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    Multiple drives in MBP?

    Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by Malgrave, Apr 4, 2012.

  1. Malgrave

    Malgrave Notebook Consultant

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    Sorry for yet another newb question...

    The MBP seems to come with SSD or traditional HD options. SSDs are awesome, but small and expensive. Is there any way of putting in two hard drives? Say a 128 GB SSD and a 750 GB HD? E.g., lots of PC owners play the game of replacing the ODD with a second HD...

    Thanks!
     
    Malgrave, Apr 4, 2012
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  2. s2odin

    s2odin Merrica!

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    s2odin, Apr 4, 2012
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  3. Malgrave

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    That's awesome. It looks like just the trick.

    Does anyone have any experience with these? I tried to find a picture of one installed, and couldn't. Do they reuse the ODD's cover to retain the original aesthetics?

    This is assuming of course that the new MBP's will actually have an ODD. ;)
     
    Malgrave, Apr 5, 2012
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  4. ygohome

    ygohome Notebook Deity

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    yes, tons of MBP owners here have experience using the optical bay for a HDD or SDD. *edit: SATA III SSDs sometimes have trouble being recognized in an optibay. SATA II are more reliable when used in the optibay. A regular HDD works fine though

    Mac's have slot loading and the slot is part of the unibody housing... original aesthetics are retained.
     
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  5. Malgrave

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    Including you, apparently. ;)
     
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    masterchef341 The guy from The Notebook

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    It'll look like the MBP has a disc drive.

    [​IMG]

    If you're talking about MBP's for future generations, it will depend.
     
    masterchef341, Apr 5, 2012
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  7. mmoy

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    If you have a 17 inch MBP or an older 15 inch MBP, you can use an ExpressCard SSD. I've been using a 48 GB ExpressCard SSD for the last 18 months and it has been great. This is on a 2008 17 inch MBP. I also have a WD 1 TB HDD in it.
     
    mmoy, Apr 7, 2012
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