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300GB Hard drive in a Macbook?

HOLY CRAP THAT'S HUGE :eek:!
Btw, its a SATA 2.5'' hd, so it'd probably fit in the mb. Actually it wouldn't be that slow due to its huge capacity/density.
 
I've already checked this out and this model caught my eye - sadly, it won't fit.
 
AliensAreFuzzy said:
I got one of the 250GB drives for my MBP and it is fantastic. I don't ever worry about how much space I have left anymore.
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Yeah...just worried about the speed, thats all. Some say its dog slow, some say they don't notice the difference. Though the idea of having my all my movies with me all the time is quite cool.
 
FleurDuMal said:
Yeah...just worried about the speed, thats all. Some say its dog slow, some say they don't notice the difference. Though the idea of having my all my movies with me all the time is quite cool.
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I didn't know you could get a 250gb. That is pretty cool. I have the 160gb in my MB, and it ok. I would like to have some more space but what am I to do... I don't want to swap HDs because of warranty issues, maybe later. I want to buy a MBP when they get updated to something I want, but until then I'm waiting. When I buy my MBP I'm for sure going to get the biggest HD upgrade.

The Stig
 
The Stig said:
I didn't know you could get a 250gb. That is pretty cool. I have the 160gb in my MB, and it ok. I would like to have some more space but what am I to do... I don't want to swap HDs because of warranty issues, maybe later. I want to buy a MBP when they get updated to something I want, but until then I'm waiting. When I buy my MBP I'm for sure going to get the biggest HD upgrade.

The Stig
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Swapping HD's in your Macbook shouldn't break your warranty as they're 'user replacable'. However, in a MBP it would.

So when it comes to laptops, consumers are deemed capable of swapping HDs, but pros aren't. But with desktops its vice-versa. A wonderful Apple anomaly.
 
Jaunty said:
I was looking in to this a while ago - can I ask what options you are looking at, and from where?

Cheers
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Well, I was gonna go to Aria PC which is selling it at the normal price, but I can just pick it up in Manchester (where I'm living this summer), so I won't have to pay for delivery.

Apart from that, I might get a smaller, cheaper drive. Whatever I get, 60GB just doesn't cut it anymore.
 
Hey, if you want to max out speeds, Hitachi's 200GB 7200RPM notebook drive is supposed to be pretty much "desktop-grade" speed-wise. Pricey, of course, but 200GB isn't exactly small.

Is Fujitsu actually shipping those 300GB drives now? They were supposed to be available a while ago, but they only just started selling the 250GB one, so I was sort of under the impression (mistaken?) that they'd been significantly delayed.

'course, 12.5mm (I think they're 3-platter, based on the promo images) is pretty dang fat for a laptop drive these days.
 
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