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Mar 28, 2015 3:48 AM in response to arnsaby OGELTHORPE,The downside is that you will not have an integral DVD drive, bu
t you can still use it with a compatible enclosure:
eshop.macsales.com/item/OWC/VLSS9TOPTU2
Here is some information on the secondary storage mount:
eshop.macsales.com/item/OWC/DDAMBS0GB/
Ciao.
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Mar 28, 2015 3:50 AM in response to OGELTHORPEby arnsa,Well, as I said, I don't use CD-ROM at all, so besides that, there are no other downsides? What about battery time? Will it last the same time as it lasts now?
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Mar 28, 2015 3:54 AM in response to arnsaby OGELTHORPE,I imagine that there will be a battery drain as there would be if you had an external; HDD connected. I cannot quantify that, but you can experiment if you have an external HDD available.
ciao.
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Mar 28, 2015 4:13 AM in response to arnsaby Carlos De Bernard,Arnsa. Upgrading the HDD is easy. I do upgrades for macbook pro after warranty. I do a brand. You can purchase mx100 mx200 from crucial. In my computer i purchase the SSD370 from transcend. Just do a clean install, using a USB boot. Do the format and install. Before doing all these, disconnect find my mac, sign off Imessege, face time. sign off itunes, book and app store. before installing the ssd. Since all of your password and safari links is on apple cloud services those can be get back.
Regarding replaicing the cd rom drive, get the OWC caddy. Here is the trick. Check if your MBP can work with 6gb/s on the bay. you can check it in About these mac, then System Report, go to SATTA/SATA Express, there you will find 2 devices. The first one is the main drive. the second is dvd drive data conector. If it said Negotiated Link Speed 6 Gigabit, you can add any mechanical drive or SDD. If it said 3 Gigabit, you have 2 options there, add a 3 Gigabit HDD. Be sure is native 3 Gigabit drive. On my instlaions, adding a 6 cause problems. I add drive that said backwards to 3 Gigabits, and still have problems. You can search those on Amazons.
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Mar 28, 2015 12:13 PM in response to arnsaby Carlos De Bernard,Yep!.
Just to be safe and get a SSD for the caddy with OWC in 3 Gigabit. And there are bundles (caddy and ssd). If you installing that, follow the instruction by the letter.
All mechanical drive that try to install there that said 6 Gigaits backwards to 3Gibabits, got problems on the reading making crach on low speed and other just do not work. Specially when you are accessing those a lot like Itunes library, etc. In my computer I add a seagate momentum 750 gb 7500rpm in 3 Gibatit native. And works PERFECT in my computer, that is as same as yours. I add the one that i take out from factory, formatted and got reading speed, disconnect, and other new, brands, and those all crash, on any computer, on any model. get SSD 3gbxs.
go safe and if you want to get a ssd with caddy where the cd is, go like these.
On the main drive, the use of he MX100 on both 3 and 6 port is perfect. I just i do not know why is not posible in cdrom bay!
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Mar 28, 2015 2:21 PM in response to Carlos De Bernardby arnsa,First of all, please, try to talk a little more fluently, because it's really hard to understand what are you trying to say. If I understood correctly, I'll be installing SSD in the HDD's place and I'll install this HDD from MacBook instead of CD-ROM.
Btw, why this guide still recommends buying 6gb/s SSD? Maybe there're really no problems with 6gb/s SSDs? Upgrading Your MacBook Pro with a Solid State Drive
