What versions does this exactly upgrade from? I have the big box on an old rig - I think v5.5. when they had it for Mac and PC still. I have the original receipt from Musician's Friend and Serial, etc. I got a new Macbook Pro and wanted to know if I can just buy this upgrade? I went to the HQ Company Store in Cupertino and they told me virtually any version was upgradeable... but I wanted to make sure so I didn't pay out $200 or whatever for this and not be able to use it.Thanks What versions does this exactly upgrade from? I have the big box on an old rig - I think v5.5. when they had it for Mac and PC still. I have the original receipt from Musician's Friend and... » Read More What versions does this exactly upgrade from? I have the big box on an old rig - I think v5.5. when they had it for Mac and PC still. I have the original receipt from Musician's Friend and Serial, etc. I got a new Macbook Pro and wanted to know if I can just buy this upgrade? I went to the HQ Company Store in Cupertino and they told me virtually any version was upgradeable... but I wanted to make sure so I didn't pay out $200 or whatever for this and not be able to use it.Thanks « Show Less
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It says the academic version is not eligible for upgrade, but will it still upgrade? I have logic pro 7 academic. What's the difference? Does this pgm use that silly DONGLE to run?
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I bought Logic Pro 8 Academic to save $50, but then was told it was not eligible to upgrade to 9. Good question- what would happen if you tried? Nothing?Will never make that mistake again.
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Sorry, I was too brief before from my phone. My Mac mini came with OS 10.9.1, which is Mavericks, I believe. I think all of the Mac Minis being shipped from Apple are currently shipping with Mavericks. The units Amazon's vendors are shipping may be pre-Mavericks, and I do not know if there is an upgrade fee. I went to the Apple web site and there was an update screen that popped right up to go to Mavericks, but I do not know if it is free.
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Forget it, they dropped support a long time ago. I sold it as soon as I found out there would be no new driver for Mac. I think the latest one works with Leopard or something.
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I WAS USING 10.3 on my white macbook 5.2 and I wanted to upgrade to 10.8 and I had to upgrade to 10.6 before it would let me upgrade to 10.8. I went on amazon and found a used 10.6 which was about 1/3 of the price of 10.6 new. then I went to apple apps store and bought and downed loaded 10.8 and everything was fine.
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That's one of my favorite MacBook Pro models! Nickname is "Glossy". Yes, that is the correct RAM type and speed, but the A1150 only supports 2GB of RAM. If you install 4GB, it will not recognize the additional memory. This is the second generation of Intel Macs, and the memory addressing is limited by the processor and the logic board. It's also a 32-bit processor, so you're going to be limited in your upgrading options (both software and hardware) going forward. If you are looking to speed this computer up, you might consider upgrading the Hard Drive to a solid state drive. It isn't as fast as RAM, but it will minimize the "spinning colored wheel" you're probably getting when launching apps or browsing the internet. You can get a small SSD for &lt;$100. Installation is tricky if you've never done it before, so you might be springing for labor. Hope that helps.
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The 70 buck version is upgrade only. Course, down the road when your system crashes and you have to reinstall I wonder if they expect you to dig up the original version, install it, then install the upgrade over it? Strange, but yeah, the $70 dollar version is for if you already have some other version installed, I think as early as XP will work fine.
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Personally, when I bought my Black Macbook, I couldn't have been more impressed with it. The day it got in, I was immediately satisfied. Updated by the seller to 10.7.5 and runs fantastically. I'm using it currently to even write this review. Compared to a PC I would say although this computer was discontinued in '08, it still feels as if I got it out of the store yesterday.
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I'm in the process of doing this exact upgrade, except up to 480 GB. Using Macrium Reflect Free, I was able to clone the drive, swap it into the Series 9, and the computer is acting perfectly. It worked. The problem is that even though it's a 480 GB drive, windows just shows it as the same size as old one, with 300GB of "unallocated" space that I can't figure out how to make accessible. If you figure it out, please let me know how you did it! My thread is one of the other Q & A threads on this same product.
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Hi M Long,COuld I ask exacetly what you did to upgrade your ram yourself? I know that if we do upgrades ourself and break or damage anything, that could cause the warrenty for the lap top to be void by apple, so I just wanted to make sure I could do it or rather take the right stepthanksKenny
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Yes,l this was the full version, not an upgrade. This is now several versions old. You may want to look for version 4 or 5.
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Upgrading is very simple - just pull out the old card and push in the new one. But I have moved on to the late 2013 MacPro and have no idea what video card you would want to use these days.
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I've been wondering that myself so I emailed customer service. The response I got back said she had confirmed it was shipping with iLife '08, but then as proof, she copied the details from the product page that said iLife '06. I wrote back asking for verification since there was the discrepancy. The next customer service person to answer couldn't even find the Macbook Pro and sent me a link to a Family Tree software product (???) and suggested calling Apple for help. I called Amazon customer service, but the person I spoke with also could only refer to the webpage and wasn't sure how recently their stock was purchased from Apple. Now, I love amazon as much as the next regular customer, but only being able to give me information I could already get myself is not my idea of helpful customer service! (I did try calling Apple, too, but as expected, they had no way of knowing how recent Amazon's stock is.) Anyway, sorry I don't have the answer, but if anyone else has purchased it recently, I'd be interested to hear as well.
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But the description lists 2 GB RAM, 320 GB HD, and ATI X2600. All of those specs correspond to the current Mac Pro, not the previous version. The customer service guy I talked to claimed that the 1.33 Ghz FSB was a misprint (but they haven't corrected it yet). I'm really confused as to what this thing is.
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Hey Adam! I have done a bit of "digital audio recording" myself on Logic Express 9. I have managed to do this on an early 2008 white macbook (2.1GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, 1GB RAM, and a 120 GB 5400 rpm). I ran into a few problems with the hard drive being to slow and the application crashing because I didn't have enough RAM. Though I never ran into problems with the processor, and there is a reason for this. Recording software doesn't rely on the processor as much as it does the RAM and hard disk speed. A 2.4 GHz i5 is plenty for your needs. The things you should pay attention to are RAM, which this computer has 4 GB of (unless you are recording/mixing more than 7 or 8 tracks this will be plenty). It is expandable to 16 gb, which is probably enough RAM to handle time travel. And the hard drive speed...which if you manage your computers files well, and don't let it get all bogged down like a ...*gulp* WinDoWs ComPuTRe...then you will be ok ;). Basically what im getting at is that the i5 model will work just fine n' dandy, and as for the i7? You would just be buying a higher capacity, graphically faster (video games, videos, making shapes with the mouse pointer, the list goes on) laptop that has a better resale value. Hope this helped. -Andy
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Hey man I just checked what you said and its true...I bought mine less than two months ago and it said newest version...amazon probably differences their bundles this way...the computer came completely new and in perfect condition its the latest model and its extremely thin...the retina display will blow your head off its gorgeous...I have some pictures on instagram if you want to see it... @wakiko007 hope I helped answering your question
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I haven't had any problems at all. Are you doing your Mac upgrades as soon as requested? I just wish the Mac version was as large and as easy to use as the PC version
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I have yet to get it to work on my MacBook Pro but some of that may be my own error. Apple just sent out an OS upgrade called OS X which is listed on the label of the Zoombinis box. Before this upgrade when I would put the disc in the drive it would show up on Finder with the circle and slash of something now allowed or not supported by the OS. Now I get the symbols clearly but still haven't managed to get it to run. Like I said, that may be my fault, I'm still learning how to use Mac rather than PC.