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No 7200 RPM Love for the Macbook

By Wayne Dixon Sat, Oct 25, 2008 @ 6:00 AM

I love both my iMac and my, now as most of my stuff seems to be, limited edition Black Macbook. I would love to upgrade to a new macbook but I do not really have a compelling need to do so. However, my girlfriend wants a second laptop, since she can’t live without her computer and her HP is starting to fail. I’ve pretty much convinced her to get a Mac. But while searching for prices and customizing a MacBook and MacBook Pro, I ran across something I don’t quite understand.

Macbook Hard Drive Options
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Macbook Pro Hard Drive Options
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Why isn’t Apple offering the 7200RPM Hard drives in the Macbooks? What if I want to have a faster access hard drive? Shouldn’t I be able to purchase which hard drive I want. But alas, supposedly Apple knows better.

I do concede that having a 7200RPM hard drive will drain more battery power than a 5400RPM Hard drive, but if I’m made aware of that at purchase time, it should be my decision.

It looks like Apple doesn’t want my business when it comes to buying a hard drive. Looks like I’ll go and buy a good (read Seagate) hard drive with a 5 year warranty.

  • MediaMgl

    Just had the same dilemma. I ended up ordering a new Macbook and a 320 GB 7200 RPM Western Digital Scorpio Black from a different retailer. Ever since my MacBook (Black) experienced the fatal Seagate hard drive crash, I have been using the WD Scorpio drive — it's fantastic! Fast, super quiet and energy efficient. If one is really worried about the impact on battery life, they could look to WD's “Green” drives…

  • Macman

    I'm not 100% certain but there may be a thermal issue with the 7200 HDs in the Macbooks. I might have been just out of luck but the 120GB 7200RPM Seagate drive I installed in my 2006 white Macbook died after just about a year. I've never been that unlucky before. It actually seemed that it would get exceedingly toasty on the rear surface. I replaced it with a 320GB 72000 WD, the mad man I am. Let's see how long that will survive…

  • Macman

    I'm not 100% certain but there may be a thermal issue with the 7200 HDs in the Macbooks. I might have been just out of luck but the 120GB 7200RPM Seagate drive I installed in my 2006 white Macbook died after just about a year. I've never been that unlucky before. It actually seemed that it would get exceedingly toasty on the rear surface. I replaced it with a 320GB 72000 WD, the mad man I am. Let's see how long that will survive…