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New MacPro config... Apple hard drive...?
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I'm configuring a new MacPro. Apple wants $300 for a second 500gb drive. Looking around I found a Western Digital 500gb (8.7 seek, 7200rpm, 16mb cache) for $179. No other specs given on the Apple site for their HD's. Is there a $120 difference? The drive will be used for audio.
Thanks for any help.
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Last edited by Bigfoot; Apr 13, 2007 at 11:28 AM.
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There's no reason to buy Apple hard drive or RAM upgrades unless you're buying an AIO and the upgrade in question is difficult.
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The drive/s inside won't be made by Apple. They'll be made by a major hard drive manufacturer (i.e. Seagate, Maxtor, Western Digital, etc). So, just choose the cheapest hard drive option, and buy your drives elsewhere (providing you're comfortable fitting them yourself - which isn't hard).
onlyone-jc.
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There's no reason to buy a hard drive from Apple, but that WD isn't a particularly good deal.
Buy a 500GB Seagate for $145 with a 5 year warranty (same specs, 7200RPM/8.5ms seek/16MB cache)
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Thank you folks. Think I'll get two of those Seagates for the price of one from Apple. Thanks for the link.
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