Is this possible?

[TomCondon]

Hi, I was wondering about taking out the optical drive of my mbp and sticking in a smaller 32gb or somthing SSD for snow leopard and applications to launch from.

My question is: Is this actually possible ( I think heard of someone on this forum doing it), if it is possible; is it a good idea, and lastly, should I wipe leopard off my normal HDD before or after installing the SSD?

 

[TomCondon]

I should also mention that I am pretty comfortable with opening up computers.

 

[kappaknight]

Are you comfortable w/ searching?

 

[TomCondon]

sorry, not sure what you meant by that image? Wouldn't that just search this thread for answers, which I haven't got yet?

but thanks for answering my question.

 

[plumosa]

yes its possible.

http://eshop.macsales.com/item/Other World Computing/DDAMBS0GB/

 

[GGJstudios]

sorry, not sure what you meant by that image? Wouldn't that just search this thread for answers, which I haven't got yet?

You're absolutely correct. That's not the way to search the forums. Google is more effective for that:

Optical bay SSD for Macbook Pro 2,2
Anyone Optical slot SSD swap their new macbook pros?
SSD: optical bay or HDD bay?
Can 2011 Models still swap Optical for SSD (Optibay)?​

 

[snaky69]

It is possible to do on all unibody models, and has been for quite some time, it's been discussed daily if not hourly on here for the last 6 month or so. GGJstudios pointed out a few out of the hundreds if not thousands of threads answering the exact same question.