-GoBengals- Posted February 9, 2012 Report Share Posted February 9, 2012 I was looking for a replacement botton case screw since i lost one on my macbook pro the other day. I came across a: [b] "2.5" / 9.5mm 2nd HDD Caddy SATA Special Designed For Laptop Apple macbook pro"[/b] I never... ever use my disc drive. ever. I have used it 3 times. 1 to go from a 250 to 500gb hard drive, 1 to go from 500 to 750, and 1 to go from 750 to 1TB... now, lion loads over the web or from a time capsule, so i dont even need it for that anymore. I was thinking, I could get a 128-256gb SSD, make it my main drive, then format and toss the 1 TB drive in where the superdrive is, and use it for all of the media storage. I know mongo was doing this on his mac pro, just never thought of it on a notebook. anyone ever tried? any downside? thoughts? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scoutforlife591 Posted February 11, 2012 Report Share Posted February 11, 2012 I have not done this, but Lifehacker has never failed me. http://lifehacker.com/5541774/how-to-install-a-solid+state-drive-in-your-macbook Specific to optical drive Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
|Elflocko| Posted February 12, 2012 Report Share Posted February 12, 2012 [quote name='Scoutforlife591' timestamp='1328943548' post='1095373'] I have not done this, but Lifehacker has never failed me. [url="http://lifehacker.com/5541774/how-to-install-a-solid+state-drive-in-your-macbook"]http://lifehacker.co...in-your-macbook[/url] Specific to optical drive [/quote] Kick ass... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-GoBengals- Posted February 13, 2012 Author Report Share Posted February 13, 2012 welllllllllllllll, I just dropped my macbook on its edge and slightly bent the aluminium unibody lower case/frame, and caused a kink near the power button, so I wont bother till i get my new one, i catn decide whether to blow $80-200 on a new frame for my current one before selling it, i would thing the cosmetic damages are likely to lose me that much in re-sale value. according to ebay sold auctions its worth about a grand right now... mostly due to the 1tb hard drive and 8gb ram i tossed in over the years. ANYWAY..... so i wont be partaking in this project anytime soon now.. *sigh* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scoutforlife591 Posted February 15, 2012 Report Share Posted February 15, 2012 They say it voids your warranty. So, if you do it on a new one...that might not be good, seeing as in theory, you ought to wait the year after you buy. Not sure what kind of warranty seal stickers they put in there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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