Hot Fusion
The destiny of man is to unite not to divide - Merlin (The Once and Future King) Mrs Chaos' 2011 MacBook Pro was feeling slow and running out of space on its 256GB drive. Wedding videos and baby photos on our bajillion megapixel camera take up a lot of space. Apps don't quite launch fast enough and when Time Machine kicks off her HD emits and audible churning noise. How to solve? I'd been eyeballing getting her a new computer, but she doesn't really need one exactly, so it's a lotta mula. Better solution? SSD. To replace her HD with a 512GB or larger SSD? Moneysplosion. Instead I decided to get a kit where I could move her current HD into the optical drive slot and then add a second SSD drive. Under this plan I could give her a 256GB SSD and she would still have the 256GB spinning platter and then everyone wins. This upgrade is not for the weak of heart. Swapping out the laptop HD is straightforward. If the idea of cracking open your laptop doesn't sca...