Upgrading a MacBook Pro hard drive for what ever reason is actually fairly easy. First, collect all your materials. You'll need; a new 2.5" HDD or SSD drive, ext 2.5" USB enclosure, #00 Philips screwdriver and a T6 screwdriver. Next you'll need to clone your hard drive. After, open up your laptop and then put it all back with the new posts and drive.
The $1,199 13" Macbook Pro comes with a 500 GB hard drive. The $1,499 13" Macbook Pro come with a 750 GB hard drive. The 15" models come with the same amount.
Unfortunately, the MacBook Pro Retina is too thin to support any current standard of hard drive.
The hard drive should install and format just fine. However, if you're looking to use the pre-installed Mac OS X and software from the newer MacBook Pro on the older MacBook, it probably won't work well, if at all.
Apple sells only only one version of the Macbook Pro 15". You can upgrade the processor, ram, hard drive, and display if you wish. If you are using this Macbook as a student, I would recommend you get the Macbook Pro 13" base model and save yourself $600. It is all a student will need. However if you are looking for the best laptop you can get for your own use then the 15" is the best of the best. Unless you are doing graphics and or video editing you have no need to upgrade it. Only you know what you need.
No! The processor is soldered with the logicboard/motherboard. they only way to change/upgrade the processor of a macbook pro is to do it when you purhase new macbook pro. hope this helps...
You cannot. With the introduction of the MacBook Pro Retina line in 2012, it's not possible to upgrade your RAM as you could with previous MacBooks.
The MacBook Pro has more upgradeable items like the hard drive and Ram that you can replace yourself and the MacAir has the Ram and hard drive (flash drive, SSD, etc) soldered directly to the main board so you can't up grade them later. The MacBook Pro is a bit more powerful then the Air but the Air is much slimmer and lighter then the MB Pro.
If you're referring to the MacBook Pro's optical drive, those made mid-2012 or earlier and are non-Retina reside hidden either in the front or the side. MacBook Pro Retina versions don't have an optical drive.
No. Your macbook pro should no vibrate. It does this because of either a loose hard drive or because something is broken internally. You should have this problem checked out. If it is still under warranty you can have it fixed at your nearest apple retailer.
Gigabytes (GB) vary with the model of Macbook Pro you decide on. 13-Inch MacBook Pro has 4GB memory and a 500GB hard drive. 13-Inch MacBook Pro with Retina has 8GB memory and ranges from 128GB flash storage to 512GB flash storage. 15-Inch MacBook Pro with Retina has 16GB memory with either 256GB or 512GB flash storage. This information comes from the Apple Store website.
No probably not, it's most likely just the fan. If it gets to bothersome take it in to get looked at.
Your CD/DVD player is a Read Only Memory drive.