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The outside looks the same, but the guts of the 2010 version of the inch macbook pro have been revamped. There are a number of components in the macbook pro unibody that can be cost effectively upgraded. Mercury ssds get the best speed, capacity and performance boost with a mercury ssd from owc, made for mac first. I have used corsair, samsung, and crucial drives in various macbooks with good results. Installing a hyperfast ssd is will be limited to sata2 speeds.
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