Troubleshooting ¶
Track down a number of hardware problems using the MacBook Pro 15" Unibody Troubleshooting page.
Upgrades ¶
There are a number of components in the MacBook Pro 15" Mid 2009 Unibody that can be cost-effectively upgraded.
- RAM: The stock RAM included with the MacBook Pro 15" Unibody Mid 2009 can be easily upgraded to the maximum of 8 GB.
- Hard Drive: 320 Gigabyte hard drives came standard with the MacBook Pro 15" Unibody Mid 2009. You can easily upgrade the drive to 750 GB.
Identification and Background ¶
The MacBook Pro 15" Mid 2009 Unibody was announced in September of 2009.
Use the laptop identification system to help you identify your machine. MacBooks tend to look very similar, and it's important to know which machine you have before ordering any replacement parts.
The MacBook Pro 15" Mid 2009 Unibody's case is composed of aluminum, just like the laptops before it. However, the case is machined out of a single block of aluminum, following the same process of the MacBook Unibody and the MacBook Pro 15" Unibody. The Unibody revision also introduced some features that were never before seen on an Apple laptop: the inclusion of dual video cards (one for regular use, one for graphics intensive applications) the Mini DisplayPort (which replaced the full-size DVI display connector), and larger hard drive and RAM capacities.
