MacBook - Upgrading the Hard Drive

aescuder · aescuder #1 (**permalink**)

12-15-2008, 10:08 PM

Hi all,
i found a Western Digital - My Passport Essential 500GB External USB 2.0 Portable Hard Drive at bestbuy for under $150

Western Digital - My Passport Essential 500GB External USB 2.0 Portable Hard Drive - Intense Blue - WDMEB500TN

can anybody tell me if this is compatible with a MacBook mine is model A1181
if that helps.

what I am wanting to do is open the WD portable HDD enclosure and swap the HDD with the one in my MacBook. Has anyone done this? ans is this posible?

Thanks

JGruber · JGruber #2 (**permalink**)

12-15-2008, 10:13 PM

Why not just buy this - Western Digital 500GB - Newegg.com

Cheaper too! - Yes this should work in your Macbook.

Mauser · Mauser #3 (**permalink**)

12-16-2008, 09:36 AM

Lol, I was going to get a terabyte installed in mine, but it was too big (the largest they could physically go was a 500gb), so I got an external one. The wireless ones are supposed to be as slow as mess, as they use a wireless signal to transfer info, instead of a wireless internet network. At least, that is what I have heard.

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aescuder #1 (permalink)
Member Since: Dec 15, 2008 Posts: 1	12-15-2008, 10:08 PM Hi all, i found a Western Digital - My Passport Essential 500GB External USB 2.0 Portable Hard Drive at bestbuy for under $150 Western Digital - My Passport Essential 500GB External USB 2.0 Portable Hard Drive - Intense Blue - WDMEB500TN can anybody tell me if this is compatible with a MacBook mine is model A1181 if that helps. what I am wanting to do is open the WD portable HDD enclosure and swap the HDD with the one in my MacBook. Has anyone done this? ans is this posible? Thanks
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JGruber #2 (permalink)
Member Since: Aug 20, 2005 Location: Redlands, CA Posts: 739 Mac Specs: Macbook Pro 15" 2ghz/2GB/250gb/SD - White Macbook 2.16ghz/2.5GB/250GB/SD	12-15-2008, 10:13 PM Why not just buy this - Western Digital 500GB - Newegg.com Cheaper too! - Yes this should work in your Macbook.
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