Will the hard drive work?

[jbrown]

I have a rMBP 15" ( mid 2012 ). It has a 768gb Samsung SSD drive. Will this drive work in the current rMBP ? A straight swap?

Cheers

😕🙂

 

[yjchua95]

I have a rMBP 15" ( mid 2012 ). It has a 768gb Samsung SSD drive. Will this drive work in the current rMBP ? A straight swap?

Cheers

😕🙂

No it will not.

The mid-2012 rMBPs use a blade SATA connection.

The late-2013 rMBPs use a blade PCIe connection.

 

[jbrown]

No it will not.

The mid-2012 rMBPs use a blade SATA connection.

The late-2013 rMBPs use a blade PCIe connection.

Thank you - so an early 2013 ( Feb ) will work?

 

[yjchua95]

Thank you - so an early 2013 ( Feb ) will work?

Also no. The early-2013 ones are also blade SATA.

The late-2013 ones were the first to use blade-PCIe.

 

[jbrown]

Sorry I wasn't being clear…I meant my mid 2012 SSD will be ok to go in an early 2013 rMBP😀

 

[MCAsan]

If you have a 2012 rMBP you have few options with the SATA-based SSD. You can get up to a 480SSD for it from OWC.

http://eshop.macsales.com/shop/SSD/OWC/Air-Retina/Apple-MacBook-Air-2012-Drive-Internal-Flash

If you want a larger and faster SSD, such as a 1TB one that is PCI-e based, you will need to a 2013 rMBP.

 

[jbrown]

Well I bought a 768ssd Samsung for my mid 2012 rMBP. Works fine. I want to move it to an early 2013 rMBP

 

[MCAsan]

The 2012 machines use a SATA connection to SSD. The 2013 machines use a PCI-e connection to SSD.

http://www.tested.com/tech/pcs/456464-why-ssds-are-transitioning-sata-pcie-next-gen-form-factor/

http://www.sandisk.com/business/industries/enterprise/interface-primer/

http://www.computerweekly.com/feature/PCIe-SSD-What-it-is-and-how-you-can-use-it

 

[jbrown]

Thanks - but when did the change from Sata to PCI-e happen…i.e. what is the latest date for a Sata rMBP?🙂

 

[niteflyr]

OWC is selling 6g SATA drives for early 2013' models 10,1 and 10,2. Apparently change was in late 2013 models.

http://eshop.macsales.com/item/Other World Computing/SSDAP12R480/

 

[MCAsan]

Thanks - but when did the change from Sata to PCI-e happen…i.e. what is the latest date for a Sata rMBP?🙂

The 2013 rMBPs last October went with PCI-e SSDs, Thunderbolt 2, 802.11ac wifi, more energy efficient Haswell CPUs and different GPUs. Basically a major refinement of what started with the 2012 rMBPs.

http://www.apple.com/macbook-pro/specs-retina/

 

[yjchua95]

Well I bought a 768ssd Samsung for my mid 2012 rMBP. Works fine. I want to move it to an early 2013 rMBP

It'll work. Both the mid-2012 and early-2013 models are still considered as 2012 MBPs because they use the Ivy Bridge chipset. And besides both use blade-SATA.

So far, only the late-2013 (Haswell) MBPs use the blade PCIe. Apple switched to PCIe because it's way faster than SATA.