an ssd swap is actually very easy to do on the current gen. can even use carbonite copy cloner to mirror/clone your existing hard drive, just put the new drive in a 2.5" enclosure or a usb-sata adapter.
my friend got one of
these and i installed it for him on his previous gen mbp. it replaces the optical drive. totally breathes new life into the machine.
- i don't think purchasing any machine w/o at least an i5/i7 in this price range is sensible
- macbooks were never ahead in the graphics card game
- i can't imagine how ppl use the non-removable battery models as their main computer. i leave my computer on 24/7 to d/l stuff or to encode sometimes. do u guys leave the battery plugged in? i actually baby my older macbook and take the battery out when i use it for an extended period of time.
- still love the build quality of the machines overall, and how in general they treat their customers. totally curious about the app store jailbreak scheduled for next month.