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Cave Man
Jan 3, 2008, 10:18 AM
It'd be nice to have these in my MBP and Mini:

http://www.macworld.com/article/131372/2008/01/hitachi.html


Feverish Flux
Jan 3, 2008, 10:20 AM
Wake me when they're 7200 RPM. :)
heatmiser
Jan 3, 2008, 10:21 AM
Very cool--but it won't fit in a Macbook/Pro if the 9.5mm req is true.
xUKHCx
Jan 3, 2008, 10:23 AM
12.5 mm tall, would these fit in the MB/MBP I thought they could only take 9.5 mm (not really sure hence asking).
Cave Man
Jan 3, 2008, 10:43 AM
Very cool--but it won't fit in a Macbook/Pro if the 9.5mm req is true.

Nothing a belt sander can't take care of. :)
CrackedButter
Jan 3, 2008, 10:51 AM
Wake me when they're 7200 RPM. :)

Hitachi do a 200GB 7200rpm drive.
MovieCutter
Jan 3, 2008, 10:54 AM
Hitachi do a 200GB 7200rpm drive.

I think he wants a 7200RPM 500GB notebook drive, and damnit I do too.
kuebby
Jan 3, 2008, 11:18 AM
I think he wants a 7200RPM 500GB notebook drive, and damnit I do too.

I'd be fine with 5400rpm. Just having 500GB would be great since I only have 80 right now and it's a pain to upgrade the MBP.
Jiddick ExRex
Jan 3, 2008, 11:20 AM
I'd be fine with 5400rpm. Just having 500GB would be great since I only have 80 right now and it's a pain to upgrade the MBP.

No, it's a pain putting that old drive back in when your MBP needs to be sent in for repair ;)
RaceTripper
Jan 3, 2008, 11:21 AM
I'd be fine with 5400rpm. Just having 500GB would be great since I only have 80 right now and it's a pain to upgrade the MBP.Upgrading the drive in a MBP is easy. Takes all of 15 minutes to do the physical swap. If you get a cheap external enclosure, Carbon Copy Cloner or SuperDuper make easy work of moving the contents of your drive to the new one. I've done this twice now (first with 7K200, and more recently with Scorpio 320).