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- mrjamieboyd0
I've just bought a 320gig hard drive and an empty 2.5" external case for £60 off ebuyer. The plan is to take the old 120gig HD out, put that in my empty external case and get the new 320gig beast in my Macbook Pro :)
Happy days
- metal_leg_will0
I have this LaCie for my MBP.
http://store.apple.com/us/produc…
It's great and the FireWire 800 connection is fast.
- make sure you get the one that is bus powered(Little Big Disk) so fucking usefall and no power neededTark
- rafalski0
Didn't you have a 13.3" MacBook Jaline? You're allowed to replace both HD and RAM on it yourself, it's the MacBook Pro that only lets you swap RAM.
It's quite easy, I did it numerous times. I believe internal ones are safer than external drives that get more shaking action in the end and are more likely to be dropped than the laptop even if used at home only. Also, USB connection is slow. Also, external drenclosures often have bad thermal parameters.
I recommend a 7200 rpm drive, but it's not crucial, 5400 should be fine. You might or might not notice a difference in speed at all.
Get at least 200GB, 320 should be just fine. 16MB on board cache is recommended for speed, but again, not necessary.If it's a Seagate, choose one which symbol ends with ASG rather than AS - it's equipped with extra sudden motion protection.
- vwsung18t0
what kind of files are filling up your hd? if it's small files, why not get a bunch of flash drives? so it's still portable. 4 GB flash drives are so cheap, that's all i do with my macbook.
- rafalski0
An external 2.5" drive (like WD Passport) is nothing but a laptop drive in an enclosure. It is just convenient to get an enclosure and the drive separately, because you don't lose your warranty when swapping drives. I don't think they let you open the Passport.
I have a few 2.5" drives, but the setting that works best for me is to put the biggest drive into the laptop and backup things on the remaining ones which sit in their enclosures (ie. one for music, one for photos, work).
It depends. Some people just want to buy a defined product rather than fiddle with it. My friends are happy with their WD passports, you might be too.
Anyway, you don't need to worry about the external drive speed, because USB 2.0 and Firewire 400 13" ports MacBook has are slow bottlenecks anyway. Only get a fast 7200 drive if you mean to put it inside the computer, you're not going to see any difference unless you go for a Firewire 800 enclosure and get a MacBook Pro which has such port.
- Jaline0
Would this one work?
http://www.bestbuy.ca/catalog/pr…(I'll ask around in the store(s) too)
- Or I may try acescence's suggestion instead.Jaline
- It's hard to get a 2.5" with higher specs, but I'm looking around. I know Samsung may have some available.Jaline
- Actually, these two look good as well:
http://eshop.macsale…
http://eshop.macsale…Jaline - Yes the seagate is the one I have, with shock protection. Comes in larger size nowadays.rafalski
- rafalski0
Next thing Jaline will be asking us how to set up a hidden/encrypted folder for her kinky movie collection..
She knows it's the place to ask.
- sublocked0
i replaced the 5400 in my macbook pro 15" with a 7200 rpm. it involves massive disassembly of the unit. not for the faint of heart, or shaky of hand.
- rafalski0
"Mein name ist Karl. Ich bin Expert."
- Jaline0
vw, a lot of them will be video files. That's what takes up all the space on my computer right now. So it's more worth it to get the larger drives.
- rafalski0
"You can imagine where it goes from here"
"He fixes the cable?"
- Jaline0
I need a bit of help. I'm probably going to Best Buy tonight. If I don't select an external, I'm going for one of these. Please let me know which would be best for a Macbook with 2 GB of RAM. Thanks.
- rafalski0
http://www.ifixit.com/Guide/Mac/…
Make sure you have the right tools:
#00 Phillips Screwdriver
T8 Torx Screwdriver
- nikdaum0
Just be glad you don't have a 12" Powerbook with an 80gig drive. That suckers dinky.
- Jaline0
I put in a new 250GB HD in my Macbook and the files are being restored now. I bought a Seagate Momentus 5400 because I'm terrified of my laptop being more hot or working harder than it already does. It was at a decent price. I will buy more external drives later :)
It's not that difficult at all to replace the HD. I was only worried about static, but, so far, so good. Also, the Macbook I had used the same HD, but with 120GB instead (Seagate and everything).
Thanks for the help, everyone.
- rafalski0
Well done Jaline, I'm amazed. I mean, most guys around would rather swap the whole computer than a part of it because they have no idea it's something they can do themselves!
I was wondering, how much RAM do you have? Upgrading this bit could make it fly.
- 2 GB. I could upgrade to 3GB, but I'm not sure it would be that different for what I do right now.
http://eshop.macsale…Jaline - By the way, you're a genius with this stuff. Thanks again :)Jaline
- Genious? All secret knowledge there is in a hd swap web video and latest hd pricelist ;)rafalski
- BTW I went from 2 to 4GB recently and the difference is very noticeable.rafalski
- On a regular Macbook?! Hmm...maybe I will try it out.Jaline
- I stand by my genius comment. A genius hockey player :PJaline
- 2 GB. I could upgrade to 3GB, but I'm not sure it would be that different for what I do right now.