Recommended HD

As the title states I would like to know what brand people like to use for upgrading the HD. I have a 09 MBP 13 inch base model. I am clueless to this side of things. So what do you guys recommend speed, size etc. Thanks guys..

Seagate, Western Digital, or Hitachi. All are good. Hitachi is now out with a 500gb 7200 rpm drive for laptops. Any one is good. Go to Newegg.com or OWC.com and check out the 2.5" laptop hard drives. 320 gb is a lot. Depends on what you need. Speed of the drive doesn't appear to be that significant - either 5400 or 7200 rpm. 5400 rpm might run a tad cooler.

I have a Seagate 500gb, 7200rpm drive and can definitely tell the difference from the stock 5400rpm drive that came with it. I would go with the 500gb, 7200rpm from Seagate or Hitachi.

I have also a Seagate momentus 500gb 7200rpm HD. I love it. No loud spinning. No heat issues even when I am using a spek plasitc case on my MBP.

I would stay away from Toshiba, Samsung and Hitachi (in order from worst to moderately bad). WD and Seagate are the way to go, Fujitsu isn't awful either.

I can confirm staying away from Toshiba drives. Replaced two in the same machine (PC notebook) in a 3 month period. Both failed after only a short period of time. Replaced it with a WD model and it's still going strong.

Regards.