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can you recommend a 500gb HD to go in a MacBook 2006 model? i have maxed out my 120gb drive and want to upgrade, any opinions on the best way to go?

seagate... all the way, quite, fast, thin (9.5mm) and reliable.

like this? http://www.seagate.com/www/en-us/produc ... -7200-kit/

http://www.overclockersclub.com/reviews ... 0gb/12.htm
this!

What the Funk'ster said.

oops, and i mean quiet.

quite quiet?

i replace the original hd of my macbook pro 2006 with a scorpion from western digital, 500gb @ 7200. Simply far better ... pay attention: battery consumption is higer!

sphrec wrote:i replace the original hd of my macbook pro 2006 with a scorpion from western digital, 500gb @ 7200. Simply far better ... pay attention: battery consumption is higer!

WD is in my eyes a no go!... battery consumption noticeably higher? well, WD crap.

so this would be what i'm after ?

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Seagate-ST95004 ... 884&sr=8-1

yep.

and @ WD again... not being a dick, just read up or really make a good and deep search on the net about that seagates in the 2.5" market are the best performaing drives right now, the momentus is simply the fastest and quietest drive around right now for laptops, and very reliable***

*** reliability of a drive then again is always a shot in the dark, it's a HD you can be lucky for years and years or it dies in hours / days...

that is something that can happen with any brand, but WDs are notorious for failure, at least it is the brand i know most people that had not much luck.

wd is one of the top leader of the sector ... belive me ... battery higher consumption is due to the rpm of the disk ... original macbook pro was shipped with a 4500rpm hard disk, the one i put into was at 7200... quite normal ...

the change btw was a big step forward .. noticable changes

SubFunk wrote:and very reliable***

fwiw i had three(!) 320gb seagate drives die in my first generation macbook. something about that combo was anything but reliable. each successive drive was replaced via warranty, and would die in the exact same manner a few months later. the final drive was removed and subsequently destroyed-by-hammer, despite the fact it was still under warranty. currently running a 500gb hitachi in last generation black macbook without issues.

cheers sub & co.

damn it can't find in stock momentus XT version grr.

scientist wrote:

SubFunk wrote:and very reliable***

fwiw i had three(!) 320gb seagate drives die in my first generation macbook. something about that combo was anything but reliable. each successive drive was replaced via warranty, and would die in the exact same manner a few months later. the final drive was removed and subsequently destroyed-by-hammer, despite the fact it was still under warranty. currently running a 500gb hitachi in last generation black macbook without issues.

*** reliability of a drive then again is always a shot in the dark, it's a HD you can be lucky for years and years or it dies in hours / days...

that is something that can happen with any brand, but WDs are notorious for failure, at least it is the brand i know most people that had not much luck.