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Biggest size harddisk in a MacBook?
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Join Date: Feb 2001
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I would like to know what is at the moment the biggest size harddisk available for a MacBook?
Brand, price, pro's & cons?
Thanks.
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Join Date: Nov 2000
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You need a 2.5" SATA HDD with less than 9.5 mm height. IIRC you can get up to 250 GB with those specs. Western Digital and Fujitsu both announced 250 GB drives.
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Join Date: Dec 2000
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Is there any limit on hard drive size by the motherboard? My G4 quicksilver had a 128Gb limit, but I know the newer computers are higher than this.
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It'll be much easier if you just comply.
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Get the WD 250GB Scorpio which is available now.
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All SATA controllers support LBA48, so the limit is 128PiB/144PB (petabytes) instead of 128GiB/137GB.
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Originally Posted by tavin64 
Get the WD 250GB Scorpio which is available now.
Yep, it's available already indeed. I just saw it for less than $200. 
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Originally Posted by Simon
Yep, it's available already indeed. I just saw it for less than $200.
Where?
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Needed a 250 gb drive for my MacBook, but wasn't willing to wait for the WD Scorpio to come into wider circulation. Instead picked up a 250 gb drive+external case from MCE Technologies
It arrived today and is working well after formatting and transferring all my files. You'll need your own torx drive and small philips screwdriver to do the install despite the "all necessary tools" comment on the website.
The supplied drive mechanism is a Samsung 250 gb HM250JI SATA drive. The supplied mechanism may change in the future, but that is what was shipped to me. The drive fits perfectly in the MacBook and is as quiet as my old 120 gb WD Scorpio drive. Nice to have space again.
XBench results for the new 250 gb drive follow...
Results 20.41
System Info
Xbench Version 1.3
System Version 10.4.9 (8P2137)
Physical RAM 2048 MB
Model MacBook2,1
Drive Type SAMSUNG HM250JI
Disk Test 20.41
Sequential 49.61
Uncached Write 102.14 62.71 MB/sec [4K blocks]
Uncached Write 97.12 54.95 MB/sec [256K blocks]
Uncached Read 34.01 9.95 MB/sec [4K blocks]
Uncached Read 32.12 16.14 MB/sec [256K blocks]
Random 12.84
Uncached Write 3.80 0.40 MB/sec [4K blocks]
Uncached Write 46.47 14.88 MB/sec [256K blocks]
Uncached Read 59.73 0.42 MB/sec [4K blocks]
Uncached Read 102.00 18.93 MB/sec [256K blocks]
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[QUOTE=Guy Kuo;3402901]Needed a 250 gb drive for my MacBook, but wasn't willing to wait for the WD Scorpio to come into wider circulation. /QUOTE]
Indeed it's very difficult to find it. Here in France they stare at me if I tell them something about burning water: 160 is max, and I am crazy. I just wait.
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Indeed it's very difficult to find it. Here in France they stare at me if I tell them something about burning water: 160 is max, and I am crazy. I just wait.
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Looks like the Scorpio's are finally getting into stock. Newegg now lists them as available for $190.
Meanwhile, I'm still pleased with my Samsung. 250 gb is a very nice step up from my nearly full, old 120 gb Scorpio drive.
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