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    Biggest HD for Macbook?

    Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by okayplayer, Oct 6, 2007.

  1. okayplayer

    okayplayer Notebook Enthusiast

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    What is the biggest internal HD I could throw inside my MacBook? Any ideas of where to look for one?

    Thanks
     
    okayplayer, Oct 6, 2007
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  2. 00fez

    00fez Notebook Deity

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    I think the biggest 2.5" drive right now is 320GB, but I'm not sure where you can get those. Newegg has some 5400RPM 250GB drives here.
     
    00fez, Oct 6, 2007
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  3. Ken Wind

    Ken Wind Notebook Deity

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    The Fujitsu MHX2300BT is a 300GB 4200 RPM 2.5" hard drive, and it can be found at a number of online retailers.
     
    Ken Wind, Oct 6, 2007
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  4. stealthsniper96

    stealthsniper96 What Was I Thinkin'?

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    i remember readin somewhere that the MB wont see anything higher than 200gb. you might wana look into that.
     
    stealthsniper96, Oct 6, 2007
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    00fez Notebook Deity

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    I omitted 4200RPM drives on purpose. Imo, the decrease in performance from a 5400RPM drive is not worth the larger storage.

    Really? wow that is interesting. If it wasn't for my dad's drive, I probably would've bought one of the ones I linked to. You don't remember where you read that?
     
    00fez, Oct 6, 2007
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  6. circa86

    circa86 Notebook Virtuoso NBR Reviewer

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    i remember reading on WWW.APPLE.COM that MBP's are available with 250GB Hdd's :rolleyes:

    but I suppose there is a chance that for no logical reason it wouldn't work . . .

    freaking annoying. . .comments
     
    circa86, Oct 6, 2007
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  7. stealthsniper96

    stealthsniper96 What Was I Thinkin'?

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    nope, sorry broski.
     
    stealthsniper96, Oct 6, 2007
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  8. Ken Wind

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    There's a thread on the MacRumors Forums that proves 200GB+ is possible.
     
    Ken Wind, Oct 6, 2007
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    circa86 Notebook Virtuoso NBR Reviewer

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    why would this need to be proven possible? that is completely illogical, especially when MBP's are already available from Apple with 250gb drives.
     
    circa86, Oct 7, 2007
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  10. stealthsniper96

    stealthsniper96 What Was I Thinkin'?

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    in his post he said, macbook, NOT macbook pro. i was simply passing on my current knowledge to him.
     
    stealthsniper96, Oct 7, 2007
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