i would not get anything other than an SSD drive on any machine that i was looking to upgrade if the OS will be on that upgraded drive
On Tue, Sep 2, 2014 at 8:00 AM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > The beauty of an SSD in a laptop, besides making it blindingly fast, is > the increase in battery life you get due to the decrease in power > consumption. > > If it's a beater, I understand, but if you're going to keep it for a while > and it gets used regularly an SSD is a good investment. > > > Dan > > Sent from my iPad > > > On Sep 1, 2014, at 6:37 PM, Rich Thomas via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > > I wondered about that, Rick Hawkins the macman suggests a basic 1TB > Tosh, $60 from Amazon. I'll just go with that, cheap enough. > > > > --R > > > > > >> On 9/1/14 6:28 PM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes wrote: > >> I would avoid a hybrid drive, as they have had issues. > >> > >> Go with an SSD if you can deal with the lesser amount of space. It will > make the machine scream. > >> > >> Dan > >> > >> Sent from my iPad > >> > >>> On Sep 1, 2014, at 5:14 PM, Rich Thomas via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > >>> > >>> Looks like a Tosh or Seagate hybrid might be the way to go > >>> > >>> > http://www.amazon.com/Seagate-Solid-Hybrid-2-5-Inch-ST1000LM014/dp/B00B99JUBQ/ref=pd_cp_pc_0 > >>> http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822149489 > >>> > >>> --R > >>> > >>> > >>>> On 9/1/14 4:23 PM, Rich Thomas via Mercedes wrote: > >>>> So after an hour at the apple store and various incantations and > application of Black Arts, the genii determined that the hard drive was > going bad (wait, wait, I am detecting an incipient failure in the AE-435 > unit...) and the software update probably stressed it enough to pretty much > make it so it did not want to work and boot and such. They could not pull > the one file off it I wanted, but suggested putting the drive in an > external case might enable me to find and pull the file. No big deal, > about 1.5 hour of editing a doc, but still... They did not charge me > anything, that was nice. > >>>> > >>>> So I am going to get a 1TB drive and put it in, see if I can > reanimate it. They wanted $160 for a 500GB replacement, I think not. > Should be able to do an internet OS load, if not the guy said I could come > back in and they would do it all. > >>>> > >>>> If anyone has a particular suggestion for a good drive, please feel > free to share. > >>>> > >>>> The machine is an early 2011 Macbook Pro 2.7GHz 4GB and an > ebola-infected 500GB HD. It had some flavor of 10.8 OS which looked like a > panther of some sort. > >>>> > >>>> --R > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> _______________________________________ > >>>> http://www.okiebenz.com > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those > individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner > has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. > -- *reliable vendor of superior parts for mercedes and other european cars* *www.BuyEUROparts.com <http://www.BuyEUROparts.com>* _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
