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    Macbook pro upgrade to the newest i7?

    Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by stuartfang, Apr 17, 2010.

  1. stuartfang

    stuartfang Notebook Consultant

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    I have a macbook pro from last year Q4 2009, with 2.53 core 2 duo and the 9400M G. If I buy a motherboard of the newest macbook pro with the i5/i7 cores and gt330m, would it work? I mean basically buying the new macbook pro at a very low price?
     
    stuartfang, Apr 17, 2010
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  2. Seshan

    Seshan Rawrrr!

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    No. More was changed the just a cpu and gpu upgrade.

    *Edit* after looking at it closer it might, but who knows, I know they moved the wifi card from the display to the lower body, so the connecters might be different.
     
    Seshan, Apr 17, 2010
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    stuartfang Notebook Consultant

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    thanks for helping, i guess they did change the inner design so updating the motherboard won't work like i thought, or that would be too cheap for previous macbookpro owners, apple must have thought of this
     
    stuartfang, Apr 17, 2010
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    lewdvig Notebook Virtuoso

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    nah, it won't work. and a new logic board would cost you more than the delta between what you'll fetch for your MBP on the used market and the cost of a new one.

    the price has dropped (for discrete GPU anyway)
     
    lewdvig, Apr 20, 2010
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