7200rpm hard disk in Mbp Core 2 Duo
I read that new macbook pro 15' core 2 duo, cannot accecpt hard disk 7200 rpm.
I need this drive. It seems that apple has locked new mbp in such way that you cannot put a third-party hard drive 7200rpm. It even that there is not even an option of a 7200 disk from apple. No way out!
I do not need having a good laptop such as mbp2 is, but also a fast hard disk.
I do not think that there is such a chance in the bto laptops.
So, can you suggest me any way to fit a 7200rpm disk in the new mbp core 2 duo?
I need this drive. It seems that apple has locked new mbp in such way that you cannot put a third-party hard drive 7200rpm. It even that there is not even an option of a 7200 disk from apple. No way out!
I do not need having a good laptop such as mbp2 is, but also a fast hard disk.
I do not think that there is such a chance in the bto laptops.
So, can you suggest me any way to fit a 7200rpm disk in the new mbp core 2 duo?
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Three reasons speak against inserting your own:
1) you will lose warranty
2) you will lose the metal plate, meaning increased noise
3) the higher rpm will cause heat to increase
No solution?
But, hey, what the fuck does he know?
Besides, if money isn't a problem just get the 17 inch. It's only about a POUND in difference. If that's too much more to carry around, maybe you should get a macbook.
Or maybe you could start lifting weights...
That's what SDW did, and now he can carry around 37 MBP's with no problem whatsoever.
From experience, I upgraded my old PowerBook from its stock 80GB drive to a 160GB 5400 PATA drive with perpendicular recording and the speed increase was very noticeable (more than I'd expected in going from 4200 to 5400). I do think it is due to the perpendicular recording, but I don't have solid numbers to back that up.
Not that I think the questioner cares, but the 5400 will be quieter, less-vibration, less-heat and less-power than the 7200. And an external FW800 AV (audio-video) drive is always an option. Hell, get an external 10,000 or faster FW drive -- I think that is still possible with a SCSI<->FW box.
http://www.notebook.de/index.php?sec...up=393&lang=en
7200 option! What is going on?
I didn't notice a huge speed increase, unfortunately. I needed the speed for video editing and ending up having to use an external anyway.
Why the previous mbp has the 7200 option and the new one does not? One step forward, one step back?
How they 'locked' the disk to be only 5400rpm? By firmware or by hardware?
Why the previous mbp has the 7200 option and the new one does not? One step forward, one step back?
I don't think they can lock it out. I don't remember a 7200 option for the stock model MBP.
Nobody else seems to interest in 7200rpm hard disks...
...or maybe the idea really wasn't all that popular and they decided it wasn't worth offering? I used to lust after the faster spinning drives, but the cost in storage to do so is just too high, and a 160GB 5400 drive isn't a lot slower than the 100GB 7200 drive.
I wonder how much slower is the 5400rpm disk compared to 7200rpm, in real-world conditions.
It's hard to say without someone trying it.
The Barefeats site is interesting, but it might not provide an accurate picture of how much the smaller but faster spinning drive can change things for your uses and the apps that you use, which is really the important thing to consider. Real-world conditions vary between users. I don't know of any other site or any magazine that does testing to that level, but they don't test things such as Final Cut and Photoshop, but rather, test with benchmarks that may or may not represent the performance difference with normal apps.