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the macbooks (current gen) have a really easily replaceable hard drive, here's hoping the same is true for the new one.
by thehigherlife 18y ago
the macbooks (current gen) have a really easily replaceable hard drive, here's hoping the same is true for the new one.
- pmjordan 18y agoI know, I almost bought a current-gen MacBook off someone I know, with the intention of replacing the built-in 80GB drive with a brand new 500GB one, but decided to wait out this new release. The new ones are rumoured to have 160-250GB of disk space, and if past experience is anything to go by, getting bigger disks from Apple is going to be a ripoff. The store site is down right now, but I vaguely remember the upgrade to 320GB being of the order of a brand new 500GB drive (~€125), if you fit one of those yourself you end up with a spare drive as well of course. Plus, being able to replace it yourself within the space of a couple minutes in case it fails is worth a lot to me too.
- pmjordan 18y agoFYI, the HDD is easily accessible on both the new MBP and the new MB: http://arstechnica.com/journals/apple.ars/2008/10/14/hands-on-with-the-macbookpros-removable-hard-drive http://arstechnica.com/journals/apple.ars/2008/10/14/hands-o...