![]() ![]() Our favorite vendor for these is Other World Computing I put one of theirs into a 2007 black MacBook and it turned it into a surprisingly satisfying machine. These drives are much faster, and much more reliable, but cost much more (though much less than they used to). They’re also not to be confused with a hybrid car, which is entirely different.) ![]() (This is not to be confused with the optional “Fusion Drive” for current iMacs, which sounds the same, but is fairly different. These drives, such as the Seagate Momentus XT, have a small-capacity SSD component designed to make them a bit faster. Hitachi’s 7K1000 model is an impressive 1 TB. This is the same speed as a typical desktop computer’s hard drive and what we almost always recommend over 5400 RPM drives unless space is the main concern. (If you have a pre-Unibody MacBook or MacBook Pro, then you can’t use this drive, because it’s physically too tall.) Comparatively slow, but Toshiba now has one (the catchily named MQ01ABD150) that is a whopping 1.5 TB. ![]() If you have a MacBook or MacBook Pro (not the Retina display version), you have lots of hard drive upgrade options.
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