question regarding HHD 7200rpm in macbook 13' 2011, was talking to an apple tech

[imeth]

I was just on the phone with apple support tech, he told me that it's ok to have 7200rpm inside of macbook 13"s but he don't recommend it because it can get hot, with overheating issues.. it's a shame because I was going with the scorpio wd 750gb 7200rpm.. So I was wondering if any of you guys with 2011 MBP 13" have this issue installing a 7200rpm?? I noticed Apple didn't have the option to upgrade it to it on their site. Thanks

 

[Naimfan]

Search is your friend.

This has been discussed repeatedly here. I have posted that every 7200 RPM drive I tried in a 13" 2.3 GHz created an unacceptable amount of vibration, and since went back to a 500 GB 5400 RPM drive.

 

[imeth]

anybody with the 7200rpm in their 13" ??

 

[Cheffy Dave]

anybody with the 7200rpm in their 13" ??

I have a WD 7200 RPM Scorpio Black in my 2007 BMB, and I have no vibration, I am removing it, for an SSD, for speed issues ONLY, not for vibration

 

[TheFarmer]

anybody with the 7200rpm in their 13" ??

Search is your friend.
This has been discussed repeatedly here. I have posted that every 7200 RPM drive I tried in a 13" 2.3 GHz created an unacceptable amount of vibration, and since went back to a 500 GB 5400 RPM drive.

^This.

Just a few I quickly searched for you.

https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/1103660/
https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/728167/
https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/997330/
https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/830479/

There's more, a lot more floating around.

 

[rev.b]

I have a WD Scorpio Black 750 Gb in a MBP 15", and it's nearly silent, with no vibration at all. I can't tell the difference from the OEM 320 Gb 5400 rpm.
I don't see how it could be any different on a 13".