Need to purchase new hard drive for Macbook. Suggestions?

Get as fast a drive as you can.

i would go for WD myself and wold not recommend seagate judging by there massive fail rate recently on desktop drives, refusal to recall the drives (even tho the fail rate is 50%+ iirc) and there general attitude to customers, that and i have had seagate drives fail before on me

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Apple use WD (the drive you take out i think will be a WD, whats good enoutgh for apple..)

kid rock said:

i would go for WD myself and wold not recommend seagate judging by there massive fail rate recently on desktop drives, refusal to recall the drives (even tho the fail rate is 50%+ iirc) and there general attitude to customers, that and i have had seagate drives fail before on me

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Apple use WD (the drive you take out i think will be a WD, whats good enoutgh for apple..)

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Not that it matters, but Apple uses Hitachi drives (in my case, at least). Personally, I would opt for an SSD in mid-2009.

nope7308 said:

Not that it matters, but Apple uses Hitachi drives (in my case, at least). Personally, I would opt for an SSD in mid-2009.

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the drive in my imac and macbook were both WD drives, but now you mention it the drive in my MBP is a hitachi (now ive checked, thought it was WD lol), id still recommend WD over anybody else tho

techster82 said:

While I am a fan of SSD, I really want high storage capacity and reliability for a decent cost. I rarely fire up my Windows Desktop and want to dual boot on the macbook (something I never did on my Macbook Pro). Plus I want plenty of space for music, pictures, movies, etc.

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Yeah, I hear ya!

There is a glimmer of hope though...
http://driveyourlaptop.com/products/sandisk-ssd-g3-

240GB for $499.

Hitachi 5k320 on Newegg free shipping $59.99 after $10 MIR. FYI I paid about $15 more for this drive back in October (though they did have a $20 rebate rather than $10 back then).

Hitachi 7k320 on Newegg free shipping $69.99 after $20 MIR.

Don't forget Ebates for 2% cash back at Newegg and an extra $5 cash back the first time.

It's up to you. Obviously the 7200 RPM Hitachi is a great deal at $69.99 but I still am uneasy about 7200RPM drives in a Macbook. Whether there will be vibration, excessive heat, and excessive energy being used is dependent on the drive itself.

Don't forget Samsung drives.. I have one in my MacBook and it's been great.

From memory their warranty is longer than Seagate/WD, but I may be mistaken.

so what did you get and why?

kid rock said:

i would go for WD myself and wold not recommend seagate judging by there massive fail rate recently on desktop drives, refusal to recall the drives (even tho the fail rate is 50%+ iirc) and there general attitude to customers, that and i have had seagate drives fail before on me

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Apple use WD (the drive you take out i think will be a WD, whats good enoutgh for apple..)

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I replaced mine at Christmas with a 500 GB Seagate and it's been good so far.

Finally got all my iTunes on my laptop to take with me wherever I go and still got loads of room to spare!

Get the SSD, you will love the productivity boost and no more wait!! Watch the demo and read the review.

Recommend PhotoFast G-Monster.