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1TB internal drive for 13" MBP....
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miles01110
macrumors Core
Do they make 1 TB drives in the right form factor for the MBPs? I thought they hadn't made them physically small enough yet?
thegoldenmackid
macrumors 604
That's always an option, I've seen the thread on this one. I'm not sure how I feel about losing my optical drive, though. I use it way too often to justify removing it. However, it continues to be a tempting option.
Habitus
maflynn
macrumors Broadwell
What stance?
I was just on there and the largest size they appeared to be selling for the MBPs were the 650gb
How is it possible that this is still a point of confusion? OP, read these links.
Did you read that thread? Ambiguous answers, at best. One post stated that there are 1TB drives that work in the 13" model. Given that, I started a new thread. Just wanted clarification, not more ambiguity.
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thegoldenmackid
macrumors 604
Can anyone confirm this? Does anyone have this drive in their 13" MBP?
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maflynn
macrumors Broadwell
what ever you say thegoldenmackid its your money but the physically largest drive that can go into a unibody MBP is 9.5mm if you want to buy it great, but for everyone else its a waste of money.
Edit
And here's OWC's own FAQ regarding this
FAQ
So again, its your money, you're free to spend it and try it yourself but OWC, many threads here and if you desire, google will show you that 12.5mm drive is physically too large to fit in the MBP
Edit
And here's OWC's own FAQ regarding this
FAQ
So again, its your money, you're free to spend it and try it yourself but OWC, many threads here and if you desire, google will show you that 12.5mm drive is physically too large to fit in the MBP
Macbook pro 13" 1TB install
If you go to any walmart you can buy a seagate brand external hard drive (500-1TB) and pop open the case and proceed to either format and install 10.5 leopard and upgrade to the current osx (10.5 is required only to initially install osx) or you can set it up regularly and use super duper to clone your current hard drive. once completed you can simply swap out hard drives and you will have successfully upgraded your hard drive.
(this will not work for newer western digital mypassport external drives)
walmart prices: 500GB-$49.00 and 1TB-$99.00
youtube username/channel: 6italia0
If you go to any walmart you can buy a seagate brand external hard drive (500-1TB) and pop open the case and proceed to either format and install 10.5 leopard and upgrade to the current osx (10.5 is required only to initially install osx) or you can set it up regularly and use super duper to clone your current hard drive. once completed you can simply swap out hard drives and you will have successfully upgraded your hard drive.
(this will not work for newer western digital mypassport external drives)
walmart prices: 500GB-$49.00 and 1TB-$99.00
youtube username/channel: 6italia0
cvs
macrumors member
Can anyone confirm this? Does anyone have this drive in their 13" MBP?
Habitus
I have the 750GB Scorpio Blue in my 15" MBP and works great.
Needed a bit of initial tweaking to get rid of the WD firmware option that causes it to power off and on all the time. Apart from that, it runs fine, silently and does not get hot at all.
Using the standard expensive optibay, if that makes any difference.
