MacBook - Replacing Hard drive

joeygator · joeygator #1 (**permalink**)

07-25-2009, 06:18 PM

I have a white macbook that is about 2 years old. I want to upgrade from a 160gb hdd to 500. Does it make a huge difference to get 16 mg cache and 7200 rpm or will 8/5400 be more than sufficient.

harrya · harrya #2 (**permalink**)

07-25-2009, 06:57 PM

7200rpm is the way to go. There are a ton of posts on how to replace the hard drive. Good luck.

Stretch · Stretch #3 (**permalink**)

07-25-2009, 09:53 PM

The higher the cache, the better it will perform. A 16mb cache on a 5400 RPM drive will feel the same if not faster than a 8MB/7200RPM drive.

cwa107 · cwa107 #4 (**permalink**)

07-25-2009, 10:42 PM

Apple's instructions to replace hard drive.

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joeygator #1 (permalink)
Member Since: Mar 08, 2009 Posts: 4 Mac Specs: MacBook Unibody 2GHz 4Gb Ram	07-25-2009, 06:18 PM I have a white macbook that is about 2 years old. I want to upgrade from a 160gb hdd to 500. Does it make a huge difference to get 16 mg cache and 7200 rpm or will 8/5400 be more than sufficient.
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harrya #2 (permalink)
Member Since: Jun 18, 2009 Location: Florida/Texas Posts: 53 Mac Specs: Macbook Pro 15" June 09	07-25-2009, 06:57 PM 7200rpm is the way to go. There are a ton of posts on how to replace the hard drive. Good luck.
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