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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Disagree with all of the above.

Just had my hard drive replaced on an OLD MacBook Pro and it runs like a charm.

The computer geeks in question did say if it goes haywire again to just buy new rather than fix again.[/quote]

OP here. Interesting range of answers, and I probably should have added that I have a newer (&lt; 5 years old) laptop already, which I primarily used to use when I had to carry a computer with me (the old one weighs a ton, especially with the power brick), or my son would use it while I used the older one. If I get it fixed, the 2010 computer would probably become my son's primary computer and I would continue using the newer one.

I'm tempted to try replacing the hard drive myself, per the other poster's suggestions. Though I'm worried that perhaps it might still not work with a new HD (I did drop it a couple of times), and then that money would be down the drain too.

If I decide to get it fixed, by someone else, which computer geek did you use for your old MacBook Pro? The Apple Store doesn't fix computers of that vintage. I found a hole-in-the-wall place that says they can do it, but I don't know how good they are. The Apple store recommended MicroCenter, but it is way out of my way and would charge $40 just to diagnose it, with no guarantee that they could then fix it, so I'm disinclined to go there.[/quote]

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