But depending on the size of your projects and how many applications you like to use/have open at the same time, it might be a limiting factor for you.
#SSD FOR MACBOOK PRO 2011 UPGRADE#
Here is a great video explaining the options and the steps involved: Īnd again, if you will ever upgrade to a current Macbook, you won't be able to re-use this SSD.Īnd RAM: this really depends on your use-case. You can either replace the current hard drive, or ad the SSD instead of the optical drive.
#SSD FOR MACBOOK PRO 2011 SERIES#
Samsungs 860 Evo series is a very popular choice, and will cost you around 90$ for 500GB of storage. You can use most regular 2.5" SATA SSDs for this upgrade. Not for CPU intensive work like compile times, but the overall "snappiness" of the device is greatly improved. RAM question: I have used laptops of similar age with and without an SSD, and the difference is night and day. Again, it is debatable whether dropping money on such an old laptop is worth it.Ībout the SSD vs. If you don't feel confident doing this on your own, repair shops should offer this kind of maintenance for 50$ or less. But you can still see what needs to be done. Here is a video about replacing the heat sink, which might not be necessary for you. The first and pretty much mandatory step for a 9 year old laptop will cost you almost nothing: clean the fan and heatsink, and apply new thermal paste. Especially since you won't be able to re-use any of these upgrades in a new laptop, at least if you stay with Apples current lineup. So putting time and effort into upgrading it should be up for debate. Let me start with the obvious: this is a 9 year old laptop.
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