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

buy buy buy

dont really trust seagate anymore nowadays..seems like there are many problems discovered with the drive since they moved the manufacturing place
too bad western digital doesnt come with scorpio black 500GB yet..
btw, anyone here using hitachi 500GB 7200rpm?

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

i believe the seagate quality control is getting very lousy
dont know about other people's thought tough.

im with v1rtual.. sold off my seagate hdd. now all my hdd are western digital, even on my macbook im using scorpio blue.

Hey guys,

any idea how much 1 pc of 2gb ddr3 ram for my MBW will cost. I actually plan to get 1 piece so that I can run on 3gb ram instead of 2gb. What is the recommendable ram brand and is it a hefty job to DIY the ram replacement?

just purchased a new 500GB western digital for my mbp
can anyone help me how to process with the installation of of leopard please
thanks in advance

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

Im Done Upgrade to 500gb, now wanna upgrade the ram..


You must format it to FAT32 and then ON the macbook PRESS ALT, make sure u already insert the installer..

This post has been edited by Sevenfold: Feb 7 2010, 08:44 PM

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

i asked Machines, Sunway for 2 x 2GB RAM for my MB white unibody. They quote me RM698 for both. The price is overprice isn't it? Can anyone intro some place which i can buy it at cheaper price and they will help me replace the ram?

still 4 pin firewire cant power up device (ideally)

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This post has been edited by cRazYee: Feb 8 2010, 07:51 AM

A quick check on the pricelists on lowyat.net's front page:
http://images.lowyat.net/pricelist/czone.pdf : RM175 (RM350 for 2x2GB)
http://images.lowyat.net/pricelist/cycom.pdf: RM163 (RM326 for 2x2GB)
http://images.lowyat.net/pricelist/jayacom.pdf: RM165-170 (RM330-340 for 2x2GB)
http://images.lowyat.net/pricelist/pczone.pdf: RM160-170 (RM320-340 for 2x2GB)
http://images.lowyat.net/pricelist/startec.pdf: RM168-173 (RM336-346 for 2x2GB)
http://images.lowyat.net/pricelist/viewnet.pdf: RM169 (RM338 for 2x2GB)

So yeah, I'd say that charging double is definitely overpriced. Even Apple charges an extra RM359 for a CTO MacBook shipped with 4gigs of memory (http://store.apple.com/my/configure/MC207ZP/A?mco=MTM3NjY4NzQ).

You can install the memory yourself, read up page 46-50 of the user manual (http://manuals.info.apple.com/en_US/MacBook_13inch_Late2009_UG.pdf) for instructions.

@lailaikatong
Thanks fr the info, but then is that every DDR3 are compatible with MBW? Sorry noob question >.<

Hmmm,anyone install RAM urself before? Is that very hard to do? Coz i scare i ll ruined everythig. lolz.

This post has been edited by Jing-leBelle: Feb 8 2010, 08:42 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

Hi all Mac expert here,
I'm going to get one MBP unibody 13inch with the lowest spec and plan to upgrade the RAM and HDD myself later. I have a few questions need to ask.

1st question:
Seeing most of the ppl here still struggling on which RAM to buy for upgrade, perhaps maybe I should straight upgrade to 2x2GB RAM right from Apple store? I'm buying using educational price so the upgrade of the RAM cost RM323 and they are Apple certified RAM. However, I would really like to hear the opinions of all Mac experts here

2nd question:
For the HDD, I read some review (I remember is from macperformanceguide.com but duno which section d) saying that the overall performance of Hitachi Travelstar 5K500.B is better than WD 500GB Scropio Blue (no offence to those who are using WD ). Just wonder anyone had tried both HDD before and mind to share their opinion?

3rd question:
Also, it seems like upgrading the RAM and HDD myself will not void the warranty from Apple right? Do I need to keep the original RAM and HDD then swap them back to my MBP when I send back to Apple for warranty claim?

4th question:
Regarding ACPP, I'm abit confuse about the years of warranty it provides. Is it total of 3 years from the date I purchase (1yr without ACPP plus 2yrs with ACPP) or total of 4 years from the date i purchase (1yr without ACPP plus additional 3yrs with ACPP)?

Thanks all experts here highly appreciate your opinions.

I do have seagate 2.5inch 7200RPM (500GB HDD) we always have these high end products in hand.

All of the RAM listed there meets the specifications outlined on page 46 of the user guide (http://manuals.info.apple.com/en_US/MacBoo...Late2009_UG.pdf, so yes they are all compatible with the MBW.

Plenty of people have installed their RAM themselves, including me. Read the user guide before you attempt the upgrade. If you think you can't do what's instructed, or if you don't have the proper tools, get someone else to do it for you.

thanks for the answers bro i guess i will wait for apple to annouce news to upgrade their macbook pro, then only buy the current one (consider old model d once they annouce new macbook lineup)

Anyone heard of macbook pro ram brand name "Strontium DDR3 ?" Any difference with normal Kingston DDR 3 ?