You don't need the optibay, but then you'd need to find a way to secure the drive as there are no standard HDD mounting holes where the optical drive resides. Essentially the optibay in the MacBook [Pro] is nothing more than a mounting bracket.
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You don't need the optibay, but then you'd need to find a way to secure the drive as there are no standard HDD mounting holes where the optical drive resides. Essentially the optibay in the MacBook [Pro] is nothing more than a mounting bracket.
Depends. The older MacBook Pros, no, our connectors are ATA. The newer unibody system can, they are using SATA.
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Well I just fitted the 1TB WD drive into a new 13" MBP this morning and all is well after using Superduper.
Never thought I would have a TB in a laptop; I wonder how long it will be before we all start moaning about the lack of space again!
Never thought I would have a TB in a laptop; I wonder how long it will be before we all start moaning about the lack of space again!
Optical drives have mini-SATA, not the full size SATA connectors used on the HDDs. It still won't work if you have a SATA optical drive.
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nope i see nothing wrong with that at all. What sort of media are we talking?
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nope i see nothing wrong with that at all. What sort of media are we talking?
Just movies, tv shows, skank etc. I travel a lot so don't like the bulk of the additional drive.
not true, you can put 12.5mm drives in the unibody's optical drive.
i have tested it myself.
what adapter did you use?
odd, i did it to several macbook pro's 2 13's and a 15 unibody.
Yea, what adapters did you guys use for the 12.5mm? Whether or not it fits probably has a lot to do with that? Maxupgrades and Newmodeus say they are for 9.5s, but it doesn't look like MCE actually says..
No consistency. @_@
No consistency. @_@
the 1 TB does not fit in my 15" pro optical bay either.. sucks because the machine won't hibernate with the SSD in the optical bay.
The current superdrive positioning on recent unibody MBPs:
Maxupgrades' current Optibay kit:
Notice the positioning of the connector AND the HDD position compared to MCE's adapter:
In order to fit HDD's in the optibay with the MCE style adapters you have to flip the hdd upside down (if you're orienting based from the MBP's bottom as it would be during installation). In the case of using a 12.5mm drive, the height of the drive would raise the connector too far away from the motherboard connector, thus making it impossible to fit.
You have to get an optibay adapter that allows the bottom of the HDD to sit flush in the optibay compartment.
This is the important distinction between previous and recent MBP models. Keep this in mind when looking for an optibay adapter to use with a 12.5mm drive. The only kit I've found so far that seems like it will work is the Maxupgrades kit. Their website even says that two 1TB drives (12.5mm) will fit in any current MBP using their kit.
I have my kit on the way, so I haven't done the install yet, but it seems pretty obvious now that I've looked at enough of the different adapters and various MBP installs.
Maxupgrades' current Optibay kit:
Notice the positioning of the connector AND the HDD position compared to MCE's adapter:
In order to fit HDD's in the optibay with the MCE style adapters you have to flip the hdd upside down (if you're orienting based from the MBP's bottom as it would be during installation). In the case of using a 12.5mm drive, the height of the drive would raise the connector too far away from the motherboard connector, thus making it impossible to fit.
You have to get an optibay adapter that allows the bottom of the HDD to sit flush in the optibay compartment.
This is the important distinction between previous and recent MBP models. Keep this in mind when looking for an optibay adapter to use with a 12.5mm drive. The only kit I've found so far that seems like it will work is the Maxupgrades kit. Their website even says that two 1TB drives (12.5mm) will fit in any current MBP using their kit.
I have my kit on the way, so I haven't done the install yet, but it seems pretty obvious now that I've looked at enough of the different adapters and various MBP installs.