I am not exaggerating: the computer will boot faster, apps will launch faster, and if you play games, say goodbye to long loading times. Replacing that spinning drive with an SSD will make it feel like an entirely new machine. Traditional hard drives (sometimes called HDDs) have long been a bottleneck in PC snappiness.

Swap In an SSD Say goodbye to old, spinning hard drives.Īn SSD is the greatest upgrade you can make to any aged computer. If your laptop hasn’t been modded since it was originally made way back when, there are likely a few things you’ll want to tackle. It’s called, imaginatively enough, Ask iFixit. Second, mulling over your question inspired us to start a series on our blog, to answer these kinds of repair, upgrade, and nitty-gritty questions from readers. 2012 MacBook Pros are still soild machines, and very upgradeable-in fact, it’s what most of our team uses at the iFixit offices. You’re also going to save a whole bunch of money avoiding the Apple (or Microsoft) store. What's my first mod! Ditch the optical drive? Ram? SSD?- Tim Ouimet January 14, 2020įirst, kudos on buying used and keeping another laptop out of the waste stream, Tim. Hey, just ordered myself an older MacBook Pro.