Questions about Samsung 500GB

[Blanz]

Well, I just bought my first MBP, and I want to buy the Samsung Spinpoint M6 500GB hard drive to put in it. But there are a few questions i need to ask about it first.

1. On OWC i found four different links for the same hard drive, but all are differently priced. What is the difference between them, and which one would be best in the MBP? also... why are there different ones?
3 here: http://eshop.macsales.com/Search/Se...Ne=5000&N=6288&Ntt=samsung+spinpoint+m6+500gb
1 here:
http://eshop.macsales.com/item/Other World Computing/HM500JIMU2/

2. They come in an enclosure... i can remove that and just use the drive, right?

3. This probably has an extremely simple answer, but is there a special way to move everything from the stock harddrive to the new one? Will i also need to buy a cable or something?

4. Did I miss anything? Do I need to buy anything else?


Sorry for my noobishness, I'm a little new to this

 

[alphaod]

1. On OWC i found four different links for the same hard drive, but all are differently priced. What is the difference between them, and which one would be best in the MBP? also... why are there different ones?
3 here: http://eshop.macsales.com/Search/Se...Ne=5000&N=6288&Ntt=samsung+spinpoint+m6+500gb
1 here:
http://eshop.macsales.com/item/Other World Computing/HM500JIMU2/

They have USB 2.0 only, FW400/USB, USB/eSATA, and USB/FW800, enclosures. Buy what you need; internal drives are all the same.

2. They come in an enclosure... i can remove that and just use the drive, right?

Yes, however taking the drive out voids the warranty on the enclosure.

3. This probably has an extremely simple answer, but is there a special way to move everything from the stock harddrive to the new one? Will i also need to buy a cable or something?

I used Time Machine, so it defragmented all the files; you can use Super Duper, Carbon Copy, Disk Utility--all can be used.

4. Did I miss anything? Do I need to buy anything else?

Do you need anything else?

Sorry for my noobishness, I'm a little new to this [/QUOTE]

 

[Blanz]

They have USB 2.0 only, FW400/USB, USB/eSATA, and USB/FW800, enclosures. Buy what you need; internal drives are all the same.

If I'm not going to use it as an external, do i need more than the least expensive one? Im assuming not...

 

[alphaod]

If I'm not going to use it as an external, do i need more than the least expensive one? Im assuming not...

http://eshop.macsales.com/item/Other World Computing/HM500JIMU2/

 

[squeeks]

is that the drive that fits the 15" mbp or just the 17"?

 

[zamboni52]

is that the drive that fits the 15" mbp or just the 17"?

The 9.5mm drive fits the 15" and 17". That's what I have in my MPB.

 

[Vanarak19]

The 9.5mm drive fits the 15" and 17". That's what I have in my MPB.

how u like it?

 

[squeeks]

The 9.5mm drive fits the 15" and 17". That's what I have in my MPB.

might wanna update your sig then

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[alphaod]

is that the drive that fits the 15" mbp or just the 17"?

Pictures:
https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/493907/