I think it is what you should get. It is 5400, but since it uses 2 500 gb platters (previous 1tb 12.5mm used 3 333gb) it is going to be faster in write and read.
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2tb hard drive in mid 2010 MPB?
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I think it is what you should get. It is 5400, but since it uses 2 500 gb platters (previous 1tb 12.5mm used 3 333gb) it is going to be faster in write and read.
The only way you can get 2TB of storage in a macbook pro would be to take out the cd drive and replace that with 1TB hard drive and change your current HD to 1TB...
If a internal hard drive exists in the 2.5" format that is over 1TB at 12.5mm would a mid 2010 macbook pro be able to use the extra space? I have seen numerous posts that 1tb is the biggest you could put in a laptop. However, not sure if that is just b/c people think there doesn't exist a bigger drive that is 12.5mm or shorter or whether the computer internally can't process anything bigger.
I have found a 1.5TB Toshiba Aquarius that is 12.5 mm but want to make sure the computer won't only think it is a 1TB hard drive instead of 1.5TB. Please let me know what others think.
I have found a 1.5TB Toshiba Aquarius that is 12.5 mm but want to make sure the computer won't only think it is a 1TB hard drive instead of 1.5TB. Please let me know what others think.
It is only due to the thickness of the drive. Whether you can physically fit it in. 12.5mm works. 15mm bulges the aluminium and doesn't.
1TB, 2TB whatever is no problem. The file system can handle way more. There simply wasn't anything bigger than 1TB available for a long time. The bigger drives first only appeared with external cases and weren't sold separately.
If a 5TB 9.5mm drive was sold today, you could put that in.
1TB, 2TB whatever is no problem. The file system can handle way more. There simply wasn't anything bigger than 1TB available for a long time. The bigger drives first only appeared with external cases and weren't sold separately.
If a 5TB 9.5mm drive was sold today, you could put that in.
On multiplatform forums we have (at times irrational) wars between proponents of different platforms (e.g. Mac vs. Windows). On uniplatform forums we need to fight over make of hard drives or on topic like glossy vs. antiglare. Hilarious.
FWIW, I've had a OCZ Vertex 3 in this baby for 12 months+, and have yet to seen a beach ball (and every crash has definitely had a different origin).
RGDS,