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7200 rpm hard drives

Can I install a 7200 rpm 640gb into a mapbook pro 13" late 2009
are there any problems and will it take away battery life?

Mapbook Pro 13" Late 2009 2.26 GHz, Mac OS X (10.6.2)

Posted on Mar 29, 2010 1:33 PM

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Mar 29, 2010 2:37 PM in response to rsqmike

Can I install a 7200 rpm 640gb into a mapbook pro 13" late 2009...?


I think not, because there aren't any such drives. If there were any, you could. The only current 640GB 2.5" notebook drive I know of runs at 5400RPM:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136459

Western Digital also makes a 750GB and a 1TB drive for notebook use, but they run at 5200 RPM.

There are higher-speed (10,000 and 15,000 RPM) 2.5" drives designed for use in blade servers and other enterprise applications, but they aren't suitable for use in notebooks: they're too hot and perhaps too noisy and energy-hungry.

7200 rpm hard drives

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