What hard drive to upgrade to...
I have a 13.3 inch 2.0ghz macbook. It came with a 80gb 5400rpm toshiba HD. I need to upgrade to larger capacity. Would the western digital scorpio black 320gb 7200rpm drive be good for my macbook? Or would it be noticeably more vibration or heat? If not, I would get this one, unless anyone has any better ideas. Is 7200rpm overkill for this laptop or would it work fine?
Thanks...
I say go for it. Unlikely you will notice more vibration and heat. According to WD, it consumes power like similar 5400 RPM models do, which is good for your battery.
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Drive Preparation
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Hello,
I have a Mac Book Pro, Mid 2010, and I would like to upgrade my internal hard drive. Is there all the things I need to proform this operation from just using materials bought from Amazon. Can anyone provide me a list of tools and hard drives (500GB or more, internal, dont care if it is SSD or HD) I needed to proform this operation from just buying the things from Amazon (that uses amazon prime, for shipping)?
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Hardware Overview:
Model Name: MacBook Pro
Model Identifier: MacBookPro7,1
Processor Name: Intel Core 2 Duo
Processor Speed: 2.4 GHz
Number of Processors: 1
Total Number of Cores: 2
L2 Cache: 3 MB
Memory: 4 GB
Bus Speed: 1.07 GHz
Boot ROM Version: MBP71.0039.B0E
SMC Version (system): 1.62f7
Serial Number (system): censored
Hardware UUID: AE89EC15-B8F4-55F2-9FBA-62A37A8FA813
Sudden Motion Sensor:
State: Enabled
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Hitachi HTS545025B9SA02:
Capacity: 250.06 GB (250,059,350,016 bytes)
Model: Hitachi HTS545025B9SA02
Revision: PB2AC60W
Serial Number: sensored
Native Command Queuing: Yes
Queue Depth: 32
Removable Media: No
Detachable Drive: No
BSD Name: disk0
Rotational Rate: 5400
Medium Type: Rotational
Partition Map Type: GPT (GUID Partition Table)
S.M.A.R.T. status: Verified
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Available: 38.7 GB (38,704,214,016 bytes)
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BSD Name: disk0s2
Mount Point: /
Content: Apple_HFS
Volume UUID: 296EA13D-E7F5-3259-AA9E-E161D5DD5CF4
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BSD Name: disk0s3
Content: Apple_Boot
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#1: http://www.amazon.com/Samsung-Electronics-EVO-Series-2-5-Inch-MZ-7TE250BW/dp/B00 E3W1726/ref=zg_bs_1292116011_1
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#3: http://www.amazon.com/WD-Red-NAS-Hard-Drive/dp/B008JJLW4M/ref=zg_bs_1254762011_3
#4: http://www.amazon.com/Seagate-Solid-Hybrid-2-5-Inch-ST1000LM014/dp/B00B99JUBQ/re f=sr_1_8?ie=UTF8&qid=1393290731&sr=8-8&keywords=solid+state+drive
#5: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B005PWVEJ4/ref=twister_B008B5B97E
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http://www.amazon.com/Sabrent-2-5-Inch-Aluminum-Enclosure-EC-TB4P/dp/B005EIGUD4/ ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1393235049&sr=8-3&keywords=2.5+enclosure
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I have a 2008 ish macBook with 4gb of Ram. I use vmware Fusion to run Windows every day and I also use Aperture on a regular basis.
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