I am considering purchasing a MPB and I would like to know what my options are on getting the most storage space possible on the computer. I am a photographer and I would like to harddrives with one of the mirroring the other. Thanks for your help in advance...
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Replacing the CD Drive in a MPB with a Harddrive?
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there are some people who have done it to macbooks but i dont know about the Pro's but i guess the same can be done
Note, it's a different bus though.. on the MBP, the HD is SATA, the SuperDrive is PATA.
EDIT: Removed incorrect info. Correction, the MBA's HD is PATA, the MB is SATA HDs.
EDIT: Removed incorrect info. Correction, the MBA's HD is PATA, the MB is SATA HDs.
http://www.mcetech.com/optibay/
Note that the connection is PATA for the CD drive, which means you won't be able to buy one of the higher capacity hard drives to replace the CD drive. I wish they made a 500gb PATA drive, 1TB in a laptop would be awesome!
Note that the connection is PATA for the CD drive, which means you won't be able to buy one of the higher capacity hard drives to replace the CD drive. I wish they made a 500gb PATA drive, 1TB in a laptop would be awesome!
That's... pretty amazing.
Just imagine when 1 TB (or 640 GB) laptop HDDs come out.... 1.28-2 TBs of space in a 1" laptop.
2x640 would be good, because finally you'd get to see something that says "1.2 TB" instead of 930 GB
Just imagine when 1 TB (or 640 GB) laptop HDDs come out.... 1.28-2 TBs of space in a 1" laptop.
2x640 would be good, because finally you'd get to see something that says "1.2 TB" instead of 930 GB
Man you guys are crazy. Use way more space than I ever do
Largest drive I have at home (that I personally use) is 160 GB
Granted, I use five drives for a total of 480 GB (across two computers), but still. I only use about 200 GB total.
Largest drive I have at home (that I personally use) is 160 GB
Granted, I use five drives for a total of 480 GB (across two computers), but still. I only use about 200 GB total.
yeah I have a 500GB HDD in my iMac with 150GB on it and a 1TB MyBook For Time Machine that has the same on it plus i have an 8GB usb flash drive thats full and a 100GB external HDD with 50GB on itMan you guys are crazy. Use way more space than I ever do
Largest drive I have at home (that I personally use) is 160 GB
Granted, I use five drives for a total of 480 GB (across two computers), but still. I only use about 200 GB total.
you need more pr0n.
yes you do lol
you need more pr0n.
Lol. I guess so. I have a lot more space taken up by TV shows/movies than I do.. the other stuff.
Man you guys are crazy. Use way more space than I ever do
Largest drive I have at home (that I personally use) is 160 GB
Granted, I use five drives for a total of 480 GB (across two computers), but still. I only use about 200 GB total.
You'd be amazed at how fast space fills up! My music collection alone is over 150GB, not counting videos, photos and other files.
I guess doing it will cut in half the battery life, right? I mean, 2 HDDs spining on the same notebook would suck a lot of power....
Oh my God, lol. Mine's a bit over 2 GB. It wouldn't even be that big if it was in uncompressed AIFF format =p
I have a few GB of photos... maybe 10 GB max... videos/movies (including TV shows) is around 40 GB. About 40-50 GB of applications, I think.