I received this drive from Newegg on Tuesday and promptly installed it. For the first couple of days, things were wonderful. Having all of that storage capacity was incredible.
But the honeymoon didn't last long.
Tonight after coming home from work, I noticed sluggish performance on my 2010 MBP Core i7. Restarted, and startup took forever. A good five minutes or so. I said, "uh oh" and repaired permissions, inserted the OS X installation disc and repaired the disc itself. Restarted. Now the startup sequence was going indefinitely. I was at the grey Apple screen with the loading circle just spinning and spinning.
Disc Utility said it found nothing wrong, but what else would cause a sudden colossal failure of my system?
So here I am after reinstalling my OEM 500 GB 5400rpm drive. Things are running smoothly again. Luckily, after just a few short days, I didn't lose a whole lot in terms of unsaved files.
But I can't urge people to stay away from this drive enough. There's a review on Newegg from someone who had a similar experience.
If you must have 1 TB in your MacBook, I'd probably go with the Western Digital 5200 rpm drive or the Toshiba one. Stick with companies that have a longer and more trustworthy reputation than Samsung (when it comes to hard disk drives, that is.)
But the honeymoon didn't last long.
Tonight after coming home from work, I noticed sluggish performance on my 2010 MBP Core i7. Restarted, and startup took forever. A good five minutes or so. I said, "uh oh" and repaired permissions, inserted the OS X installation disc and repaired the disc itself. Restarted. Now the startup sequence was going indefinitely. I was at the grey Apple screen with the loading circle just spinning and spinning.
Disc Utility said it found nothing wrong, but what else would cause a sudden colossal failure of my system?
So here I am after reinstalling my OEM 500 GB 5400rpm drive. Things are running smoothly again. Luckily, after just a few short days, I didn't lose a whole lot in terms of unsaved files.
But I can't urge people to stay away from this drive enough. There's a review on Newegg from someone who had a similar experience.
If you must have 1 TB in your MacBook, I'd probably go with the Western Digital 5200 rpm drive or the Toshiba one. Stick with companies that have a longer and more trustworthy reputation than Samsung (when it comes to hard disk drives, that is.)
