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    2011 Mbp 15.4" Hdd?

    Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by toyota_scion_tc, Mar 8, 2011.

  1. toyota_scion_tc

    toyota_scion_tc Notebook Consultant

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    What HDD are used in the 2011 MBP 15.4 i7 2.3 GHz with the 500Gb 7200rpm. Anyone know if its SataII or SataIII and the name brand / model used.
     
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    SATA III HDD's make no sense.

    They are not capped in any way with the interface of SATA II.

    SATA III SSD's are realistic as sequential reads were up to SATA II's limits and therefore can utilize the increased bandwidth of the interface..

    Thus it should be SATA II, but I'm not sure of the brand.
     
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    Apple uses a variety of manufactures at different points...

    I have seen, Samsung, Hitachi, Seagate, and Western Digital.

    That being said, most the newest ones in the laptops seem to be Hitachi and Samsung.

    Also HDDs can be PC ones, they aren't specific based on Win or Mac. SO get whatever 2.5in drive thats under 10mm in height.
     
    FrozenWaltDisney, Mar 8, 2011
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    I know HDD aren't specific, I was just curious. My other MBP used a Hitachi and it seemed very slow. I changed it to a Seagate Momentus XT and noticed an improved speed mainly due to the 7200RPM vs 5400RPM.
     
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    7200 isn't that much faster than 5400 in a noticeable way... but a Momentus XT has flash memory on board to cache commonly used data, so its much faster than standard 7200rpm drives.
     
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    It made a huge difference in start up both in OS X and Boot Camp Windows. Windows went from 5.4 to 5.9 on the windows experience rating.
     
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    thats not cuz of being 7200 rpm, thats cuz of the flash memory.. its a hybrid partial SSD but mostly HDD.
     
    doh123, Mar 8, 2011
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    Yes however it uses algorithm to determine which files and doesn't really help until a few uses.
     
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    I found upgrading to 7200RPM did make a nice difference for me, not huge, but still noticeable .
     
    GP-SE, Mar 8, 2011
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