7200 RPM Drive for MacBook Pro 15 Core 2 Duo

[Mork]

Could someone recommend the exact model I need to get to replace my slow 320 GB 5400 RPM hard drive with the fastest 7200 500 GB hard drive I can get?

A link to Newegg or some mfg part/model number would be appreciated.

Thanks!!!

- M

P.S. How difficult is it to replace the hard drive myself? I have a time machine backup so I should be ok from that point of view.

 

[Hellhammer]

Here!

It's not very hard, just watch some tutorials from YouTube and you will be fine. If you really want speed, get SSD

 

[Mork]

Here!

It's not very hard, just watch some tutorials from YouTube and you will be fine. If you really want speed, get SSD

Thanks, but not sure what SSD is.

Would any 2.5" 7200 500 GB hard drive do?

- M

 

[Hellhammer]

Thanks, but not sure what SSD is.

Would any 2.5" 7200 500 GB hard drive do?

- M

Solid State Drive

Basically, SSD is a lot faster than hard drive, but they are expensive and capacity is low

Any hard drive (or SSD) with 2.5" SATA interface will work

 

[Mork]

Solid State Drive

Basically, SSD is a lot faster than hard drive, but they are expensive and capacity is low

Any hard drive (or SSD) with 2.5" SATA interface will work

OK, still not sure what my performance issue is. Seems to be OK once Windows XP Pro has booted all the way. I'm running Oracle on that VM too, so it must just be taking a long time to start up in the allocated 1.5GB RAM.

Thanks again.

-- M

 

[skye12]

My friend and I upgraded MB's/MBP's with Seagate 7200's from OWC
(Other World Computing). They also have WD's. They have charts on all the Mac models
and video's on how to do it. I highly recommend them for HD's and Ram.

 

[Mork]

My friend and I upgraded MB's/MBP's with Seagate 7200's from OWC
(Other World Computing). They also have WD's. They have charts on all the Mac models
and video's on how to do it. I highly recommend them for HD's and Ram.

Thanks.