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spikeyjac

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Original poster
Just about to purchase a Western Digital Scorpio 500GB 2.5" SATA 5400rpm 8MB Hard Drive to put into my late 2009 13" Aluminium MBP, and I've just noticed a couple of bad reviews, saying it causes the MBP so stop working properly and freeze 😱
Has anyone experienced this?
Anybody using the same hdd in their MBP?
Anyone know of a fix of this problem?
Cheers
Jack :apple:
 
silly little mechanical spinning discs are technology developed in the 1950s.

time to move on and use an SSD.

i am never going back.

boot time - 7 secs
shut down - 2 secs
similar awesome performance with most tasks using the drive .. copying files, reading files, writing files, all awesome.

save your $$ for an SSD.

in fact, i would prefer a 40Gb SSD to a 10Tb 7200rpm spinning disc.
 
silly little mechanical spinning discs are technology developed in the 1950s.

time to move on and use an SSD.

i am never going back.

boot time - 7 secs
shut down - 2 secs
similar awesome performance with most tasks using the drive .. copying files, reading files, writing files, all awesome.

save your $$ for an SSD.

in fact, i would prefer a 40Gb SSD to a 10Tb 7200rpm spinning disc.


Unfortunately SSD isnt an option..
 
Got this fitted last night, all seems to be okay, the noise is quite abit louder than my stock hdd 🙁 it's bothering me a little but I don't know if that's because I'm listening out for it..
 
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