If you buy an external drive, they may not have the full warranty of a bare drive. I worry more about warranty length and ease of exchange, WD, seagate...between the two I can't say which I've had better or worse luck.
I've a friend who replaced his 5400 drive with a 7200 drive in his macbook pro, he said the difference was significant. You don't need the speed of a 7200 externally, but I would get one for your system drive if at all you can. On Mon, Nov 30, 2009 at 8:38 AM, b_s-wilk <b1sun...@yahoo.es> wrote: > I need a new drive for my MacBook. I'm considering two external USB drives > that I might open, remove from the case and put into my Mac, after testing > for a few weeks. > > I picked up a WD My Passport Essential 500GB drive on Friday, but reviews > don't look good. How does it compare to the Seagate FreeAgent portable > drive? I have a larger FreeAgent drive that was defective and replaced; it's > been working fine since then. The WD Passport has a microUSB port like a > digital camera, and the cable tends to get disconnected. > > My other option is to buy a bare drive and an enclosure for the old drive. > 5400 RPM is OK. Max [supported] drive size for my MacBook is 500GB. Which > bare drives are more reliable? > > > ************************************************************************* > ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** > ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** > ************************************************************************* > ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
