Macbook Pro/Owc Mercucry Elite Pro HDD

Hey everybody,
Can I install an external OWC 1TB Mercury Elite Pro HDD in my early 2011 Macbook Pro? If not anyone have any suggestions on the best choices for 7200 rpm 1 TB HDD or SSD. Thanks!!

anjreu22,
you can’t install an external drive in your MacBook Pro, but you could certainly connect one to it externally. With your Early 2011 MacBook Pro, you’d get best throughput by using the Mercury Elite Pro’s FireWire 800 port.
If you’re looking for an internal drive, then the Hitachi Travelstar 7K1000 could be worth investigating on the HDD side, and either the Crucial M550 or the Samsung 840 EVO could be of interest on the SSD side. (There are probably other candidates also worth investigating on both sides.)

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