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I'm getting ready to purchase a baseline 13" Macbook Pro.
I'm looking at getting the hard drive from macsales.com and have a few questions...
First off, with the 7200RPM drives...do you notice a great speed difference vs 5400? How is battery life, noise and overheating with the 7200 HD?
Western Digital vs Seagate HD?
They offer a 1.0TB 5400RPM HD from Samsung and Western Digital. Which one? Will I see problems putting a drive with that much space in my Macbook Pro?
Will my computer run slow if I come close to filling that 1.0TB HD?
750GB 7200 RPM vs 1.0TB 5400RPM HD?
Thanks in advance!

I recently upgraded my early 2008 MacBook Pro from a 250GB (5400) to a Western Digital Scorpio Black 750GB (7200) HDD. I notice the drive and my mac are faster, and it doesn't make noise to my knowledge. It is very dependable, and I am glad I upgraded. You mentioned you have a MacBook... What year is it? I know my brothers is an early 2008 MacBook and he upgraded it from a 160GB (5400) to a Western Digital Scorpio Black 640GB (7200) and that has been deemed as the max that model can take. I am not sure what the max is for the year you might have unless yours is the same as my brothers.
Basically speaking my brother and I have noticed a significant difference in the scorpio black drives we have installed, and believe me we don't regret it. We also found these drives for real cheap on Amazon.com. Here are some drives you might like, and hopefully they are cheaper in cost for you:
http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Daps&field keywords=western+digital+scorpio+black&x=0&y=0
Hope this helps...
Chris

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