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is this a good HD for upgrading
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I think it is all about preference. For instance, I have always used Western Digital. As for laptop hard drives, I have heard and had friends get Seagate 7200rpm drives. I would take a look at some comparisons on google or look through this site.
Here is a great review of a very good and equally sized hard drive. http://www.storagereview.com/western_digital_scorpio_black_500gb_review_wd5000bekt
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Here is a great review of a very good and equally sized hard drive. http://www.storagereview.com/western_digital_scorpio_black_500gb_review_wd5000bekt
IGB
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I personally have NOT had good results with Samsung drives. I prefer Hitachi and Seagate (Western Digital is good too, I just won't give them any of my $$$ since they started putting proprietary soldered drives in their external enclosures).
The new Seagate 750GB 7200 is great in my MBP.
Cheers,
You can't go wrong with Hitachi or Seagate in a Mac - they're the most common OE drives.
I'd say to steer clear of WD - I've seen too many of the 2.5" drives failing. The desktop drives are fine.
I put a Samsung 250GB in my old MacBook Pro and had firmware issues with it. The Samsung was on special offer - wish I'd known why at the time. Having tracked the problem down I ended up having to put it into a PC at work to flash the firmware when they fixed it.
I'd say to steer clear of WD - I've seen too many of the 2.5" drives failing. The desktop drives are fine.
I put a Samsung 250GB in my old MacBook Pro and had firmware issues with it. The Samsung was on special offer - wish I'd known why at the time. Having tracked the problem down I ended up having to put it into a PC at work to flash the firmware when they fixed it.