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Upgraded my old Mid-2010, 17" Macbook Pro. HOLY CRAP DID IT GET FAST!!!

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Mello_SixtyNine

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I've got a six-year-old MacBook Pro...specifically:

MacBook Pro (17-inch, Mid 2010)
Processor 2.66GHz Intel Core i7
Memory 4 GB 1067 MHz DDR3

I just replaced the 500GB hard drive with an OWC
1TB Mercury Electra 3G SSD 2.5" Serial-ATA 7mm
Solid-State Drive. The 4GB or ram was upgraded
with an 8.0GB OWC Memory Upgrade Kit - 2x 4.0GB
PC8500 1066MHz 204 Pin. And since the original
battery was beginning to swell up, I replaced that as
well. Bought the parts from Amazon for $466.98.

I can't believe the speed increases I've got now.
Prior to the upgrades, the time from a cold start to
the desktop took around 1 min 45 seconds.
Afterwords: 22.6 seconds! I forgot to time
how fast Photoshop CC used to be but now it only
takes 7.7 seconds! Before, it took at about a
minute–minute & a half. I also have some before &
after screenshots from the Blackmagic Disk Speed
Test app (Pics below). I highly recommend it if
you've got an old 2010 like mine.

http://i.imgur.com/xWs7BgB.jpg

FYI: I was going to buy the 6G SDD from OWC but
confirmed from one of their tech support guys to get
the 3G model instead. I guess there is a known issue
with the 6G models running at 1.5G speeds on 2010
Macbook Pros.

I highly recommend going the upgrade route if
you've got an old Macbook and want to squeeze a bit
more life out of it.
 
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On a different note, is there a way to change the
appearance settings for the Lit boards? Currently my
background is white with black text, I'd like to swap
them when I'm browsing at night to lessen the eye
strain.
 
I just bought a new MacBook Air rather than throwing money at the problem.

;)

Then again, my Pro was so old that I could no longer upgrade the OS.
 
yeah, more memory works wonders, yo. also, have fun filling your new hard drive with porn.
 
I don't actually have a lot of porn on my computer
(that's what the internet's for). I do some
photography on the side though (mostly weddings). I
have nearly 20,000 images in my photos app. Prior
to the upgrades...it was barely useable (took forever
to launch and frequent spinning beachball icons.)
Now, it launches in seconds and the app is very
useable now.

Come to think of it...I haven't seen one spinning
beachball icon since I've upgraded.
 
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4est_4est_Gump said:
I just bought a new MacBook Air rather than throwing money at the problem.

;)

Then again, my Pro was so old that I could no longer upgrade the OS.
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I've been resisting updating because I really don't
want to lose the screen real estate dropping back
down to a 15-incher.

I really wish Apple would bring back the 17"
Macbook Pros.
 
Not going blind but I did have a recent disturbing
case of insomnia that kept me up for around 40
hours. I read that looking at a bright screen at night
can mess up your internal clock...that's why I was
asking about setting it up for "night mode".
 
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Mello_SixtyNine said:
Not going blind but I did have a recent disturbing
case of insomnia that kept me up for around 40
hours. I read that looking at a bright screen at night
can mess up your internal clock...that's why I was
asking about setting it up for "night mode".
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There's only the one "theme" here. I use the brightness keys on my MacBook quite a bit, based on the ambient lighting and what sight I might have up. Its about the bets solution I know of.
 
Mello_SixtyNine said:
On a different note, is there a way to change the
appearance settings for the Lit boards? Currently my
background is white with black text, I'd like to swap
them when I'm browsing at night to lessen the eye
strain.
Click to expand...

Look in the absolute lower left of the Lit page. There should be a dropdown box. Mine is currently set to Imagize - Liquid.
 
I used to have it set to that skin for years but I'd
like a skin added with light text and a dark
background. Preferably black but a dark grey
would work as well.
 
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pointless said:
again, there isn't one and apparently there won't be.
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I don't see why it would be so difficult to add.
There are already 19 skins available now. How
difficult would it be to change the background hex
code of one of the skins to black (#000000) and
change the text to white (#FFFFFF)?
 
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Apple updated their iPhone OS with a "night mode"
awhile back. It shifts the cool, bright whites to a
more subtle, yellow tinge.
 
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