4-pin version is still firewire, dats y it's still called 1394a. juz not 'apple's version', as u said it's sony's

u said it urself... it's called an HDD enclosure. if USB, any PC shops got sell

final cut pro ah...i dont think it's a good idea. imovie not enough for u?

ur video quality is not because of ur hard drive...upgrading wont fix that. what format is the video?

yeap, but they supposedly shorten battery life a bit. i just read somewhere the other day that WD scorpio blue 500gb is still the best performing drive, even beating out 7200rpm ones

get the scorpio blue laa hehehe. lots of fellow forumers using it

got got... seagate and hitachi brand. not sure la available in malaysia or not, but i wasnt looking lah

buy buy buy

oh really? what happened to seagate?

actually my scorpio blue also got prob when i bought it. read performance was slow as hell. sent it back to the shop, wait less than one week for them to try to repair, but in the end they gave me a new unit

why not juz get 4gb instead? if ure using 3gb u're missing out on dual channel.

1 pc shud be around 170-190. i'd recommend corsair or mushkin. OWC and crucial is supposedly better but have to order

u can juz clone ur system if u want. no need to install anything. installing OSX is pretty straightforward lah..i dun think u need anyone to help u

i downgraded back to my stock 250gb hard drive

few months ago i mentioned after upgrading my hdd to a WD scorpio blue 500gb, i noticed bad hdd performance and it got worse over time. at 1st i thought i got a faulty unit, so after sending it back to the shop they gave me a new one. turns out the problem rose again. i went ahead and did a clean install of SL, and again after a few weeks, suffered the poor hdd performance. here's what im talking about

these are screenshots from activity monitor when i'm cloning my system (the 500gb) to the stock 250gb drive using superduper


u can see the 'valleys' which indicates there a no hdd activity. during this time my system would freeze but still can switch apps n the dock still magnifies. it gets serious that it looked like this



screenshot of superduper during cloning



copying 7gb took 25mins. the whole cloning took a whopping 12 hours! for a ~180gb system . for comparison, i cloned my system before when it was just ~130gb and it only took 4-5 hours

i have 4gb RAM and they were never full according to activity monitor. also, transfer rate from an external hdd to another external hdd was normal. that's why i suspect the internal hdd prob. so anyone have a clue?

as i said this is the 2nd unit i got. could it be that i got two faulty hdd? damn unlucky ;p

This post has been edited by dvlzplayground: Feb 7 2010, 10:29 PM

supposedly all are compatible, but i'd suggest u to stay away from kingston. some users got issues with it

consider mushkin or corsair

since u bought it already, then ur best option is to buy 3rd party and install urself

i bought a pair of 2gb Corsair DDR3 RAMs for RM350 or so.

apparently (from this thread) the best brands are OWC and Crucial but those you have to order online, and are slightly more expensive lah. you can also get Kingston KTA or Mushkin 'for Mac' RAMs but those are overpriced.

so i'll recommend get Corsair or the normal Mushkins. Kingston KVR got mixed results so try to stay away

i juz bought the normal one. here's a pic:

i dunno know to judge RAM performance hehe. btw any performance increase might be juz bcuz im upgrading from 2gb to 4gb. but no kernel panics so far lah

This post has been edited by dvlzplayground: Feb 27 2010, 05:07 PM

yep, very easy. open up the bottom panel n u'll see ur ram in the middle, each module held in place by two fixtures. juz push the fixtures outwards n the ram will pop up. repeat for the other module (located under the 1st one).

then insert ur new ram (make sure with the correct orientation) from the same angle u took out the old one, then push it down. the fixtures should match the notches on the modules

which macbook and which screws are u referring to? for the latest macbook white unibody u need Phillips #00 and Torx T6 for the HDD itself

save urself the trouble n dun try2 using a screwdriver lying around n see if it would fit. u might damage the screw head. get the proper size n type

This post has been edited by dvlzplayground: Feb 28 2010, 10:14 PM

core duo one is it?

then u need Phillips #00 and Torx T8

here u go: http://www.ifixit.com/Guide/Repair/Install...placement/282/1

hehe hardware shop sure got one. screws are worldwide standard parts

^ from what i've seen, depends on your luck for some people it works flawlessly, for some people it kinda works but often got kernel panic, and for some people it doesnt work at all

for me, instead of burning 2800 for 8gb RAM.. i'd get an SSD

i bought that HDD too. it seemed to work fine for 2/3 weeks..then become slower and slower. i cloned everything to the stock 250gb, swap it back n never experience the problem anymore. now i just use the 500gb as external for movies etc

no idea why though. i took it back to the shop already, got a new unit, and still same problem.

the 500gb scorpio blue shud b the best HDD for MBP...lots of reviews say so. tough luck :S

lol why suddenly got other people experiencing this. last time i voiced it out here, i was alone

cannot say WD is better than seagate lah...both are very good. juz that specifically for 500gb 2.5" SATA drives, the scorpio blue is supposed to be the best. maybe newer batch not good?