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Papa Needs a New Hard Drive


Pictures, music, videos and their associated programs have taken up 90GB of my 100GB laptop's hard disk drive. Basically, it's full.

I've been searching online and talking with experts over the phone to see which drive I should purchase online. They told me that I can upgrade my 2.5" disk drive with one of whatever size size and whatever manufacturer. So, why not go with 500GB drive, the largest model on the market currently. All the drives I found online of that size are within $89-$109.

I'll decide before the weekend is over, but at this point, I think I'm going to go with the slightly more expensive but safer bet. It is the 500GB stock hard drive that Apple puts into their new Macbooks. I've literally heard nothing bad about it.

Fujitsu MJA2500BH-G2 500GB 5400 RPM 8MB Cache 2.5" SATA 3.0Gb/s Internal Notebook Hard Drive -Bare Drive

This is the largest purchase I've made since I bought my car. (A significant difference in price.)

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  1. Julie TSun Nov 15, 07:51:00 AM MST

    Good luck with that! ALl I know is that I should have bought an Ipod at least 2-3 times as capacious!

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  2. dougThu Nov 19, 10:13:00 PM MST

    have you bought this yet? i'm in the same boat as you. there is a 2.5" 500gb hard drive with 16mb cache and spins 7200rpm. I was told that the increased cache will make your computer feel snappier. with the 7200 rpm the hd spins faster, using more power-BUT doesn't have to spin as long since you're getting the info faster. also the new 7200rpm hds have special technology to conserve power. hmmm... they got such bad reviews on newegg though. maybe i'll just do like you and go with what apple uses. I've never thought once that my mac runs slow anyway. gotta love osx.

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