hard drives

[melow71]

what are good hard drive companies to use for a Macbook pro?? I have Hitachi, but is it that good or would their be better brands???


or doesn't it matter.

 

[dukebound85]

please search

hitachi is fine
wd is fine
seagate is fine
samsung is fie

they are all pretty much the same

 

[melow71]

yea

sorry, but a bit confused on the rpm value.. 5400 or 7200 which is attached to the hard drive of 300gb or 500gb what is the relevance??? Also, does it matter if one is 5400 or 7200 for my laptop and if so how do I know which works with my laptop??

sorry for the base questions

-thanks guys

 

[Hissta]

I am oversimplifying this, but here is what you need to know:

RPM (Revolutions per minute) describes the speed of the hard drive. Faster values typically correlate to quicker writes and searches. Faster hard drives generally output more heat as well.

The 300/500 GB is the size of the hard drive, ie the amount of data it can hold. The size needed depends entirely on your personal needs.

For a laptop, you will need a hard drive that is 2.5".

For instance, I replaced my girlfriend's hard drive in her mid-2007 MacBook with
this HD from Western Digital:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136280

She went from a 80GB 5400 RPM to a 320 GB 7200 RPM with no noticeable heat difference.

 

[cMacSW]

Look for the warranty if that's important to you, I think Seagate has 5 years on some drives. Other than that they're pretty much the same.

 

[dukebound85]

Look for the warranty if that's important to you, I think Seagate has 5 years on some drives. Other than that they're pretty much the same.

not anymore, they reduced it to 3 just recently

 

[phil83]

Here is my thread regarding getting a new hardrive for my mbp:

https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/630547/