To those with aging 3 years+ MBP, I suggest upgrade the harddrive

[henhowc]

Hey Guys,

So today I upgraded my MBP's (3 years old mind you) Harddrive form 80GB to 500GB. I just followed iFixit's guide and everything worked great.

I have a late 2007 MBP. Which drive did you pick up? I'm looking to do a hard drive upgrade myself. How's the battery life after the update? Are the 500GB drives going to be faster than say a 250GB drive? I really don't need 500GB worth of space...

I haven't really looked at the SATA specs for the new drives but would buying the latest and greatest be overkill seeing as how there might be mainboard limitations on the older MBP that don't take full advantage?

 

[NC MacGuy]

Problem in upgrading a PB w. a SSD is the drive can be worth more than the computer. And they're ATA 6 vs. SATA. So, get rid of the laptop and where you going to put the drive?

A 5400rpm drive in the PB feels waaayyy faster than the 4200's they shipped with.

Speaking of PB's. I freakin' hit ok to software update and Safari 4 sucks hairy ones on a PB. Flash was passable, not fast but very passable. Not any more. Loaded that lousy Flash 10 too and it is a mess.

Oh well, time to downgrade to Safari 3 and Flash 9. Bstards.

I have a late 2007 MBP. Which drive did you pick up? I'm looking to do a hard drive upgrade myself. How's the battery life after the update? Are the 500GB drives going to be faster than say a 250GB drive? I really don't need 500GB worth of space...

I haven't really looked at the SATA specs for the new drives but would buying the latest and greatest be overkill seeing as how there might be mainboard limitations on the older MBP that don't take full advantage?

WD 500GB Scorpio Blue for <$100. Just about as fast as a 7200rpm drive with more capacity, no vibration and quiet. WD makes good drives. Don't take my word for it:
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/scorpio-notebook-hdd,2109.html

 

[InsightsIE]

I plan to upgrade my memory on my 4,1 to 8GB as some people said it's supported on the 4,1 models. And then shove in a nice 500GB 7200RPM drive

 

[henhowc]

WD 500GB Scorpio Blue for <$100. Just about as fast as a 7200rpm drive with more capacity, no vibration and quiet. WD makes good drives. Don't take my word for it:
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/scorpio-notebook-hdd,2109.html

Thanks for the input! I'm eagerly awaiting Snow Leopard so I can pull the trigger on this. Might as well do a clean install once that comes out.