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640gb 2.5" Drive?
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Yeah I need the slimmer one. Read on engadget a while ago that there were some coming but I guess they aren't out yet
Yeah, it looks like they've been released, but aren't for sale yet in the US. I did find this site that had them. They are in Canada. I see you're in Wisconsin so maybe you can hook that up. Or you'll have to wait a little longer.
But it did to me
I googled WD SCORPIO WD6400BEVT 2.5" and it was fifth in the list, and I know MacSales is a great reseller, lots of people here buys RAM from there
1.0tb, 750gb, 640gb
$289.99 1.0TB 2.5" WD Scorpio Blue 5200RPM Serial ATA **12.5mm**
$184.99 750GB 2.5" WD Scorpio Blue 5200RPM Serial ATA **12.5mm**
$169.99 640GB 2.5" WD Scorpio Blue 5400RPM
http://eshop.macsales.com/shop/hard-drives/2.5-Notebook/WD/SATA
$289.99 1.0TB 2.5" WD Scorpio Blue 5200RPM Serial ATA **12.5mm**
$184.99 750GB 2.5" WD Scorpio Blue 5200RPM Serial ATA **12.5mm**
$169.99 640GB 2.5" WD Scorpio Blue 5400RPM
http://eshop.macsales.com/shop/hard-drives/2.5-Notebook/WD/SATA
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Thanks! I swear I was just on that site last night and didn't see that.. Well now the question is do I buy now with only 5 gigs left on my hdd now or wait till they drop into the $120 range
The price has already dropped $10 on the 750GB this week. They normally drop the price every week or two.
only 5400 rpm, who wants a slow drive
i'd much rather wait for the SSD drive prices to come down and get a 500 gb drive vs a slow 5400 640 or 750 gb slow 5400 rpm drive. there are 500 gb 7200 rpm drives that are way better, the SSD is the goal for power consumption, speed and heat output/battery life, waiting on a sane company to drop the price on the 500gb ssd drives which will bring them a lot of market share but i'm just not willing to go back to a 5400 rpm drive. the performance hit and the waiting factor is just a "no can do" once you're used to a Macbook Pro's performance with a 7200 rpm drive in it.
i'd much rather wait for the SSD drive prices to come down and get a 500 gb drive vs a slow 5400 640 or 750 gb slow 5400 rpm drive. there are 500 gb 7200 rpm drives that are way better, the SSD is the goal for power consumption, speed and heat output/battery life, waiting on a sane company to drop the price on the 500gb ssd drives which will bring them a lot of market share but i'm just not willing to go back to a 5400 rpm drive. the performance hit and the waiting factor is just a "no can do" once you're used to a Macbook Pro's performance with a 7200 rpm drive in it.
Buy the 640GB external Seagate from Best Buy and remove the HDD as it is 2.5"....
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?skuId=9324536&type=product&id=1218084985482
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?skuId=9324536&type=product&id=1218084985482
i actually think with the way the platters are set up, the 640 would run faster than a 500gb hdd. i could be wrong, but i thought i read that somewhere
no, but you could have just answered his question and say yes it will fit in you mbp