You can add the upgraded hard drive easily during the checkout/configure process AppleCare is handy too, in case you have any issues after your 1 year warranty expires. They have record of your date of purchase, so your warranty is all set up properly. If you went with the 15" model, the 7200RPM drive is a $50 upgrade from Apple, and is well worth it.īuying it from is your best bet for a number of reasons. The new models make it SUPER easy to do, and it doesn't void the warranty if you have someone Apple Certified doing it. So here's my advice: If you're getting a 13", Apple won't install the drive for you, so you'll have to get someone Apple Certified to do it. I couldn't even have more than 1 VM with the 5400RPM drive. The whole system is much more responsive, and I can have multiple VM's open at once with little slowdown. (Obviously you don't use these computers on your lap, as it's not a 'Laptop' computer, it's a 'Notebook'). but to the contrary everything actually ran quieter with no noticible change in the temps.
I thought I'd have issues like you described. I'm Apple Certified, so I'm comfortable replacing the drive myself, but it's not for the faint of heart. Recently, I replaced the hard drive myself in the 15", and went with a 320GB 7200RPM for like $130. I did notice a significant slow-down in overall performance, things just took a while to do anything.
I ran Fusion on my first macbook pro from the start, and it was certainly usable. a 15" from 2006 (2.16GHz, 2GB RAM, came with a 5400RPM 120GB drive) and a 13" from 2 weeks ago which was upgraded to the 7200RPM drive from the start. The 7200RPM drive makes a huge difference.
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