Samsung 8TB SSD in 2011 Early MacBook Pro

[Rachel Faith]

My old 2011 is still working good. I had the motherboard/logic/video repair done 4 years ago or so, 2016-2017 and its still a nice unit. Sad that Apple won't support their own stuff any more. So I am going to install windows 10 and an 8TB Samsung. Anyone tried that? I know the 4TB SSD will work fine as I had that in another. But is there any silly firmware or Apple limit to the 8TB? I do mean direct Win 10 not bootcamp or with any Apple OS involved at all. 100% windows latest.

Thanks

 

[saudor]

In theory it should work. A lot of these issues came from the 2 TB / 4k sector stuff (many external chassis < 2TB can only handle drives up to 2TB for example)

since you already know 4 works fine, 8 should work as well. Also, if you dont need the CD/DVD drive, you can swap that out for another HD and continue booting off the 4 for the OS and 8TB for data\

Also, the OS is definitely capable of booting from 8TB. I do that already (have a install of high sierra for debug purposes on a 8TB)

 

[Fishrrman]

How much are you paying for that 8tb SSD?
Not worth putting it into a 10-year-old Mac, in my opinion...

 

[Rachel Faith]

It is worth it because the specs on it, exceed the specs on most plastic junk, and it is the only all metal design that still is easy to add a slotted 2.5 drive. All the new stuff is either M.2 or soldered to the board. Besides I already own this and thus the drive is the only cost. $800

 

[ignatius345]

And I suppose you can always salvage that drive and use it for something else if the MacBook dies or you eventually replace it.