MacBook HHD Confirmation

Justin said:
Yeah it will work, it's 2.5" and SATA, don't see why not.
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Because the 3rd search from Google UK for "Hitachi Travelstar 5K160 for macbook" said "not compatible"... I just want to confirm / perhaps someone used it before. For under £40 on OcUK, I think it's a snatch for 120GB...
 
On a related subject does anyone have a clue how much an Apple store/repair centre would charge to change the HDD in a MacBook Pro? (the latest ones)
 
Apple stores definately won't do it, resellers will if you ask though :)

I'd imagine it'd be 30-50 £ to swap.. it's sooo easy to do though, you'd be better off doing it yourself.
 
Caged said:
That was 5 or 6 years ago, when the drives were made by IBM. To still have a fear of them is crazy.
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I suppose it depends if you trust Hitachi, I've always used other models.
 
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There's no problems with IBM/Hitachi nowadays - their laptop drives are probably the most reliable along with Seagate. We've got hundreds of IBM Thinkpads with the Hitachi drives at work and have very little problems with them. The few we have with Fujitsu's are much more prone to failure.

I'd avoid the WDs at the moment. They're relatively new to the 2.5" game and we've seen too many failures on upgrade drives we've fitted (mainly the 60/80/120Gb versions).
 
LordSplodge said:
Just go to iFixit.com easy instructions on how to chnage your HDD
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I've seen the instructions on iFixIt and to be honest I'd rather pay the money to preserve the warranty.

My experience of changing the memory was harsh enough - micro-screws which are so easy to round off if you haven't got a microscopic screwdriver :(
 
Durzel said:
I've seen the instructions on iFixIt and to be honest I'd rather pay the money to preserve the warranty.

My experience of changing the memory was harsh enough - micro-screws which are so easy to round off if you haven't got a microscopic screwdriver :(
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You don't lose your warranty upgrading the HDD it's supposed to be user upgradable. Hell Apple will show you how on their website!
 
Durzel said:
I've seen the instructions on iFixIt and to be honest I'd rather pay the money to preserve the warranty.

My experience of changing the memory was harsh enough - micro-screws which are so easy to round off if you haven't got a microscopic screwdriver :(
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I upgraded my memory a few months back and got a set of micro screws from a local DIY for £1... perfecto~

The HDD, I took it out, out of interest, and refit it back, it's simple - like loading a gameboy cartriage in and out (except with a ribbon)...

Looks like I'll be placing an order for Hitachi's Drive instead of the WD (from Magicboy's comment) - plus it's cheaper.

Anyone else with experiences to these Drives and have an input before I buy it over the weekend?
 
I only suggested the WD because it was around the same price as the one you were going to get :p

Personally, whenever I've built PCs I've used Samsung or Seagate drives, suppose it depends how much you want to spend.
 
I've been using Maxtor, Samsungs and Seagate too but they're all 3.5... laptop will be my first thus I'm not too sure about reliability.

I'm tempted by the Hitachi's due to pricing compared to Seagate (eventho they're proven to be "faster" overall and "more" reliable in terms of branding...)
 
Durzel said:
On the Macbook sure, but not the Macbook Pro. You have to take the thing apart to do it on the Macbook Pro.
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I think it's ok so long as you don't damage anything when performing the update, I just remember someone confirming it before and I was shocked because I thought it was MacBook only too.
 
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