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Hitachi 7k320 Travelstar ships

so this is a 7200 rpm 320gb 2.5" sata drive? May have to pick one up for my PS3! If an apple service person installed this into a mbp, would the system still have warranty, just not the drive?
 
MattZani said:
so this is a 7200 rpm 320gb 2.5" sata drive? May have to pick one up for my PS3! If an apple service person installed this into a mbp, would the system still have warranty, just not the drive?
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It will still have a warranty, but I hear that Apple only does part for part swaps/repairs. So you will have to find an Apple Authorized Tech to do it.

Some daring fools claim that you can do it yourself and not void the warranty, which is somewhat correct, but Apple can claim that you damaged the machine yourself if anything happens, and they find that you opened the case up yourself.
 
Digital Skunk said:
It will still have a warranty, but I hear that Apple only does part for part swaps/repairs. So you will have to find an Apple Authorized Tech to do it.

Some daring fools claim that you can do it yourself and not void the warranty, which is somewhat correct, but Apple can claim that you damaged the machine yourself if anything happens, and they find that you opened the case up yourself.
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Yes you should get it done by a technician.

Thanks Skunks for calling me a daring fool. :(
 
apple's policy regarding 3rd party upgrades

Yes- Apple Stores will not install your upgrades. I had a 12" G4 and wanted to swap out the 100 gig drive for a 250. They would not do it so I had to perform the upgrade myself.

I sort of understand where they are coming from.

It leaves plenty of opportunity for others to provide a worthwhile service.

If you are at all squeamish about opening a macbook pro or a powerbook, then get the expert. I have read so many posts from people with serious problems as a result of their own effort to install an upgrade.
 
killerwhack said:
Yes- Apple Stores will not install your upgrades. I had a 12" G4 and wanted to swap out the 100 gig drive for a 250. They would not do it so I had to perform the upgrade myself.

I sort of understand where they are coming from.

It leaves plenty of opportunity for others to provide a worthwhile service.

If you are at all squeamish about opening a macbook pro or a powerbook, then get the expert. I have read so many posts from people with serious problems as a result of their own effort to install an upgrade.
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not only this, but it prevents them from being responsible if something goes wrong with the replacement process. I get it. They know how to open machines, but why mess with something if its not broken (to them).
 
What a monster

If anyone is still interested in purchasing the drive the only place that I found out where it is being sold is at OWC (newegg is only selling the western digital 320gb 7200rpm) I am definitely buying this drive and upgrading my 2.2Ghz MacBook Pro :)

OWC is also giving a $30 rebate on this drive making it cheaper than the Western Digital (the Hitachi > Western Digital click here for proof)
 
Be careful! The Travelstar 7K320 is available with two different interfaces: SATA 1.5Gb/s and SATA 3Gb/s. The one OWC is selling is 3Gb/s.

I have a MBP 2.33 C2D and the interface is 1.5Gb/s.

Lew
 
I was going to wait until I got some things settle before grabbing one, and my 250 is doing just fine. Glad that I did, now that Seagate announced a 500GB 7K option in the near future. I sucked up almost 160GB of my drive at one time, so I am not in a rush.

I will be glad to see those 1TB 7K options from LaCie and G-Technology as well.
 
I bought the WD Scorpio Black 320GB 7200rpm from Bestbuy for $200.

Works great.

However, taking apart the MBP is a bit tedious.

I'm glad I did. I try to rationalize NOT getting the extra space due to cost but when you start to run out of space and find yourself moving files back and forth from an external it's probably time.

IMHO. ;)

( Bestbuy.com has that feature of checking stock at your zip codes; a great time saver)

Also (along this line) I upgraded my ram to 4GB. Thing is, since i've done this i've occasionally checked available ram during many of the ram intensive tasks I frequently do and discovered that I will have like 2.01GB ram available. So in other words, without the additional 2GB that I just installed I was running dangerously low.

I'ts funny how it just keeps going on and on this upgrade madness :D
 
killerwhack said:
Yes- Apple Stores will not install your upgrades. I had a 12" G4 and wanted to swap out the 100 gig drive for a 250. They would not do it so I had to perform the upgrade myself.

I sort of understand where they are coming from.

It leaves plenty of opportunity for others to provide a worthwhile service.

If you are at all squeamish about opening a macbook pro or a powerbook, then get the expert. I have read so many posts from people with serious problems as a result of their own effort to install an upgrade.
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Agreed, and a lot of places in your area may be Apple Certified, meaning they can open your machine, do an upgrade, and it won't void your warranty.

Most places around me charge about $50-$100 depending on the machine and part to be upgraded. The HDD quote I got about a year ago was $75 if I brought the drive in myself, and about a two day turn around. That's not bad since I do want to keep my Apple Care.
 
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