I am considering purchasing a MPB and I would like to know what my options are on getting the most storage space possible on the computer. I am a photographer and I would like to harddrives with one of the mirroring the other. Thanks for your help in advance...
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Replacing the CD Drive in a MPB with a Harddrive?
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Fonzijr1964
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there are some people who have done it to macbooks but i dont know about the Pro's but i guess the same can be done
http://www.mcetech.com/optibay/
Note that the connection is PATA for the CD drive, which means you won't be able to buy one of the higher capacity hard drives to replace the CD drive. I wish they made a 500gb PATA drive, 1TB in a laptop would be awesome!
Note that the connection is PATA for the CD drive, which means you won't be able to buy one of the higher capacity hard drives to replace the CD drive. I wish they made a 500gb PATA drive, 1TB in a laptop would be awesome!
djbahdow01
macrumors 6502a
That's... pretty amazing.
Just imagine when 1 TB (or 640 GB) laptop HDDs come out.... 1.28-2 TBs of space in a 1" laptop.
2x640 would be good, because finally you'd get to see something that says "1.2 TB" instead of 930 GB 😉
Just imagine when 1 TB (or 640 GB) laptop HDDs come out.... 1.28-2 TBs of space in a 1" laptop.
2x640 would be good, because finally you'd get to see something that says "1.2 TB" instead of 930 GB 😉
Wow, it looks like they are offering 500gb drives for the optical bay in the 15" macbook pro. I may just have to upgrade to one of these 🙂 My 500gb internal drive only has 100gb free.
Man you guys are crazy. Use way more space than I ever do 😛
Largest drive I have at home (that I personally use) is 160 GB 😛
Granted, I use five drives for a total of 480 GB (across two computers), but still. I only use about 200 GB total.
Largest drive I have at home (that I personally use) is 160 GB 😛
Granted, I use five drives for a total of 480 GB (across two computers), but still. I only use about 200 GB total.
It's all of the TV Shows and movies in iTunes that are hogging the space on my MBP. About 170gb each 🙂
Fonzijr1964
macrumors 68000
yeah I have a 500GB HDD in my iMac with 150GB on it and a 1TB MyBook For Time Machine that has the same on it plus i have an 8GB usb flash drive thats full and a 100GB external HDD with 50GB on it
yes you do lol 😛
Lol. I guess so. I have a lot more space taken up by TV shows/movies than I do.. the other stuff.
GGJstudios
macrumors Westmere
You'd be amazed at how fast space fills up! My music collection alone is over 150GB, not counting videos, photos and other files.
I guess doing it will cut in half the battery life, right? I mean, 2 HDDs spining on the same notebook would suck a lot of power.... 😱
Oh my God, lol. Mine's a bit over 2 GB. It wouldn't even be that big if it was in uncompressed AIFF format =p
I have a few GB of photos... maybe 10 GB max... videos/movies (including TV shows) is around 40 GB. About 40-50 GB of applications, I think.