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Macbook Hard Drive Recommendations
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rajulkabir
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 Jul 3 2007, 03:25 PM
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QUOTE(civic98 @ May 7 2007, 05:57 PM) someone from Macstudio just told me Macbooks can support up to 120GB only. Can anyone verify this. No, the max volume size supported by OSX is 17179869184 GB and I don't think there's any reason you couldn't use a drive that size - IF you can find one. But with current technology I think the largest 2.5" SATA drive you can actually buy is in the 250GB range. Wait a few months and there will be something larger, and it will work in the MacBook too. Be aware that the larger the hard drive (in proportion to the range of drives available on the market), the hotter it will run. |
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rajulkabir
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Jul 9 2007, 11:46 AM
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QUOTE(MacDaNife @ Jul 4 2007, 11:11 PM) Why should larger drives run hotter? Faster drives (72k vs 54k) perhaps but larger? Given the same generation technology, a higher-capacity drive will have more platters, which means more mass to spin, which means more heat generated. |
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rajulkabir
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Jul 9 2007, 07:05 PM
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QUOTE(MacDaNife @ Jul 9 2007, 01:55 PM) A theoretical possibility no doubt. But there are no practical examples where larger drives pose a problem even in small enclosures of a laptop. My 250 Gig WD Scorpio runs quieter/cooler than the 160 Gig Samsung (Apple OEM) that it replaced. It's a scientific fact. A 100GB drive and a 200GB drive from the same model cycle by the same manufacturer in the same year will have different heat output. Obviously there are other factors at play too, I am just pointing out the baseline. You are talking about two drives that are different generations of technology. |
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