MBP Hard Drive

davehey79

im thinking of replacing out the 120gb hd in my macbook pro but not 100% on my options. any one know of max hd i can use and what hds i can use as in interface?? all help appreciated. ive enclosed a screenshot of my mbp details.

J-blk

It uses a standard laptop 2.5" SATA drive - maximum available drive at the moment is 500GB (Seagate is working on a 640GB model, but this is difficult to find/expensive currently). 320GB is a pretty sweet spot size/price wise at the moment - you can also use 7200RPM drives instead of the 5400RPM that's currently in your MBP - these will be faster but noisier... Some drives you can use:

http://www.komplett.ie/k/kl.aspx?bn=10614

and:

http://www.dabs.ie/category/components-and-storage,storage,internal-hard-drives/11154-47250000-42240000

I personally like and use Western Digital drives - make sure you don't choose a drive that has its' own built-in anti-shock protection though, these are known to cause problems in MBPs/MacBooks.

Jev/N

Personally, I'm gonna fork out for the 500GB Seagate 7200rpm Momentus which seems to have good reviews in working with MBP's (either one without a sensor or otherwise I'll disable it) - any 2.5" drive you get, just make sure the drive is no more than 9.5mm high otherwise it won't fit (unless you have a 17" MBP AFAIK?)

davehey79

cheers lads. will have a look and possibly purchase over the weekend.