I have filled my hard drive storage and I would like to increase the storage size. What is the maximum size of drive I can go up to? I believe today that I have a 320 GB storage device.
MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.5)
1.5TB is the current maximum, any 2.5" SATA drive can be fitted, HDD or SSD, HDD's are cheaper and larger, SSD's are much much faster.
Can I purchase either an HDD or and SSD that is 1.5TB for my existing MacBook Pro? If so approximately how much will this cost?
A 1.5TB HDD is around $130, no similar sized SSD exists but a 1TB SSD is $500 or more. The SSD is very fast (compared to the HDD)
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There is now a 2TB drive that will fit:
And for a 1TB SSD you can't do any better than this one.
But likely not need the *50 PRO either, and EVO would save and do well, even 500GB would be larger and huge improvement (I have a number of 500GB EVO 840's)
True, on a Sata bus there is nothing to choose between an 850 Pro and an Evo, but I am easy to please, give me the best 🙂
I actually use Crucial MX200's and Samsung 840's.
PCIe is the way forward (for now) with SSD's, almost all of them are now running close to the Sata bus limits.
I'll assume you saw the announcement about NVME replacing AHCI on the latest (post Apr 10) Macs?
A motherboard with SATA III - the first year of MacBook Pro with it didn't go smoothly as planned.
Apple has quietly introduced support for the next generation NVM Express (NVMe) interface to SSD Flash drives in their latest OS X 10.10.3 update as well as in the new Retina MacBook which was released on April 10th.
PCIe-SSD helps make things smaller, less watts and heat, as well as faster, but the heck with SATA II & III, where is our PCIe 3.0?
SSD tech has changed more and faster in the time since it hit mainstream in summer of 2008, constantly changing.
When the G5 came out, that summer almost no one expected or was ready to see and support an SATA disk drive.
Picking up a new tech interface and product? Apple? really?
Server Storage (and prices)
http://www.storagereview.com/samsung_announces_industry_s_first_25inch_nvme_ssd
hard drive size for macbook pro
