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WD 320GB passport at Newegg

quovadis said:
Just ordered one of these for $165 with free shipping
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...rives+-+External-_-Western+Digital-_-22136211

Seemed like a good deal for 320GB passport

Am thinking about using the drive from the passport case to upgrade my 120GB macbook pro 2cd. I know how to do this, just wondering if anyone else has done this and if there are any experiences you would want to share?
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That does sound like a pretty good deal.. i *just* purchased a 250gb drive from newegg for $119 and an additional 70gb for another $50 seems pretty alright.

Anyway to answer your question. I think the process of upgrading your MBP's harddrive is pretty straightforward. I was reading thread the other day that talked about the process. Something like 20 screws to get the drive out.. so a little lenghty, but straightforward nonetheless.

As for breaking the drive out of the WD case.. One of the guys at my office did it without much difficulty. Plus you can take your originally MBP drive and put it in the case!

Goodluck!

M!
 
digitalField said:
I think the process of upgrading your MBP's harddrive is pretty straightforward. I was reading thread the other day that talked about the process. Something like 20 screws to get the drive out.. so a little lenghty, but straightforward nonetheless.

As for breaking the drive out of the WD case.. One of the guys at my office did it without much difficulty. Plus you can take your originally MBP drive and put it in the case!
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I did this last month -- upgraded my MBP CD's drive from the original 80GB Fujitsu to a 160GB WD. ExtremeTech's instructions were very helpful.

Be sure you have the right screwdrivers, or you'll strip your screws. You need a tiny Philips driver (I think it was a #00) and a T-6 Torx driver. If you don't have screwdrivers small enough, you can buy 'em at most hardware stores. I got two Husky 8-in-1 drivers from Home Depot, one Philips/slotted and one Torx.

I would also recommend getting a plastic spudger to help pry open the MBP case. It's really, really tight around the optical drive. I didn't have a plastic spudger and used my metal screwdriver instead. It worked OK, but I left a series of dings along the edge of my case.
 
Eric Sadoyama said:
I did this last month -- upgraded my MBP CD's drive from the original 80GB Fujitsu to a 160GB WD. ExtremeTech's instructions were very helpful.

Be sure you have the right screwdrivers, or you'll strip your screws. You need a tiny Philips driver (I think it was a #00) and a T-6 Torx driver. If you don't have screwdrivers small enough, you can buy 'em at most hardware stores. I got two Husky 8-in-1 drivers from Home Depot, one Philips/slotted and one Torx.

I would also recommend getting a plastic spudger to help pry open the MBP case. It's really, really tight around the optical drive. I didn't have a plastic spudger and used my metal screwdriver instead. It worked OK, but I left a series of dings along the edge of my case.
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Thanks a lot guys! Will attempt this next week
 
I've upgraded my internal MBP 160gb one to a 250gb Passport one by Western Digital.

Went really fine and fits in perfect!
 
seems like a good deal, anyone know if it works on powerbooks? or if it needs some other powersource to work?
 
donga said:
seems like a good deal, anyone know if it works on powerbooks? or if it needs some other powersource to work?
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it would work as an external for a powerbook no problem.. not as an internal like it would for the intel laptops though (since it's SATA).
 
so you can actually skin the enclosure, and use it as an internal drive? lets say i have an intel core 2 duo 2.2 macbook.
 
gothamm said:
so you can actually skin the enclosure, and use it as an internal drive? lets say i have an intel core 2 duo 2.2 macbook.
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Yes. You can even take your current drive and put it in the enclosure.

Be aware that the drive shipped as a Passport external drive has less cache, and is therefore slower, than the drive shipped as a Scorpio internal drive.
 
screensaver400 said:
Yes. You can even take your current drive and put it in the enclosure.

Be aware that the drive shipped as a Passport external drive has less cache, and is therefore slower, than the drive shipped as a Scorpio internal drive.
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Just bought one to see for my self, and it is a scorpio. 3200BEVT. works fine..

Cheers!
 
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