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Jacob Samuel G.

The upgrade to SSD is the best! But it is a good idea to take it with a specialist, if you do not have experience or security to open the unit. The first time I did I broke a plate resistance ๐Ÿ˜‚ โ€”I guess that's how you learn.

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Ben Halpern

I did RAM and SSD on MacBook Pro a few years ago and it wasnโ€™t so bad.

But these days I think thatโ€™s impossible on the new machines if I remember correctly.

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Shi Ling

Ditto, did the same. Back then, I even swapped out the optical drive (aka CD drive) to an SSD. Woot, more disk space FTW. I managed to get my MPB 2010 to last me 5 years after swapping out the dead battery once. Those were the good old days. Apple don't make these machines as good as they used too, my MBP that I bought as a replacement 2 years back has been giving me so many problems I'm considering a Windows or a Ubuntu machine the next time I buy a new workhorse.

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Jacob Samuel G.

Windows 10 is fine ๐Ÿ‘Œ, but it takes some time to get used to it and... Sometimes you have to install some distribution of Linux for development.

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Jason Espin

I never understand comments like this. I fail to see what you can do on Linux that you can't do on the Windows host OS

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Jacob Samuel G. • Edited

I assure you that it happened to me the same, I did not understand it, until one day I did. It's only for specific cases, that's why I say "sometimes". I usually have a virtual machine for those moments.

"Blessed are those who can use Windows without needing Linux".
โ€”Dev 8:26

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Jason Espin

Again though there is nothing in everyday development that would require me to use Linux.