Macbook Pro 3,1 - Upgrade from 7.10-->8.04?

**sunbird** · April 24th, 2008

I'm wondering if anyone with a v.3,1 Macbook Pro has encountered any problems upgrading from 7.10 --> 8.04.

**cyberdork33** · April 24th, 2008

Originally Posted by sunbird

I'm wondering if anyone with a v.3,1 Macbook Pro has encountered any problems upgrading from 7.10 --> 8.04.

I don't have your hardware, but there are a lot of differences between 7.10 and 8.04 and i would recommend a full install as upgrades don't seem to go well. Just make a backup of stuff and install over the same partition.

**sunbird** · April 24th, 2008

I will start that download. But since I have a crytped partition, I'm not sure I can install off the live cd. Does LUKS load with the live cd? otherwise, won't be able to mount my hdd. Guess I'll download it and see.

**DrCR** · April 24th, 2008

Interested to see how it goes for you. I'm running on a 1stSantaRosa gen MBP (that's 3rd gen MBP iirc?). I found 7.10 to not fully support energy saving (at all?) aspects and resultingly the lappy would run _HOT_. Here's hoping 8.04 will fair better.

DrCR

**sunbird** · April 24th, 2008

Hmmm.... I've been running 7.10 on my MBP 3,1 for the past month with no issues. I mean, the laptop runs hot, but not substantially hotter than it does in OS X. But I do hope 8.04 has better energy consumption for battery life.

I'm still curious if anyone has run the network update without any trouble. I'd rather not do a full reinstall.