{"id":939,"date":"2009-04-24T20:00:32","date_gmt":"2009-04-25T01:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/?p=939"},"modified":"2014-05-22T13:41:48","modified_gmt":"2014-05-22T18:41:48","slug":"upgrade-an-older-macbook-pro","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/939-upgrade-an-older-macbook-pro\/","title":{"rendered":"Upgrade an older MacBook Pro&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-374\" src=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/moviecamera.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"125\" height=\"175\" \/>Now that we&#8217;ve covered the basic upgrades for the new 2009 Macs, its time to get back to showing you how to upgrade an older machine so you can still enjoy using an older Mac while it while you save up your pennies (or, as Microsoft would have you believe, sell a kidney or your first-born) for a new one.<\/p>\n<p>This time around, we&#8217;re swapping out the optical drive in a pre-Unibody 17&#8243; MacBook Pro. 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