Comments on: The Best MacBook Pro Hard Drive Upgrade

By: dmedina

dmedina — Sun, 01 Jul 2012 18:51:25 +0000

unfortunately i see no mention of the new 4k sector issues plaguing many upgrades.

By: dmedina

dmedina — Sun, 01 Jul 2012 18:50:25 +0000

i agree with Justin totally!

By: Josh

Josh — Wed, 21 Mar 2012 14:57:00 +0000

Hi,

MBP currently has a 5400 rpm drive. Can I change to a 7200 rpm drive?

Thanks,
Josh

By: Charlie

Charlie — Sat, 03 Mar 2012 15:36:33 +0000

I must agree, do NOT buy the WD Scorpio Blue. BTW it definitely isn’t quiet. It is much more noise than MBP factory drives.

By: Johan

Johan — Thu, 15 Sep 2011 20:20:41 +0000

Hitachi is always the safest bet as that is what Apple is using

By: Jaap

Jaap — Wed, 07 Sep 2011 19:14:27 +0000

Ben zeer geïnteresseerd naar jouw lijstje beste HDD’s!

Welk type HDD kan net als de standaard 250Gb stilstaan als het niet te hoeft te lezen/schrijven? Dat scheelt nogal in batterijverbruik!!

By: Justin

Justin — Mon, 21 Feb 2011 19:37:32 +0000

If you don’t know what a hybrid drive is, you shouldn’t be writing an article about hard drive upgrades. Sheesh.

By: dave

dave — Sun, 06 Feb 2011 04:40:55 +0000

I have a 17 inch 2.5 dual core with a 7200 rpm HD (180 gb).

I need more space (320 or 500 would rock), the SSD’s with those storage amounts are INSANELY expensive.

the Seagate Momentus XT 7200 seems to have a LOT of problems.

Whats the solution?

By: dave

dave — Sun, 06 Feb 2011 04:36:30 +0000

evan, read that…. looks like a LOT of people are having problems with that HD???

The price and performance seem good with xt… but damn so many problems???

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By: Evan

Evan — Wed, 08 Dec 2010 18:46:25 +0000

Almost bought one of these, until I found this:

http://forums.seagate.com/t5/Momentus-XT-Momentus-and/If-you-have-problems-with-Momentus-XT-please-come-in/td-p/59455/page/18

By: t-mies

t-mies — Tue, 07 Dec 2010 16:02:29 +0000

I had the same problems with Scorpio Blue 5400. I wouldn’t recommend that but Momentus XT really is as good as you said.

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[...] Momentus XT hard drive is a fantastic drive that we have recommended in the past as the best MacBook Pro hard drive upgrade for the price. That combined with maxing out the RAM is a great way to get some killer performance [...]

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By: alex

alex — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 05:07:10 +0000

Is there a slow spinup pin/jumper option for the Seagate Momentus 7200?