MacBook Hard Drives

[Skeletal-dæmon]

Okay I read in a thread that the MacBook battery is user replaceable.

So:

What is the maximum size HDD available for the MacBook? I know they take 2.5" SATA disks, but I don't know the bandwidth nor maximum size or optimum speed that the MacBook operates under.

Thanks in advance

Dæmon

 

[JNB]

The Western Digital drives are available up to 320GB in a 2.5"/9.5mm 5400rpm SATA in the Passport series - that's what I have in mine right now. Get a Passport drive, yank the HDD & swap it with the existing internal, then put the old internal in the Passport enclosure. Inexpensive, easy.

 

[Skeletal-dæmon]

Thats great cheers I'll look into it

 

[GfulDedFan]

The maximum size right now is a 500GB. See Here

 

[johny5]

Yup, 500gb and it works like a charm in my macbook

 

[bobjob186]

Don't get WD HDD, they blow.

 

[logana]

Don't get WD HDD, they blow.

Please tell us more - I have never had any problems with Western Digital.

 

[Neil321]

i'd like to know more also as i've been using them for donkeys years & not had a serious failure yet & that includes external's

 

[ManWithhat]

WD is fine. Just because someone has had a bad experience with one doesn't mean they're horrible. Hardware defects are common when you're ordering parts from a digital store where they haven't been inspected before they're shipped to you.

 

[cyclingplatypus]

Don't get WD HDD, they blow.

Never had a problem with mine and I've used them for years.

 

[Yoda3984]

I agree. . .

I, too, have used nothing but WD hard drives for years (just replaced the stock MB hard drive, also). I haven't had a single one crash or fail on me. You'll find a bad egg or two in just about every company's products, but that doesn't mean the whole lot is bad.

 

[Cave Man]

I'm 0/2 on WD desktop drives. The one notebook drive (that came with a MB that's now only a year and a half old) worked fine and still does in an external enclosure (it was replaced with a Samsung 320 gig drive six months ago). The reason I'll never buy another WD drive is because of their shi++y business conduct. One of my WD drives started acting up at 11 months. Their tech services had me reinitialize the drive and it worked fine for another 2 months, when it failed completely. I asked for a replacement, they refused because they said it failed at 13 months, not 11 months (1 year warranty). WD is the worst company I've ever dealt with when I comes to computer parts. They won't get another dime from me.

Choose your drive (and its company) wisely. For me, Samsung and Seagate are the companies that'll get my business.

 

[hexonxonx]

All drives can go bad and I have had just about one of every brand go bad including WD recently. I had a 250GB WD external start clicking one morning two years to the month of purchase. I had Seagate drives die without warning and Samsung drives die in just a few short months.

The fact is, the are hard drives and that is where the problem starts. They can fail a day after purchase regardless of what brand.

I have always just favored WD drives and have owned more than any other brand and because of that, I have had more of them fail. I just upgraded my new HP notebook to a WD 320GB drive that came with a 250GB Samsung.

With drives, there really are no bad brands since they all can fail anytime.

 

[Skeletal-dæmon]

Hmm well a 500GB drive looks good, I took a look at the specs of the Samsung drive and I'll go up to my local tech shop and see if they can get me a good deal, they usually can.

Thanks guys (and gals)!