Friday, April 29, 2011

Upgrading a MacBook Pro Hard Drive

It's time to replace the stock 120GB hard drive that came with my 15" MacBook Pro (late 2007).

Here's the hard drive I've decided on out of many drives available on Newegg.com

Western Digital Scorpio 2.5-Inch 500 GB SATA Internal Hard Drive WD5000BEKT

[also on Amazon]

Why this drive?
* 5 year warranty for parts and labor
* 16MB cache
* 7200 RPM
* 5 star reviews on Newegg.com
* under $100.

Price:

$75 4/28/11
$60 3/19/11 (after $10 off with promo code EMCKGJB49, ends 3/24 )
$70 3/19/11

The tools and installation guide

26 Piece Driver Bit Kit [iFixit.com]
Spudger [iFixit.com]

The Hard Drive replacement guide from iFixit.com

* Only a Phillips #00 screwdriver, a T6 Torx screwdriver, and a Spudger are required to replace the stock hard drive in a Late 2007 15" MacBook Pro, however, for only about $7 more, I can get an entire kit of hard to find driver sizes.

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