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Can we expect a 1TB optional hard drive on the late 2011 or 2012 15" MBP ?
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Don't ever wait for Apple to include a HD so you can pay 3x more for it. Just get one when you feel like it. Pay attention to dimensions though as some of the 1TB 2.5" HDD's are too big to fit in the case.
I'm a technician. I've installed them for other people. There's one guy who went through three of them in six months.
Oh no. This is a sad news for me, I was planning to put a 1TB HDD on my new coming Mac
Depends on the person if he/she feels like carrying around another item...Personally I don't want to carry any extra **** than I have to. Luckily I have a home made rig with 3 hard disks in it...so my MBP doesn't have to a lot on it.
Oh no. This is a sad news for me, I was planning to put a 1TB HDD on my new coming Mac
For what it's worth, I've had two WD 1TB drives that are over a year old now and still work perfectly. I also have the Samsung 1TB in my MBP and no problems of yet. Go for it, and use Time Machine just in case.
The original 12.5mm WD 1TB drives had a relatively high failure rate, but both they and Samsung have updated 9.5mm versions that seem much better.
I was thinking of getting one of the new external 1TB Western Digital My Passport Studio drives, which has a WD Scorpio Blue drive inside - hope this is going to be reliable! It gets good reviews, has both Firewire 800 and USB interfaces, a good-looking aluminium case and all you have to do to change the drive is to undo a few screws, so looks like a good buy, unless the drive itself is unreliable,
FWIW, that model has the 12.5mm drive inside (WD10TPVT) which has relatively low reviews. On Newegg, 25% of the reviews gave it 1 star.
Oh dear. What would be a good alternative for a portable, high-capacity external drive that supports FW800, doesn't require external power, and has a aesthetically designed metal case?
Get this case and this drive, and put them together. That way, for $150 you've got a great drive and a great enclosure.
Alternatively, you can spend $60 more for the Western Digital name (i.e. the newer and reliable 9.5mm 1TB WD drive), but I don't think it's worth it.
Both Western Digital and Seagate have new version of their 1 TB drives. Hopefully they are more reliable although this is the first I have heard of reliability issues with 1 TB drives. Personally I've found its better to just use externals if you have that many files to store.