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Super-easy. I have the first-gen unibody Macbook Pro, and it's right next to the battery as you take the cover off. Just one screw and it's out.

I can't speak for the newer, non-user-replaceable-battery models, but I can't imagine they made it harder to replace the HDD.

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"I can't imagine they made it harder to replace the HDD."

Start imagining. You need a mini-torx screwdriver to get the hdd out, once you get the cover off (8 phillips screws).

Not the end of the world, but not too many people have a T8 sitting around. I didn't.

I agree that this is a minor annoyance, but your local hardware store probably has one available for $5.

In other words, it's still orders of magnitude better than replacing the HD in, say, an iBook.

The Torx has always been required. At least with the unibody MacBooks they made it far easier to replace the hard drive. I just did a pre-unibody MacBook Pro yesterday, you have to pull the entire top part with keyboard.

Tip. Don't put it in upside down and then push hard or you'll end up having to undo a whole lot more screws.

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