Hey all,
I have an early 2008 MPB and want to upgrade the hard drive. I have seen that I need a 2.5 inch SATA & 9.5mm hdd. However, I became quite worried after reading some threads here and e.g.
http://mymacfixes.blogspot.com/2009/06/how-do-i-stop-clicking-noise-from-hard.html
By reading that hdds that I can buy don't have an optimal firmware for macs and that this may case them to die quite fast.
My Macbook Pro model: Early 2008 model, 15 inch, Core 2 Duo 2.4 GHz, 2 GB Ram, Nvidia 8600 GT 256 VRAM, 200 GB hdd - 5400 rpm. I have OS X Leopeard (10.5) which I got together with my mac but I am happy to buy OS X Snow Leopard should it be necessary.
After I buy & install the new hdd, I will dual boot my mac, together with WinXP
I am thinking of buying this model: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Western-Digital-Scorpio-500GB-Internal/dp/B001JSSDGU/ref=cm_cr_pr_pb_t
My questions are:
Q1) Is this drive that is ok with macs (firmware-wise)? if not I would be most thankful for a list of hdds whose firmware is good for macs (no cycle count overhead)?
Q2) which is best OS X Leopard or OS X Snow Leopard, with regard to dealing with the load cycle overhead?
Thank you all in advance
I have an early 2008 MPB and want to upgrade the hard drive. I have seen that I need a 2.5 inch SATA & 9.5mm hdd. However, I became quite worried after reading some threads here and e.g.
http://mymacfixes.blogspot.com/2009/06/how-do-i-stop-clicking-noise-from-hard.html
By reading that hdds that I can buy don't have an optimal firmware for macs and that this may case them to die quite fast.
My Macbook Pro model: Early 2008 model, 15 inch, Core 2 Duo 2.4 GHz, 2 GB Ram, Nvidia 8600 GT 256 VRAM, 200 GB hdd - 5400 rpm. I have OS X Leopeard (10.5) which I got together with my mac but I am happy to buy OS X Snow Leopard should it be necessary.
After I buy & install the new hdd, I will dual boot my mac, together with WinXP
I am thinking of buying this model: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Western-Digital-Scorpio-500GB-Internal/dp/B001JSSDGU/ref=cm_cr_pr_pb_t
My questions are:
Q1) Is this drive that is ok with macs (firmware-wise)? if not I would be most thankful for a list of hdds whose firmware is good for macs (no cycle count overhead)?
Q2) which is best OS X Leopard or OS X Snow Leopard, with regard to dealing with the load cycle overhead?
Thank you all in advance
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