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Finally have my MBP set up perfectly for me

rainking

rainking

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Aug 12, 2011
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Johnson City, NY
256 GB Solid State HD for OSX and applications + 750 GB HDD (stock HD) where the SuperDrive use to be for media files + I put the SuperDrive in a USB enclosure on the rare occasion I need an optical disk drive = my perfect macbook pro.

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What SSD? Which caddy did you use to replace your super drive?

I'm looking at the Samsung 830, but I can't figure out if I want the OWC or MCE Caddy, I also hear the generics are just as good.
 
zprell808 said:
More details!
What SSD? Which caddy did you use to replace your super drive?

I'm looking at the Samsung 830, but I can't figure out if I want the OWC or MCE Caddy, I also hear the generics are just as good.
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You should get the OWC datadoubler!
 
I am just deciding whether the go for speed or capacity.

Twin 1TB normal HD's in raid.

OR

Twin 256 gb SSD's in raid.

Decisions decisions. :D
 
Rajpdx said:
Are the two mutually exclusive then?
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I lol'd.

Congrats OP. I did the same last week (256GB Crucial m4 + original 500GB skinny) and I absolutely fell back in love with my Macbook Pro, and gave my Macbook Air 13" to my Mom since I no longer really need it.

And another Apple fan becomes a Mac user :apple:
 
Cool that's my plan also!

rainking said:
256 GB Solid State HD for OSX and applications + 750 GB HDD (stock HD) where the SuperDrive use to be for media files + I put the SuperDrive in a USB enclosure on the rare occasion I need an optical disk drive = my perfect macbook pro.

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For people who have a similar setup, how is the vibration, noise, battery life, etc.?
 
zprell808 said:
More details!
What SSD? Which caddy did you use to replace your super drive?

I'm looking at the Samsung 830, but I can't figure out if I want the OWC or MCE Caddy, I also hear the generics are just as good.
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I got the Samsung 830. Working flawlessly so far. i did a clean install of Lion. This is the caddy I used. Everything matched up without any modification.

Caddy - http://www.ebay.com/itm/29065148096...NX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1497.l2649#ht_2388wt_905

SuperDrive enclosure - http://www.ebay.com/itm/30069458428...X:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1497.l2649#ht_2600wt_1163

P0stalTek said:
I lol'd.

Congrats OP. I did the same last week (256GB Crucial m4 + original 500GB skinny) and I absolutely fell back in love with my Macbook Pro, and gave my Macbook Air 13" to my Mom since I no longer really need it.

And another Apple fan becomes a Mac user :apple:
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Yea, loving my MBP right now. It is blazing fast!

boomhower said:
What enclosure did you use for the DVD drive?
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See above.

pragmatous said:
Cool that's my plan also!
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You won't regret it!

M-B-P said:
For people who have a similar setup, how is the vibration, noise, battery life, etc.?
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No vibration, noise and any noticeable battery life decrease. Only thing I noticed is that my MBP is super fast now.
 
rainking said:
I got the Samsung 830. Working flawlessly so far. i did a clean install of Lion. This is the caddy I used. Everything matched up without any modification.

Caddy - http://www.ebay.com/itm/29065148096...NX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1497.l2649#ht_2388wt_905

SuperDrive enclosure - http://www.ebay.com/itm/30069458428...X:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1497.l2649#ht_2600wt_1163



Yea, loving my MBP right now. It is blazing fast!



See above.



You won't regret it!



No vibration, noise and any noticeable battery life decrease. Only thing I noticed is that my MBP is super fast now.
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I can't tell you how much I appreciate your details here. I just bought a MBP (my first) after living on an iMac for the last two years. I love the laptop, but don't like the small storage capacity (500GB vs. 1TB in my iMac). Also, I've been digging the news on SSD performance, and think it's really the next big step forward in making PC's faster.

So, does any of this violate warranty/Applecare? If not, looks like I've got something to save up for!
 
iMacFarlane said:
I can't tell you how much I appreciate your details here. I just bought a MBP (my first) after living on an iMac for the last two years. I love the laptop, but don't like the small storage capacity (500GB vs. 1TB in my iMac). Also, I've been digging the news on SSD performance, and think it's really the next big step forward in making PC's faster.

So, does any of this violate warranty/Applecare? If not, looks like I've got something to save up for!
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You're welcome. Glad I could help out. As far as the warranty is concerned, I believe from what I've read on here, the SSD drive upgrade doesn't void it since the hard drive is user replaceable but putting a drive in the optibay does. But as long as you put everything back to stock prior to filing a claim, I don't see how they would know but that might have some ethical issues. You make the call.
 
rainking said:
You're welcome. Glad I could help out. As far as the warranty is concerned, I believe from what I've read on here, the SSD drive upgrade doesn't void it since the hard drive is user replaceable but putting a drive in the optibay does. But as long as you put everything back to stock prior to filing a claim, I don't see how they would know but that might have some ethical issues. You make the call.
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So which MBP did you put this in as you have two in your sig?
 
rainking said:
You're welcome. Glad I could help out. As far as the warranty is concerned, I believe from what I've read on here, the SSD drive upgrade doesn't void it since the hard drive is user replaceable but putting a drive in the optibay does. But as long as you put everything back to stock prior to filing a claim, I don't see how they would know but that might have some ethical issues. You make the call.
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Beautiful, got it. I checked all of the links you provided, and was pretty blown away at how inexpensive this whole procedure actually is. I say about $250-$300 for the whole kit-n-caboodle. If you don't mind my asking, what was your cost? Did you buy the SSD on Amazon? Direct?
 
iMacFarlane said:
Beautiful, got it. I checked all of the links you provided, and was pretty blown away at how inexpensive this whole procedure actually is. I say about $250-$300 for the whole kit-n-caboodle. If you don't mind my asking, what was your cost? Did you buy the SSD on Amazon? Direct?
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I got the Samsung 830 256GB for $189 during a newegg.com shell shocker. Make sure you subscribe to their email so that you don't miss it next time. So my total cost was only $215.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820147135
 
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