Black Macbook + Solid State Drive... Is it possible?

Of course you could. The question remains: Is it economical?

The SSD drives are the same size as any laptop drive, so yes you can, and it would be very easy to swap it out.

My question is: why? They're ridiculously expensive and have a very limited capacity. I'm just curious as to what your motivation is when considering getting one.

Actually, a 16-32GB SSD boot drive in addition to a larger traditional HDD would be kinda nice.

My System & Library take right at 12GB. Users adds a wrinkle size-wise, but nothing unmanageable. Might be handy to have all the system processes & such up and running with the system idle in 10-15 seconds. Also, a good safety net: in the event of a mechanical failure of the HDD, the main system would still be there and useable.

yes

Anything is possible with enough $$$.

http://www.ryanblock.com/2007/11/the-first-macbook-pro-with-a-64gb-ssd/

MB/MBP tomato tomaeto

the SSD drive is a standard drive size so it will fit and it will work.

Dennin said:

Well, they are ridiculously faster from the tests I have seen and much more sturdy than a regular hard drive. Isn't there a 128gb solid state? I have a 120gb hard drive right now so, the 128 is perfect.

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Are you aware that the 64 GB alone is a grand?

Sure. But a 128GB SSD goes for almost $4k.

jackiecanev2 said:

Sure. But a 128GB SSD goes for almost $4k.

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And that's 3.5" too, think of the premium packing that into a 2.5" enclosure yields.

iToaster said:

And that's 3.5" too, think of the premium packing that into a 2.5" enclosure yields.

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Three grand, according to newegg:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820609245