Seagate Momentus 7200.4 500GB HD Now Shipping?

[pyrodex]

What is the best way to transfer my data from my old HDD to this hard drive before installing?

I was looking into getting an external enclosure like this one -- http://eshop.macsales.com/item/Other World Computing/MOTGSU2/ -- but I am worried that it won't be able to power the Seagate.

Alternatively, I could get this -- http://eshop.macsales.com/item/Newer Technology/U2NV2SPATA/ -- but it looks ugly and the power supply is just too big for my taste.

I just read on the 7200.4 specs and it states 1AMP at start up and I believe USB can handle a max of 5V and 100mA.

 

[zorahk]

my drive is on its way lolololol

 

[AliensExist4]

Is it a fact that the sensors conflict with each other?

 

[alphaod]

my drive is on its way lolololol

I get mine after breakfast tomorrow.

 

[ZAK248313]

Someone post thier Xbench in the unibody once its installed.

 

[CLuv]

Ran an Xbench test on my stock drive. Will post results of the stock vs the new drive after it arrives. The stock Toshiba is on the slow side that's for sure. This will help Late '06 MacBook owners know of the performance gains. I'll also report on vibration and noise (if any). So far sounds like this drive is pretty quite.

 

[alphaod]

I could run XBench right now on my 5400RPM drive…

 

[kolax]

Interested to see how reliable this drive will be.

I'll buy one if they don't suffer from the drastic failures of the 1TB Seagate drives..

 

[alphaod]

Interested to see how reliable this drive will be.

I'll buy one if they don't suffer from the drastic failures of the 1TB Seagate drives..

Yeah my 1TB drive failed as well. I think it's probably just a bad batch.

 

[THX1139]

Interested to see how reliable this drive will be.

I'll buy one if they don't suffer from the drastic failures of the 1TB Seagate drives..

I agree. I'm waiting for Samsung to come out with a 500 7200rpm before I buy. Seagate used to be the best but have really gone down hill in the last 3 years or so. Western Digital is my next favorite drives for reliability, but their 3.5" drives often vibrate too much.

 

[Salty Pirate]

Hitachi really makes the best drives. Never had a failure, the 320 GB 7200 is very fast. Storage Review benched it and named it the fastest.

I gotta imagine though, a 500GB 7200 would be quicker because of areal density. Might need to upgrade.

 

[CLuv]

Late 2006 MacBook Core 2 Duo model, current Xbench drive test score for reference:

Results 34.77
System Info
Xbench Version 1.3
System Version 10.5.6 (9G55)
Physical RAM 2048 MB
Model MacBook2,1
Drive Type TOSHIBA MK1234GSX
Disk Test 34.77
Sequential 46.94
Uncached Write 59.74 36.68 MB/sec [4K blocks]
Uncached Write 52.78 29.86 MB/sec [256K blocks]
Uncached Read 28.68 8.39 MB/sec [4K blocks]
Uncached Read 68.18 34.27 MB/sec [256K blocks]
Random 27.61
Uncached Write 10.07 1.07 MB/sec [4K blocks]
Uncached Write 61.31 19.63 MB/sec [256K blocks]
Uncached Read 57.21 0.41 MB/sec [4K blocks]
Uncached Read 84.72 15.72 MB/sec [256K blocks]

Will post results on 2/5, new drive arrives on 2/4 based upon newegg tracking. I bet the new drive will make Safari "snappier". Ha!

 

[damnyooneek]

Is this really correct, or does Apple just only use drives with a motion sensor in them?

the motion sensor is inside the laptop and tells the hd to park. you dont want the hd with the g sensor built in because the sensor in the laptop and the hd will conflict. this has been discussed before in other threads

 

[detz]

I'm sure Seagate has learned from their mistake and this drive has been fully tested. I mean, if this drive fails like the other one I would never buy another Seagate drive again so they can't take that chance.

 

[Cave Man]

Hitachi really makes the best drives.

Well, there's a real objective opinion.

 

[alphaod]

My drive just arrived; will post pics and XBench results later after I clone my drive.

 

[kolax]

Anyone know where I can find this in the UK?

 

[Theophany]

Anyone know where I can find this in the UK?

http://www.google.co.uk/products?q=seagate+500gb+7200+sata+2.5&btnG=Search+Products.

My personal advice would be never to risk using a seller with less than 3 star ratings.

 

[CLuv]

Alphaod, looking forward to your impressions. I'm counting down the hours until I get mine.

 

[Salty Pirate]

Well, there's a real objective opinion.

yes it is. I should have said In My Humble Opinion......


nothing but good experiences though.

 

[damnyooneek]

ordered mine last night from newegg and it shipped today cant wait

 

[FortunesFool]

Just ordered one from newegg w/ an external enclosure for my mid2007SR. Planning on formatting as an external, finally getting around to putting a bootcamp partition together, and then cloning my existing drive (a measly 120gb) to the other partition.

I've been checking obsessively for the past 2 months to wait for these to start shipping, and then dropped the ball this weekend and forgot to check!

 

[rhyx]

Anyone receive theirs yet? I'm curious to see how it compares to my WD 500GB 5400rpm.

 

[ZAK248313]

Any dropped it in the MBP unibody yet!! Hanging for a review.

 

[SoybeanStasher]

Be patient. People have jobs. Sometimes even families to have dinner with afterwards!