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    WD Scoprio Blue 750gb and 1tb drives

    Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by dgahagan, Jul 27, 2009.

  1. dgahagan

    dgahagan Newbie

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    Anyone know if these recently announced drive will work in the new MBP line?

    Thx
     
    dgahagan, Jul 27, 2009
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  2. ClearSkies

    ClearSkies Well no, I'm still here..

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    They're 12.5mm height drives, rather than usual 9.5mm. Apple uses some pretty tight tolerances, so hard to say right now probably.
     
    ClearSkies, Jul 27, 2009
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  3. sgogeta4

    sgogeta4 Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    I heard most of the older MBP support 12.5mm height, but I can't confirm for the latest gen.
     
    sgogeta4, Jul 27, 2009
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    dgahagan Newbie

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    Answered my own question. New MBP is a no go, older ones maybe?
     
    dgahagan, Jul 27, 2009
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    sgogeta4 Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    Doing a search on this forum... it seems like only 17" MBPs can take 12.5mm. However, until you can confirm things, take with a grain of salt.
     
    sgogeta4, Jul 27, 2009
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  6. Jiten

    Jiten Notebook Consultant

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    Will these babies work on a Mac Mini?
     
    Jiten, Jul 27, 2009
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    MrX8503 Notebook Evangelist

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    Man if they could get those down to 9.5, that would be a beast.
     
    MrX8503, Jul 27, 2009
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    Reports from TUAW say that these only fit in the current 17" MBPs, not in the smaller 15/13 models.
     
    ClearSkies, Jul 27, 2009
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    God if these fit in the current MBP 17... yeah, 1 TB here I come....

    Some say it will fit, some say it won't... I swapped hard drives recently but I can't for the life of it remember if there was a lot of room left. I'll maybe just take a peek inside later - should be obvious if there's 3mm room left or not.

    Considering how tightly packed the 15 and 13 inch machines are, I'd think there is no way these support 12.5mm.
     
    orthorim, Jul 27, 2009
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  10. Seshan

    Seshan Rawrrr!

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    Yeah hopefully they get these down to 9mm and the price down too by the time my 500 gb get's full :D
     
    Seshan, Jul 28, 2009
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    Seshan, Jul 28, 2009
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