Installing the 2 gigs of RAM was very easy, I had no problems with getting them installed and both sticks work wonderfully. Once it came time to install the HDD I ran into a small problem: I didn't have the tiny T8 Torx screwdriver required to pull apart the HDD housing. I was able to borrow one though, and the HDD installation went fine.

Then, with the new hard drive and RAM in the machine I booted it hoping to install OS X followed by Windows. This is where things became very messed up. I noticed that when I tried to slide the OS X installation disc into the Macbook's supderdrive it wouldn't physically pull the disc in. I can literally shove it all the way inside but the drive won't grab ahold of it to start reading from it.

Of course I instantly assume that I goofed something up when I was installing the RAM and hard drive, so I switch back to the old hardware and everything boots correctly but again, the superdrive won't accept discs. After researching the problem I found out that Apple pushed out a firmware update for the superdrive (2.1) and it bricked a TON of people's superdrives...including mine. I just never really used it so I didn't notice the problem until now. I do remember noticing that the superdrive wasn't making the whirring sound on startup  for the past week since the update however.

So now I'm going to have to either drive to Buffalo (which is the nearest Apple Store) or send in my Macbook to Apple for them to fix. I'll probably send it in. It's a good thing I still have a few months left on my warranty or I'd be completely screwed right now.

Anyways...I said I would post an update about how the upgrade went so here it is. Let's just say it didn't exactly go as planned.