Apple MBP Warranty

First up, just to clarify, is the standard MBP Warranty 1 year parts and labor and 90 days toll-free phone support? I thought I read that somewhere but it seems rather weak compared to what a lot of other notebook manufacturers offer.

Anyway, will this be compromised or void if you upgrade the RAM or HDD of a MBP? I'm thinking of getting the standard 2.4GHz, 2GB RAM, 160GB HDD 15inch MBP and upgrading to 3GB RAM and a 200GB 7200RPM HDD myself to save money, but if it's going to void the warranty then that might be a problem.

Any info or help you can provide would be greatly appreciated. Cheers.

 

Mine came standard with a 1 year limited warranty and 90 day telephone support. Anyone that knows anything about computers will know more than what some phone tech support agent will, so don't worry about that. The 1 year warranty is pretty standard. My first laptop from DELL came with a 90 day warranty because I couldn't afford the upgrade at that time.

Besides, laptops aren't going to last a long time anyways, sooner or later something will fail, especially if you don't pamper it. By the time it does fail, it's time to invest in a new laptop anyways considering you can't upgrade the processor or graphics card.

As for upgrading, you can only upgrade the RAM without voiding the warranty. Upgrading the hard drive will void the warranty, due to the poor design of the MBP chassis. You practically have to rip it's face off to get to the hard drive.

Also, if you have a 2.4GHz/2GB Santa Rosa model, you should upgrade the memory only to 4GB. That way you'll take advantage of dual-channel optimization. Something you can't do with a 1xGB+2xGB So-Dimm memory configuration.

 

changing the hdd in the macbook pro will void the warranty.

adding ram will not.

 

Out of curiosity, how *would* one go about upgrading the hard drive on one of these, if it's possible? Would an Apple Store suffice, or do you have to make some kind of arrangement with Apple itself?

 

You can find an Apple certified technician to do the upgrade. Apple Store Geniuses are certified.

Anyways, yes, Apple's Macs come with 90 days toll-free phone support (but some say they're pretty lenient about it), and 1 year of parts and labour support. Upgrading the RAM does not void the warranty, changing the hard drive on the MBP does. Changing the hard drive on the MacBook doesn't void the warranty, though.

 

Well here is a guide to do it yourself, however this technically voids the warranty however as long as you don't damage your laptop in the process, I don't see how they would know.

http://www.ifixit.com/Guide/Mac/MacBook-Pro-15-Inch-Core-Duo/85/

 

Wow, you literally need to take the whole thing apart to get to the drive. Nice.