1TB Upgrade Questions?

To be honest, hard drives are hard drives. Apple uses whatever drives it can get the best deal on.

There won't be any difference in battery life between different capacity drives of the same speed (5400rpm, 7200rpm etc.).

 

The only drives I would steer clear of right now are the WD Green drives (seen some poor reliability from the ones I've sold). The Travelstars are great, and yes, Apple does use them sometimes. What Apple uses shouldn't be your measure, though, because they use a wide variety and they choose the drives for different reasons than you probably should.

jW

 

I usually go with whatever is on sale. Samsung used to make good 2.5" drives, but I'm not sure if they even make a 1TB model right now.

 

I'm in the middle of upgrading my second HDD (media storage) in my MBP from an old Momentus XT 500gb to now a WD Blue 1TB. It seemed to be the one with with the most favorable reviews on Amazon and when googled. I wish it was 7200rpm but it's just for media, my boot drive is a SSD. Also, I probably didn't need to but I used CCC (still in progress) to clone the drive instead of manual copying since they're just "files". Weird thing though is that it has cloned/copied half already but the progress bar is barely at about 25%. I wonder if it'll stop when all data has been transferred or the progress bar goes to 100%

 

newbie to MBP and need to upgrade to 1TB internal drive

ASAP! Bought a gently used early '09 MBP & need to upgrade to a 1TB hd fairly quickly. There are so many options! Wanted to get someone's opinion who actually uses one (or more). I really like the Samsung Momentus XT however, its max capacity is 750GB. I'm left with several options and not sure which is the best (in no particular order):
Western Digital
http://www.amazon.com/Western-Digital-WD10JPVT-Internal-Notebook/dp/B005DVJJWQ/ref=dp_ob_title_ce
Hitachi (a Western Digital Company):
http://amzn.to/SWq6N9
Toshiba
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822149377
Samsung
http://amzn.to/SWqScQ
All things appear to be similar if not exactly the same. Very little variance on price. Look forward to receiving your advice & opinions. Thanks in advance.

 

I've got two Western Digital Blue 1Tb drives in mine. Have used these since my previous mid-2009 model and all good so far.

 

I just put a Seagate Momentus XT in my wife's 2011 MBP13 and with 8GB of NAND cache and 7200rpm it flies. Hybrid is definitely the way to go.

 

Smasung Spinpoint 1TB is what I use.
So far no problem at all.

 

I was leaning in that direction but feel I'll quickly fill up a 750gb HD fairly quickly or possibly not. I do a lot of video, photos and music. The video files are what kill me. Thanks for your input. Also, did you have to use a jumper cable when you installed the Seagate or was it just a simple plug and play? Thanks again.

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I guess the jury's still out on this one. I'll have to wait and see what other advice/opinions are posted between now and Monday when I make my decision. Leaning toward the Seagate even though its just 750gb because of its speed. Second choice, I guess would be the WD 1tb. Decisions, decisions. Thanks to all of you who have replied so far. Much appreciated

 

Video accounts for the majority of my wife's file storage too. Whether or not 750GB will do is purely up to your usage habits obviously, but the speed advantage of the hybrid is significant. Though I've never had a 7200rpm drive in a laptop before, a pure 7200rpm platter won't be near-instantaneous, and the hybrid is for a lot of what one does. It's plug-n-play in the 2011 MBP.

 

Thanks so much for your help! I did go with the WD, installed it today without any issues (thanks to ifixit.com), did the disk image and went flawlessly. Have a great weekend.