Certain MacBooks specifically the Retina model have a proprietary hard drive that is specific for year and model, in the event that you have a Retina we will have to order the hard drive for you or direct you to the correct hard drive.

In the case that you do not need data transfer from old to new hard drive we can still include a fresh install of the latest Apple Operating system. If you're interested in having us purchase the correct hard drive that matches your needs and installing, we ask for that portion of the payment up front. You can also bring in a 2.5 SSD or 2.5 SATA that you've purchased for us to install. We ask that you leave your Macbook for a few hours to transfer the data. Depending on the amount of data your transfer time can be either shorter or longer. We can swap out your old hard drive for either a SSD hard drive or SATA hard drive. Another benefit to having a SSD hard drive is your programs opening faster, boot up times will also be faster. These hard drives can store almost as much data but cost a bit more but it's worth it if you're always on the go with your laptop. These hard drives are made for speed, they are able to recall data much faster then a traditional SATA hard drive. A SSD or solid state hard drive is basically a big block of memory that is similar to what's in your phone or on a flash drive but much more space. When you had an old desktop computer your computer was stationary so you never had any issues with a hard drive breaking but with MacBooks they are on the move and sometimes get banged around which isn't good for the longevity of your data. The downside to a SATA hard drive is a spinning hard drive which means that it can break. These hard drives are ideal if you are planning to store a lot of data or you don't move around a lot. A typical SATA drive is inexpensive and offers the most storage.

So there are advantages to both hard drives, which we will break down quickly for you. One of the best parts about a MacBook is certain areas are upgradable such as all MacBooks can have their hard drives upgraded. The 2.5 refers to the form factor or size of the physical hard drive. So there are four types of hard drives, but only two are common when it comes to MacBooks which are 2.5 SATA or 2.5 SSD.

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