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Can I swap processors between a 2.26Ghz MBP2009 and a 2.66GHz MBP2010?

I have a 2009 MacBook Pro 13" with a 2.26GHz processor and a 2010 MacBook Pro 13" with a 2.66GHz processor. I would like to swap their processors, that is, put in each the processor of the other. I know the generic task of changing a processor to a computer, but I've never opened these.

Can this be done? Do they have sockets or are they soldered? Would they be compatible?

Thanks a lot!

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Sorry Sebastian not possible here.

Often in laptops the CPU is directly soldered onto the logic board as there is little room for a socket unlike a desktop system.

The other direction would be to swap the whole logic board. I don't think the likelihood the two boards are interchangeable. We would need more detail on the systems to know if they are within the same series family and even that is still iffy.

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