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Aug 02, 2016 i am thinking about upgrading my ram and hard drive to an ssd on my mid 2010 macbook pro. Owcs diy videos of how to install memory, a hard drive or ssd, the owc data. We also have many of these videos available via itunes so you can watch with an ipod, iphone, or ipad while you work on your mac. My macbook pro mid 2010 model is on its last leg in terms of its hard drive. Improvements included faster core 2 duo processors, a faster graphics chipset, larger hard drives, and more ram on the base model.
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