Upgrading MacBook HDD...

Yup will fit fine! I put in a 250gig hdd of the same spec from Fujitsu for that much last year. I debated with 7200rpm but kept hearing about additional heat and battery performance dropping and I only use the macbook for putting travel snaps on and when away from the iMac so figured 5400rpm would be fine.
 
The heat and battery-sapping thing isn't as bad as everyone claims.

You'd swear it would overheat or rape your usage, but it's minimal at best.
 
Yeah, that was my conclusion really, lots of theory but no actual proof or figures (or laps on fire). Mine runs nicely with the 5400rpm 250gig fujitsu drive and at the time it was an ok ££ saving. If I was doing more picture or video editing (or if it could be used as a games machine) I would have gone for a 7200rpm.

Horses for courses.
 
EVH said:
The heat and battery-sapping thing isn't as bad as everyone claims.

You'd swear it would overheat or rape your usage, but it's minimal at best.
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Yup, I've got a 7200rpm one in and it works fine... its a little, and by little I mean a tiny tiny change in heat and noise - but its not offputting...
 
Exactly.

Those who want the best storage go for the 5400rpm drives, while those worried about speed will go with the 7200rpm.

I'd be tempted to say, get a large 5400rpm drive for on-the-move, and buy an external backup drive running a 7200rpm for backups at home :cool:
 
EVH said:
Exactly.

Those who want the best storage go for the 5400rpm drives, while those worried about speed will go with the 7200rpm.

I'd be tempted to say, get a large 5400rpm drive for on-the-move, and buy an external backup drive running a 7200rpm for backups at home :cool:
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Aye..

I kept the 5400rpm one for about 3 months - but when I started using photoshop quite a fair bit, I switched to the quicker drive.

Time capsule ends up with most of my junk anyway!
 
which is the best 7200RPM drive at the moment? i've been thinking about upgrading the macbook for a while and when i last looked, the Hitachi was the best... is this still the case?
 
i always said i'd get a new drive when you could get at least 250gig and 7200rpm, but it still doesnt seem to have happened...

is the performance really noticeable? i do loads of 2d graphics work in photoshop and illustrator do you reckon 7200 would be worth it?
 
QuiKsiLVeR said:
i always said i'd get a new drive when you could get at least 250gig and 7200rpm, but it still doesnt seem to have happened...

is the performance really noticeable? i do loads of 2d graphics work in photoshop and illustrator do you reckon 7200 would be worth it?
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i doubt you'd be that impressed by an upgrade tbh.
 
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