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Apple MacBook Pro - SSD

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  • 25-10-2009 1:14pm
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    ironclaw
    Registered Users Posts: 8,004 ✭✭✭


    Hi Folks,

    Recently got the newest Apple MacBook Pro Unibody and was considering swapping out the hard drive for an SSD. I suppose this question is two fold

    1) What is the exact spec of the drive in the computer at the minute? I know its SATA but I can't get much info beyond that

    2) Can anyone recommend a SSD drive? I was looking at a RunCore one.

    Thanks!

    ironclaw.


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    AlmightyCushion
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    It's probably a 5400rpm drive. As for recommendations, the ocz vertex range or the intel ssds are excellent.


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    ironclaw
    Registered Users Posts: 8,004 ✭✭✭ironclaw


    AlmightyCushion wrote: »
    It's probably a 5400rpm drive. As for recommendations, the ocz vertex range or the intel ssds are excellent.

    Well, thats a start! Thanks for the recommendations. When it comes to SATA, what is or is there a difference between the SATA versions e.g. I, II, 3 etc? Is it just transfer speeds and is there a compatibility issue between them?


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    AlmightyCushion
    Moderators, Education Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 35,079 Mod ✭✭✭✭AlmightyCushion


    ironclaw wrote: »
    Well, thats a start! Thanks for the recommendations. When it comes to SATA, what is or is there a difference between the SATA versions e.g. I, II, 3 etc? Is it just transfer speeds and is there a compatibility issue between them?
    No compatibility issues, they are all backwards compatible. Standard hard drives don't max out sata 1 transfer rates yet so it doesn't matter if it's sata 1,2 or 3.


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    ironclaw
    Registered Users Posts: 8,004 ✭✭✭ironclaw


    Thanks for the help. Do you know what SATA version resides in the newest MacBook?


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