Western Digital Scorpio Blue 500 GB Bulk/OEM Hard Drive 2.5 Inch, 8 MB Cache, 5400 RPM SATA II WD5000BEVT
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Customer Review: Great Macbook Pro Upgrade
Summary: 5 Stars
I decided to upgrade my MacBook Pro laptop. Why Apple sold such as expensive computer with only a 90 GB hard disk drive is beyond me, but they did. I was a bit worried about my ability to install a replacement OEM drive and whether it would be compatible with a system that used a relatively slow clock speed and a 7200 RPM Hitachi drive initially. But I followed the recommended steps. First, I backed up my computer with an external drive using the Time Machine SW. Then I replaced the drive following one of the YouTube Video explanations (make sure you have the right tiny screwdrives and a T6 driver). The only wrinkle in doing that was getting the tape holding the connectors in place to stick again. The tape can't really be reused, so those internal connectors could detach at some point.
Once I put things back together, I turned the system on with an OS disk in the DVD drive and .... nothing. It didn't recognize the drive. But that turned out to be my ignorance. I had to use the disk utility to partition and format the drive. Then the OS recognized it. I restored my back up and that was that (almost). I did have to reload ITunes for some reason. No big deal. Now I have a top notch 17" laptop with a very capable 500 GB drive instead of a wimpy 90GB drive. The only other glitch was that my 160GB back up drive needed to be replaced. But there are good 1 TB drives out there for not much money, so no big deal.
Customer Review: A great hard drive... while it worked
Summary: 1 Stars
I purchased this drive for my Macbook Pro, upgrading its 160 gb hard drive to this one because I needed more space. The installation and cloning process was simple enough, and when I began to use this hard drive, it worked liked a charm.
After about a month of use, my computer slowed way down, and within 24 hours, the computer would not leave the gray screen when restarting, nor would it allow me to boot to anything, including the DVD drive. After taking it to the Genius Bar at the Apple Store and attempting to recover data from it from myself, it was determined that the drive had completely failed, taking all of my data with it and rendering completely unusable.
While Western Digital made the replacement process easy and straight forward, I still lost all the music, video, and pictures I had accumulated over the past few years. Granted, I should have been backing up my data, but that does not excuse the fact that this drive stopped working after only a month. Based on the shining reviews of this product, I expect mine was only an anomaly, but it was still a bad experience none the less.
I hope this product works for everyone else who buys it, and pray my replacement does not fail like this one did. But if you buy this or any other hard drive, please remember to back up your data, I made the mistake of not doing this and now I am paying the price.
Customer Review: WD Scorpio 500GB Black vs Blue in MacBook Pro 15"
Summary: 5 Stars
I purchased both a WD500BEKT and a WD5000BEVT (aka "Black" and "Blue" models). I ended up trying both in a new Macbook Pro 15" i5 (early 2011).
I first used the Black model as it rated at a faster spin rate - 7200 RPM vs Blue's 5200 RPM. I did notice an improvement in boot speed and application launch over the machines factory installed Seagate Momentus 320GB 5400.6 model. This was great until I noticed a disturbing vibration within the machine. Although it was not overwhelming or all that loud, it was definitely noticeable throughout the entire computer, even on the screen, and especially under the right palm rest where the hard drive is mounted. It vibrated enough to feel it through the hardwood table the computer was resting on.
I decided to swap the Black model with the 500GB Blue model I had purchased for an older MacBook that recently died. This decreased and almost completely eliminated the vibration. There may be a slight decrease in performance versus the black, but not enough for me to notice or care. I do a lot of photo manipulation on large (500MB) images in Photoshop and can't say the Blue has slowed me down any.
It may be that the particular Black drive I received is a little out of balance, but, for me, the Blue definitely wins for its lack of vibration and whisper quiet performance.
Customer Review: A Good Replacement for A Dell 1720 Laptop
Summary: 5 Stars
Broght this to replace the boot drive on my son's Dell Inspiron 1720 Laptop, the one that failed was a Toshiba 500gb 7200rpm notebook hard drive that had burned out after only 9 months of use. I would have gotten one smaller but did not want to have to reload from scratch, I wanted to be able to use the Windows Home Server Image I had made with it to restore So I did not have to reactivate my copies of Windows 7 and Office 2010.
This drive fit the bill perfectly. Very easy to install, The only 2 extra steps I had to do was in the Windows Home Server Recovery CD was inilize and format the New Hard drive to match the previous partitions and restored perfectly with no issues with the hard drive itself. There was a issue with the knuckle head IT who did not switch it back from ACHI to SATA Legacy in the BIOS (Myself), but that was resolved after I had some alone time to think of it.
Overall, I would defiently recommend this hard drive for any Laptop needs.
System Specs...
Dell Inspiron 1720
Intel Centrino Core Duo 2 2.4 ghz processor
4GB DDR2 Laptop Memory
256 mb NVidia 8600m Video Card
500GB Boot Drive/ 80GB Data Drive
DVD/CD Burner
100mb Intergrated Broadcom Nic
54mbs Intel WiFi Card
Windows 7 Professional SP1 (32 Bit)
Customer Review: Upgraded my Dell Inspiron Laptop
Summary: 5 Stars
I had a 160 GB hard drive which wasn't near enough storage for my laptop. I looked on the Dell support website and they suggested this hard drive as an upgrade. Of course, I prefered to buy it on Amazon.
I've been using this drive for two months and it is quiet and has worked flawlessy. What a huge difference it has made in the speed of my 3 year old computer. My other drive was almost full and didn't leave much computing room. I feel like I have a brand new computer.
Here's how I installed it:
1. Buy a drive enclosure. You need this so you can plug the new drive into your USB so that you can clone your current drive onto the new drive. I bought this one: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001AAVA08/ref=cm_cr_rev_prod_title
2. I bought Acronis True Home Image 2010. You might be able to download the free version off the Western Digital website but for some reason, I couldn't get it to work. In the "Tools & Utilites" section, select "Clone." That will copy the contents of your current drive exactly onto your new drive - hence the "clone" name.
3. Install the new drive into your laptop and you're done. Very easy. You can even put your old drive into the enclosure and use it as extra storage.