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Sunday, April 19, 2015

New Service: Spend Up From Old Apple Laptop Instead of Replacing it

5:25 PM  High Tech House Calls, Expert Computer Consulting  

Having you given up using your "old" Apple Laptop because it is so slow?

Before you spend $1200+ on a new Apple laptop, consider doing the following:
  • First, try adding more memory. If you are running Yosemite (Mac OS 10.10), you need to have at least 8GB's of memory. Even if you are not running the latest and greatest, more memory will help.  Click on the Apple icon in the upper left corner and select "About This Mac". That will tell you how much memory is installed in your laptop. Click on "More Info" and copy the serial number. Send us the serial number and we can tell you your options for upgrading your memory. For a $40 installation charge and approximately $100 for memory, High Tech House Calls can double your memory.
  • What about older laptops that cannot be upgraded beyond, 4 GB's of memory? Consider upgrading your hard drive to the newer SDD technology. Click here for an indepth discussion of SSD and traditional hard drive technology. You could see a 50% improvement in performance. An added bonus of replacing your hard drive is a SSD less likely to fail than a convential hard drive because of there are no moving parts. High Tech House Calls will help you evaluate what SDD to purchase. For a $85 service charge plus the cost of the SSD, High Tech House Calls will ensure your current hard drive is in good shape, copy your entire hard drive to the new SSD and install the new SDD in your laptop.
My very old Mac Book (13 inch, Late 2007) model was showing it's age. It could not be upgraded beyond the 4GB's of memory that was installed.  The old hard drive size was 160GB's. A new 240GB SSD was purchased for less than $100. Once the new SSD was installed, the Mac Book boots faster and loads applications much faster than before. The laptop is usable again.
 Click here is an article benchmarking the difference in performance between a conventional hard drive and a SSD.
 Is the SSD upgraded Mac Book as fast as a brand new Mac Book Pro? 
No, but it is fast enough that I can use the Mac Book again.
Let's do the math. The SDD and my service charge come to $185. Even if you did both the memory upgrade AND the hard drive upgrade, you have spent a total of $325. A new Mac Book Pro basic model is $1300 before tax. You saved $935!




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