Western Digital's 2.5" 1.0 Tb Internal HD

[MarCB720]

I mean, Western Digital, not Seagates

And it needs a height clearance of 12.5mm or 0.49", minimum. All specs remains the same consistent of 2.5" form factor.

Does anybody knows what is the internal hard drive 'well' dimension of a 17" MacBool Pro Unibody is?

I am thinking of ordering one today!! any thoughts?

 

[MacModMachine]

this has been discussed, use the search and you should find it.

ps. it will fit in your 17" for sure. i have a 512gb ssd 12.5mm in mine.

 

[MarCB720]

Western Digital's 2.5" 1.0 Tb Internal HD

New from Western Digital. It requires a minimum of 12.5mm height clearance or 0.49 inch, all other dimension remains the same consistent to 2.5" form factor.

1.0 Tb capacity, Sata 3.0 at 16 Meg transfer rate.

Does any body knows the internal "hard drive's well" dimension of MBP 17" unibody? Will it fit?

Thinking of ordering one today. Your thoughts, please.

Thanks

 

[mkrishnan]

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[MarCB720]

Max Mod Machine, thanks

MMM thanks for the re-direction

 

[thegoldenmackid]

I am lost are you talking about Western Digital or Seagate.

 

[mkrishnan]

I am lost are you talking about Western Digital or Seagate.

It's a WD... it's this drive:

http://www.wdc.com/en/products/Products.asp?DriveID=685

The issue is that, while it's the first/only 1TB notebook drive on the market, it's a 12.5mm height drive, whereas most notebook drives are 9.5mm... in most notebooks, there's no space for it.

 

[alphaod]

All they need to do is make that with a 10,000 RPM spindle and we're in business!

 

[thegoldenmackid]

All they need to do is make that with a 10,000 RPM spindle and we're in business!

A 7200 would be nice.

 

[mkrishnan]

A 7200 would be nice.

It still seems less than settled that the big 7200RPM drives are any systematically faster than the 5400's... I think most people would be fairly happy as an intermediate step for a 1TB drive at 5400 that was 9.5mm tall....

Does anybody knows what is the internal hard drive 'well' dimension of a 17" MacBool Pro Unibody is?

(emphasis mine)

ps. it will fit in your 17" for sure. i have a 512gb ssd 12.5mm in mine.

FWIW also... people over at the Apple support forums...

http://discussions.apple.com/message.jspa?messageID=9906833

Claimed that it only fit in the non-unibody MBP... do you have a 12.5mm drive in your unibody 17"-er?

 

[galstaph]

I have the Hitachi 5k500 500gb drive in my unibody it fits just fine and has a drive height of 12.5mm.. so yes it fits

It still seems less than settled that the big 7200RPM drives are any systematically faster than the 5400's... I think most people would be fairly happy as an intermediate step for a 1TB drive at 5400 that was 9.5mm tall....



(emphasis mine)



FWIW also... people over at the Apple support forums...

http://discussions.apple.com/message.jspa?messageID=9906833

Claimed that it only fit in the non-unibody MBP... do you have a 12.5mm drive in your unibody 17"-er?

 

[MovieCutter]

Are these available anywhere? I can't find them at all. Wouldn't mind putting one of them in my optical bay.