Internal Storage Upgrade

[elohimito]

I'm looking to get more internal storage on my MBP 7,1

I think I'm goig to go with HDD so I can get more storage for the $$.

Do I need to get a specific GB/s? The one I'm looking at is 3GB/s http://www.amazon.com/Western-Digit...2299060&sr=8-1&keywords=5400+rpm+internal+mac

What about the cache? 8MB looks most common?

Any advice would be great!

Also, is it pretty simple to do? I'm fairly technically literate.

Thanks!

 

[BigZ9]

You could look into the optibay, so you can swap your optical drive for another harddrive bay. That way you can get the luxury of 2 HDD's or an SSD/HDD combo.

 

[elohimito]

You could look into the optibay, so you can swap your optical drive for another harddrive bay. That way you can get the luxury of 2 HDD's or an SSD/HDD combo.

Hmmm. I'm thinking of getting either a 750GB or 1TB. Not sure I'd need two. Plus I'd like to have the working cd/dvd drive.

 

[brand]

Also, is it pretty simple to do? I'm fairly technically literate.

I usually go with the answer of if you have to ask its better left to someone that doesn't have to ask. A simple Google search will yield many tutorials, read those and then you decide if you think you can do it. I still stand by my answer of if you have to ask its better left to someone that doesn't have to ask. I have seen too many people who were "fairly technically literate" ruin their $2k+ devices because they thought they could do it.

 

[elohimito]

I usually go with the answer of if you have to ask its better left to someone that doesn't have to ask.

That's good advice. I'll do some reading up and see.

Would the genius bar help transfer data from my old hard drive to my new one?

Also, Am I going to need to buy the OS or can I 'transfer'...

 

[brand]

That's good advice. I'll do some reading up and see.

Would the genius bar help transfer data from my old hard drive to my new one?

Also, Am I going to need to buy the OS or can I 'transfer'...

You can reinstall the OS or clone it to the new hard drive. I am a Systems Administrator and service all of my own computers so I do not know if the Genius Bar will help you do what you are wanting to do.