bradhusick
Active member
Well, I am now the proud owner of a 500GB MacBook Pro 17", having just installed the Hitachi 500GB 2.5" drive. It's 12.5mm high (other drives are typically 9mm) but there's plenty of room in the 17" for this drive with no modifications whatsoever. It will NOT fit in any other MacBook Pro or MacBook.
I now have 466GB of formatted space to play with! Yay! I bought the drive from OWC (www.macsales.com) for $288 plus shipping. The install took less than 15 minutes and requires Philips-0 and Torx-6 screwdrivers. The drive runs cool and silent.
Soon Samsung will begin shipping their 500GB drive with 9mm height for the rest of our MacBook Pros and MacBooks.
-Brad
I now have 466GB of formatted space to play with! Yay! I bought the drive from OWC (www.macsales.com) for $288 plus shipping. The install took less than 15 minutes and requires Philips-0 and Torx-6 screwdrivers. The drive runs cool and silent.
Soon Samsung will begin shipping their 500GB drive with 9mm height for the rest of our MacBook Pros and MacBooks.
-Brad