial and was wondering whether there was anywhere else cheaper.

Also how simple is it to swap out the hard drive, mac pro (desktop) simple, unscrew a couple of bolts, pull out old drive, insert new drive, screw back in bolts, et voila. Or is it more difficult than that?

also transferring data from old hard drive to new drive, how would one go about that, I'd probably have to reinstall the osx wouldn't I?

apologies for so many questions, at work and don't have the time to search t'internet for answers. your help is as always appreciated..

Ease of HD replacement depends to some extent on the model. However, even the trickier pre-unibody MBPs can be opened and closed in less than an hour. There are some good how to vids on youtube, which is what I used. Make sure you have good quality precision screwdrivers of the right type, an antistatic band, and of course a spudger.

Before you blow big money on an SSD, I'd recommend trying out a hybrid drive - Seagate make a good one, and I have used that for months with a noticeable speed gain. You can get a 500gb one now for about 60 notes.

To do the data transfer, put the new drive in an enclosure (cost a few quid on ebuyer), format as bootable, then use carbon copy cloner to copy your laptop hdd onto it. Check you can boot off it before you swap drives.