Installed a Seagate Momentus XT

[falconeight]

In my 2011 I5 MBP 13: I knew it wouldn't speed up the computer drastically but I wanted a bigger HD and the 4gb ssd is a bonus. I replaced a stock 320GB, and also bought 8GB of ram. My boot up time prior to installing the new HDD was averaging 1:15 with the Hybrid drive I am averaging :40. I haven't installed the ram yet I want to see the improvements in stages. I know I could of gone with a SSD but I wanted 500 or more GB and didn't want to spend the money on a SSD and or remove the optical drive. $90.00 for the Hybrid and $75 for the Ram for me is the most cost effective way to improve performance and storage.

 

[AppleScruff1]

If you have no issues, the Momentus XT is an excellent drive. Some users have a flawless experience, others have had issues. It sounds like your is working fine.
$90 is a good price too.

 

[falconeight]

Ya I while doing my research it was hard to actually throw down the money. I glad I did though its a pretty zippy drive.

 

[boylerman]

I went the exact same route with my 2011 13" i7. Haven't had any issues with the Momentus, and with the 8gb of memory, Parallels runs really well.

 

[teerexx52]

Same here in my MacBook Pro 13" i5. No issues.

 

[falconeight]

did you guys update firmware I did and it was easy.

 

[macwong]

Just upgraded to SD25, now I can feel a strong vibration whenever I put my palm on my MBP. The SD25 solved most of the problem but new problem seem to pop up, hope Seagate can come out a solution fast.

 

[falconeight]

After installing sd25 the boot time dropped to 35 seconds I don't hear any buzzing other than on startup.

 

[falconeight]

Im loving this HDD my boot up times after a day now average 32 seconds and everything loads quick. Its not extremely faster but noticeable.