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Will 1tb make my Macbook run slower?
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It shouldn't? It depends on what you are using now. Obviously if you go from a SSD to a 5400RPM 1TB hard drive, it's going to be slower.
I'm pretty sure there's no 1TB laptop drives out yet...but I could be wrong. Just check over at macsales.com.
For a spinning drive (ie a conventional, not SSD), a bigger drive will always make your computer feel faster, and almost always significantly faster. The drive won't be as full, and since the data will mostly be sitting at the outer edge of the spinning HD (assuming you don't go and put 1 TB of data on there), which moves faster, and it's more condensed, everything is faster. It's pretty much a linear relationship as you fill up a HD: the more you put on it, the slower it goes. My general rule of thumb is to never fill a HD more than 50% full, unless it's a backup drive that I'm not accessing data on all the time.
For a spinning drive (ie a conventional, not SSD), a bigger drive will always make your computer feel faster, and almost always significantly faster. The drive won't be as full, and since the data will mostly be sitting at the outer edge of the spinning HD (assuming you don't go and put 1 TB of data on there), which moves faster, and it's more condensed, everything is faster. It's pretty much a linear relationship as you fill up a HD: the more you put on it, the slower it goes. My general rule of thumb is to never fill a HD more than 50% full, unless it's a backup drive that I'm not accessing data on all the time.
lol, i googled "1tb 2.5" hard drive" and got nothing that made it appear you could buy one now.
your link tells me they make them, but now im still searching for where to BUY one.....
EDIT: also the WD drive you speak of will not fit inside a macbook.
Thanks but unfortuneally it can't ship to denmark, http://www.dvdmarkedet.com/DK/Catalog/Hard_drives_and_floppy_drives/Internal_25_SATA/4499.html
But could this work? im pretty sure (;
http://eshop.macsales.com/shop/memory/Apple_MacBook_MacBook_Pro/Upgrade/DDR3_White
they have 640gb internal if you want more than 500
they have 640gb internal if you want more than 500
I love that! I despise people who say "Google it!" It's honestly a dumb answer and the amount of time and space you said to "Google it" you could have given an appropriate and satisfying answer.
I copied your post exactly and found nothing on the front page that shows me that you can buy any. And if people say to look beyond the front page, how about they just give an answer or just not contribute to the thread at all?
You post doesn't ask where to buy them. You simply asked if they exist. You got your answer and now you want some extra information, which another forum member has graciously answered.
In the time the people ask such a basic question, they could've googled it. This forum is helpful, and in this case I'm helping to you to help yourself (@brendu). It takes much more effort to start a thread or make a post than to google something.
I completely agree. People unfortunately treat macrumors members as a live search engine when they can save so much time and energy by just using google.
i quite honestly find people annoying when they ask ridiculous questions
I was waiting for someone to post this.
There are questions that can be answered with a simple google search that take mere seconds, there are some like Is it possible to make a better hardware iPhone, with exclusive features? or Anyone else feel tired after the time change? that foster discussion. Because this is a forum, a place where people share their knowledge not a crowd-sourced googling machine. If you did google something with unsatisfactory results, just say it, we want to know you put in the effort before making us go further than you.
And finally. What is google without people contributing to forums just like this one?
Not sure what you mean by the second part.
I haven't been able to find any reviews of the 1TB WD drive so we can't say if it'll be slower. But the drive does spin at 5200rpm whereas most drives are 5400rpm. That said, it is a higher density and will probably make up for that slight reduction in spindle speed.
Also, we have no idea what you have atm, so we can't compare.
I Completely agree. Cars are useful, but you you wouldn't use one to pop to your next door neighbour's house if it was a few yards away. Or, to improve on the analogy, you wouldn't get call someone else up to get a lift there.
Suggesting that someone "google it" is just a polite way of pointing out that the answer is available with very little effort. This forum is an amazing resource for information that is that little bit harder to find. And all kinds of other stuff. We should look after it.
Yes, all the questions asked on this forum can be found using google; if people didn't ask questions, we wouldn't need this forum. I enjoy to answer questions, if someone is too busy to answer questions, they should find a new hobby.
