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Hi.
I have a MacBook Pro I would like to update but I'm not quite sure how to go about it,
or how much of an upgrade I can actually do. Any help would be appreciated.
It's running OS X 10.4.11, has a 2 GHZ Intel Core Duo, 512 MB 667 MHZ RAM.
I think I can take the RAM up to 2000 MB.

If I upgrade the OS do I need to back everything up ? Is this something {upgrading} that
I can do myself or should I take it somewhere and have a pro do it?
Is it better to go to Apple, or to a place like Tekserve in NYC ?
Thanks in advance.
Mick

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I'm working on a friend's laptop and after replacing a failed harddrive, the system will not power up. I pulled out the new drive and tried booting the install cd, no power. What could have happened?

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The last time I encountered similar problem was due to faulty system board and I scrapped the whole lappy, just too expensive to repair without valid AppleCare.

Cheers
IVOR

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On Sep 16, 2011, at 7:58, Ron Dragotta <rondragotta@gmail.com> wrote:

> I was wrong, worn out from dealing with this. Managed to boot in single user
> mode but only display up briefly, now dark screen again. Can not boot in
> safe mode. Sounds like it reading DVDs that you load but nothing. Also
> managed to boot up by CMD+R but no longer can do that either. The display
> seems to alternatively work and not work.
>
> Will probably wind up bringing it for someone to take a look at.
>
> Ron
>
>
>
> On Thu, Sep 15, 2011 at 7:29 PM, Glenn Gutierrez <yah@glenngutierrez.com>wrote:
>
>> That doesn't sound like it's booting from the OS DVD. Unless that's what
>> you're calling "Safe Mode"?
>>
>> Safe Mode is a special boot with no extensions or extras, but (usually)
>> still from the same internal hard drive.
>>
>
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Go 11inch I have the 13 inch mbp and my bf has a 11 inch air I love his air
its so lite and plays all the games I do with my pro
On Sep 15, 2011 7:47 AM, "Ron" <rondragotta@gmail.com> wrote:
> My wife is wearing me down. Will probably pick up a Mac AirBook for her at
some point soon.
>
> I'm thinking the 11" is somewhere between a Netbook type and maybe a 13"
MacBook? It comes with basically two specs, will probably go with the 128GB
flash, 4GB RAM configuration. Only $200 more. She does a lot of work with
photos, from that point pretty basic stuff.
>
> Any input, pos or neg appreciated. She is using a 13" MacBook now, which
I'll take. Sell mine.
>
> Thanks...
>
> Ron D
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Heading in next week with it. Have pretty much had it.

Thanks for the attempt, appreciate it.

Ron

On Thu, Sep 15, 2011 at 9:02 PM, Glenn Gutierrez <yah@glenngutierrez.com>wrote:

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>
> Sorry to say, but yes, it sounds like Genius Bar appointment time.
>
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> On 15 Sep 2011, at 4:58 PM, Ron Dragotta wrote:
>
> > I was wrong, worn out from dealing with this. Managed to boot in single
> user
> > mode but only display up briefly, now dark screen again. Can not boot in
> > safe mode. Sounds like it reading DVDs that you load but nothing. Also
> > managed to boot up by CMD+R but no longer can do that either. The display
> > seems to alternatively work and not work.
> >
> > Will probably wind up bringing it for someone to take a look at.
> >
> > Ron
> >
> >
> >
> > On Thu, Sep 15, 2011 at 7:29 PM, Glenn Gutierrez <yah@glenngutierrez.com
> >wrote:
> >
> >> That doesn't sound like it's booting from the OS DVD. Unless that's what
> >> you're calling "Safe Mode"?
> >>
> >> Safe Mode is a special boot with no extensions or extras, but (usually)
> >> still from the same internal hard drive.
> >>
> >
> >
>
>
>

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Sorry to say, but yes, it sounds like Genius Bar appointment time.

On 15 Sep 2011, at 4:58 PM, Ron Dragotta wrote:

> I was wrong, worn out from dealing with this. Managed to boot in single user
> mode but only display up briefly, now dark screen again. Can not boot in
> safe mode. Sounds like it reading DVDs that you load but nothing. Also
> managed to boot up by CMD+R but no longer can do that either. The display
> seems to alternatively work and not work.
>
> Will probably wind up bringing it for someone to take a look at.
>
> Ron
>
>
>
> On Thu, Sep 15, 2011 at 7:29 PM, Glenn Gutierrez <yah@glenngutierrez.com>wrote:
>
>> That doesn't sound like it's booting from the OS DVD. Unless that's what
>> you're calling "Safe Mode"?
>>
>> Safe Mode is a special boot with no extensions or extras, but (usually)
>> still from the same internal hard drive.
>>
>
>

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