Upgrade to Solid State Drive

[naquadah1]

I just got a 15.4" Macbook Pro (MB470LL/A), and i been thinking about putting a Solid State Drive in at some point. But i was wondering how i would find out the spec of the hard drive so that i know which drive would fit in the notebook.

 

[bbadalucco]

I just got a 15.4" Macbook Pro (MB470LL/A), and i been thinking about putting a Solid State Drive in at some point. But i was wondering how i would find out the spec of the hard drive so that i know which drive would fit in the notebook.

I'm pretty sure they are 2.5 so they should all fit in the UMBP

 

[spaceballl]

Almost all of the SSDs will fit. You need a 2.5" laptop sized SSD, which most are. You also need them to be SATA.

Also, some drives are 12.5mm high - Apple laptops need 9.5mm drives.

But most SSDs will meet that characteristic.

 

[xoggyux]

there is little chances of buying the wrong one since most of them are 2.5" (laptop standard) and SATA (all modern laptops standard) so unless you buy a very problematic one (In which case you would realize before buying since the rating would say something about) you will be fine.

Check my thread on the standard 128GB G.Skill:
https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/661948/
Despite being far from being the best (in which case you would want to take a look at samsung and intel's and be prepared to spend $700++), is definitively the one of the best value for your money with about 128Gb for $220.

 

[jazz1]

80 GB Intel SSB Enough Space?

I may have access to an 80GB Intel SSD. How much space would a slimmed down OSX take on a MacPro late 2008 uni-body? Probably not practical, but I can play with one for free for a while. It would be fun to hotrod.

 

[naquadah1]

i find there are SATA and SATA II, are the pins the same between the 2? i haven't used any SATA drives personally so i am not sure. because i want to know is would SATAII work ok.