Replacing MBP 15 Hard-rive and Ram

so friend says macbook pro 15inch 2009 acting slow , complains not having enough space!

plan upgrade old 320gb 5400rpm new seagate 750gb momentus xt . problem bit confused , need advice

upgrade new harddrive have necessary srews according ifixit still puzzled on how restore hardrive same before.

use time machine , know mac after install hardrive im guessing have install osx snow leopard or osx lion? . if think ill have search cd believe osx lion digital or thumbdrive.


has 4gb ddr3 ram wondering if upgrading 8gb of use? film editing not much.

 

patrikc8 said: ↑

to upgrade new harddrive have necessary srews according ifixit still puzzled on how restore hardrive same before.

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use carbon copy cloner clone existing drive new drive, swap drives , boot up.

patrikc8 said: ↑

also has 4gb ddr3 ram wondering if upgrading 8gb of use? film editing not much.

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many ram cheap, as can, if it's not needed. however, ram prices continue fall, , if more isn't needed now, waiting buy @ later time when it's needed result in lower price.

determine if can benefit more ram, launch activity monitor , click system memory tab @ bottom check page outs. page outs cumulative since last restart, best way check restart computer , track page outs under normal workload (the apps, browser pages , documents have open). if page outs significant (say 1gb or more) under normal use, may benefit more ram.

mac os x: reading system memory usage in activity monitor

 

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