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Western Digital Ships 320GB 2.5-Inch Drives for Laptops

glebec — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 12:54:02 EST

Oh good... I just got a MBP (Oct. 1) with 160GB 7200rpm and after the fact I realized that wasn't going to be enough in the long term.

Now the question is, when to upgrade (and cut off Apple support)?

glebec

Western Digital Ships 320GB 2.5-Inch Drives for Laptops

kydrice — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 06:13:43 EDT

@EvilJ:
yea works on PS3s great deal.

kydrice

Western Digital Ships 320GB 2.5-Inch Drives for Laptops

BarkoNorwang — Thu, 01 Nov 2007 21:39:38 EDT

Ummm just went onto WD's site and I'm seriously considering picking up one of these for my Macbook Pro, but I'm not seeing any kind of BUY IT button... Are they shipping the drives now or am I just totally missing something...

BarkoNorwang

Western Digital Ships 320GB 2.5-Inch Drives for Laptops

johnnyabnormal — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 20:34:20 EDT

Also, since I'm not a hard drive expert: What is the most important factor to consider when looking for good performance....5400 vs. 7200 rpms, seek time, transfer rate?

johnnyabnormal

Western Digital Ships 320GB 2.5-Inch Drives for Laptops

johnnyabnormal — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 19:51:07 EDT

Damn. This just might be the perfect solution to the Seagate drives that are crapping out lately.

johnnyabnormal

Western Digital Ships 320GB 2.5-Inch Drives for Laptops

Evil J — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 18:06:27 EDT

Quick question... this works in PS3s, no?

Evil J

Western Digital Ships 320GB 2.5-Inch Drives for Laptops

GLaiV3 — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 15:09:40 EDT

Damnit, I just put that 250gb one with perpendicular writing in my MBP. Now I gotta buy an enclosure and this drive... I want a new hard drive :-(

GLaiV3

Western Digital Ships 320GB 2.5-Inch Drives for Laptops

chillywilly — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 12:49:00 EDT

Wow. Comparing the specs of this WD drive to the Samsung I just dropped in my MBP, it looks like it's a lot faster, esp. the SATA interface buffer to host rate (3gbs vs. 150mbs on the Samsung). all of the other specs are pretty close, with the WD slightly edging out the Samsung.

chillywilly

Western Digital Ships 320GB 2.5-Inch Drives for Laptops

chillywilly — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 12:34:56 EDT

Like ultim8fury and joseph, I just barely did the 250gb upgrade to my MBP (only 3 days ago, too). Oh well. technology moves forward... sometimes too fast.

I'll wait for the 500gb version next year.

chillywilly

Western Digital Ships 320GB 2.5-Inch Drives for Laptops

kahri — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 12:03:18 EDT

I'll wait for someone to actually try it. The last thing my MBP needs is more heat.

kahri

Western Digital Ships 320GB 2.5-Inch Drives for Laptops

Joseph — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 12:01:06 EDT

@WD40: Why get a Dell? Windows and OSX both run faster on Macbook Pros.

Joseph

Western Digital Ships 320GB 2.5-Inch Drives for Laptops

WD40 — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 11:48:26 EDT

I might just upgrade to this from my 80GB...very nice! Better deal than buying it straight from Dell, maybe even get OSX on my XPS lappy who knows.

WD40

Western Digital Ships 320GB 2.5-Inch Drives for Laptops

Joseph — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 11:25:53 EDT

NOOOOOOOOOOOO I JUST FREAKING PUT A 250 IN MY MACBOOK PRO NO MORE THAN 2 MONTHS AGO AND NOW THIS!!! STOP TOYING WITH ME WD!!!

Joseph

Western Digital Ships 320GB 2.5-Inch Drives for Laptops

mangochutney — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 10:34:57 EDT

Very nice!
My plan was to go for the 250GB Scorpio when I buy my MacBook, but bigger is better.

mangochutney

Western Digital Ships 320GB 2.5-Inch Drives for Laptops

metonae — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 10:33:31 EDT

I wish more higher capacity laptop drives would come out with an IDE interface. Sigh. I guess I'll just have to get with the times. But my laptop isn't that old yet. .

metonae

Western Digital Ships 320GB 2.5-Inch Drives for Laptops

ultim8fury — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 10:29:21 EDT

Dammit, only yesterday I bought new internal and external drives for my MBP. You couldn't have just reported it a day earlier ?

ultim8fury

Western Digital Ships 320GB 2.5-Inch Drives for Laptops

ossnap — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 10:20:09 EDT

Another gem from WD and another reason for me to continue buying their products. /me likes!

ossnap

Western Digital Ships 320GB 2.5-Inch Drives for Laptops

origamimavin — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 10:11:19 EDT

i likes te tinkering -.-

and i likes tis drive

origamimavin

Western Digital Ships 320GB 2.5-Inch Drives for Laptops

jimb213 — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 09:55:56 EDT

neato! That's enough space for me to load the media onto the HD for mobile editing (at least for one project at a time). I wouldn't use it for capturing or intensive work, of course, but it would be nice to edit elsewhere... I can get a little stir-crazy in my home office...

jimb213