I've successfully done it! Everything went smoothly. The mac boots up in 30 secs and shuts down in 2. I guess that's a good sign eh? Planning to dual boot tomorrow thanks again!
Thank you for the detailed reply! I recently found out something.
My MacBook Pro 13 inch (Late 2011) can only boot from the superdrive. It slipped my mind because I previously dual booted this Mac and found out that I had to install windows using the CD/DVD. I have two questions :
1. Can I boot from the DVD at startup and choose the SSD as a bootdrive later?
2. How do I burn the ISO on a DVD? Or should I just get a sata to USB cable and just install the OS X to skip all this trouble?
I'm planning to switch the mechanical HDD to an SSD. I have a few questions :
1. Should I get a Sandisk Plus (RM300) or Sandisk Ultra 2 (RM350)?
2. Can I install the SSD straight into the MacBook and do a clean install from a bootable USB instead of cloning the ssd first? I'm not interested in the contents of my hard drive.
3. This will be my first time opening up a laptop. Any tips (static electricity, etc.)?
Thank you!
P/s I had a chat with Lenovo Malaysia on Facebook. They said it's currently still not in Malaysia. Any chance that the price will be any different from what the laptop is listed on lazada (RM3299)?
The ram is soldered, and the 4gb version is already over budget a little I'll wait and see when it officially comes to Malaysia. In the meantime, any other suggestions?
I managed to shortlist my choices to two laptops:
Asus UX305 or Acer Aspire R15
Core M3-6Y30 vs i5-6200U
128GB SSD (should be m.2 I guess. Couldn't find it online) vs 1TB 5400RPM
13.3" vs 15"
Both full HD
93.9% sRGB vs 109% sRGB
Non-touch vs Touchsreen
Delta-E 11.7 vs 4
281 nits vs 310 nits
known cons :
acer hard drive is sluggish, super reflective screen.
thoughts?