Hi thanks for that Robin. I downloaded that and trawled through it. It seems the SATA drive storage format was used up until mid 2012 so that is giving me the range of what to look for.
Alternatives are still to go later and then with a later machine (MBP or MBA) with minimum 500GB storage use the Migration assistant to do the transfer from the removed SATA drive using my SATA adaptor (from my wife failed MBP) into the new machine. I suppose newer is always better. Regards Peter. > On 12 Mar 2021, at 7:51 am, Robin Belford <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi peter, > > I suggest you download this app and trawl your way through the storage specs > for suitable machines. > https://mactracker.ca <https://mactracker.ca/> > > Regards, > > Robin > >> On 11 Mar 2021, at 7:33 pm, Peter Crisp <[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> >> Hi team, my wife’s 2011 MBP has failed with grey screen. I couldn’t >> resurrect it and was prepared to write it off and use the TM back up to >> restore into a new machine. I thought one last check so I pulled out the SSD >> that I installed in it many years ago (along with extra RAM) and using my >> SATA adaptor, used the removed SSD as the boot drive on my MBP 2013 Retina. >> >> So I think the MBP chassis is stuffed and I’m looking for another that will >> accomodate the 2.5” SSD SATA drive which seems fine. >> >> Does anyone know how late I can go to get an MBP that accommodates the 2.5” >> SATA drive? Does a MacBook Air take that sort of drive and would there be >> any compatibility issues with going to a later model MBP or MBA with the SSD? >> >> Regards >> >> >> Pete >> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- >> Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml >> <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml>> >> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml >> <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml>> >> Settings & Unsubscribe - >> <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug >> <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug>> > > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> > Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> > Settings & Unsubscribe - > <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug>
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