Macbook Questions (Decided on buying Macbook)

Hi guys been thinking about a mac for a while, need it for school and general computing

1. Can i replace the HDD with lets say a 320GB 7200rpm one?
2. Would there be a noticable difference in performance between the 120GB 5400rpm HDD and the 320GB 7200rpm HDD?
3. Does the Macbook have the same removable panel on the bottom like the MBP?
4.. Could i use photoshop and dreamweaver with this (Would it run smoothly)



I would be getting the basic model with the
2GHZ processor
2GB DDR3 RAM
120GB HDD
and so on


thanks guy for all your help!! you have helped me a lot in making my decision of getting a mac

P.S Sorry for another 'question' thread

 

1. Yes I believe so
2. Yes but it wont be magic
3. not sure
4. Yes

 

ok cool, could it play:-
Call of Duty 4?
Css?

 

nvidia says that the 9400m will play them smoothly so dunno

 

well as long as it could take a bigger and faster HDD and run photoshop and dreamweaver and most of the CS3 suite then i think ill buy one

 

You can replace hard drive, but not sure 7200 rpm would work....have to ask someone who knows about this....performance gain from HDD speed will not be as significant as GPU or RAM upgrade but is often a bottleneck in processes like transferring data....I believe it has a removable bottom just like MBP....and the photoshop will run smoothly with the new specs

 

with the 2gb of ddr3 ram then surely it would be fine?

also is 2gb enuf for photoshop etc?

 

You will be fine.

 

Already have mine, hot from the Apple store last night.

For OP, the panel access is the same as the MBP, just pop the switch and the panel pops up .

 

gdgd can you have a 7200rpm HDD in it??

 

Yes you can.