Hey, I was looking for a 7200RPM Hard Drive for my 13" MacBook Pro. I want something better than the standard HDD I have built in (250Gb Toshiba). I'm also curious about the free-fall sensors etc.
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7200RPM HDD recommendations for uMBP
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The computer has built in free fall sensors already. I have a 15 MBP and use the 500GB Seagate 7200rpm drive and it works great.
Oooh... Never knew the computer had the sensor. Thought it was on the HDD side. Anyone know where I can get the Seagate Momentus 500Gb for cheap (if that is the best drive)?
I got mine here: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148374&Tpk=7200rpm 500gb 2.5"
Im not sure if your 13 uMBP has any tighter thickness requirements than mine does. You might want to check that. The 500GB was the same thickness as the 200GB that was originally in my MBP.
Im not sure if your 13 uMBP has any tighter thickness requirements than mine does. You might want to check that. The 500GB was the same thickness as the 200GB that was originally in my MBP.
I've had the 500GB Seagate Momentus 7200.4 running in my unibody MacBook for about half a year now and it's running smoothly without any problems whatsoever. Every hard drive brand and type will have it's share of bad units. Don't read too much into it. And it's true that the Seagate drives did have their problems after being introduced. But since the new firmware was released, things have been smooth all over the line as far as I can tell. No worries here.