Hey all,
I'm getting ready to buy my first personal Mac and I'm pretty sure I want the 17" MacBook Pro with a solid state disk drive. I'm leaning towards installing the SSD myself and I have selected the following Intel 160GB SSD: Newegg.com - Intel X25-M Mainstream SSDSA2M160G2XXX 2.5" 160GB SATA II MLC Internal Solid state disk (SSD) - Solid State Disks
It's reputed to be one of the, if not the best Solid State Disk Drives on the market and if I install it myself, I'm planning to take the 500GB HDD out of my Mac and put it into an external enclosure and use that as an external drive I can carry around if I need to. I'm no stranger to upgrading or building computers and have been doing so for years so I'm confident I could perform the upgrade with ease. The total cost of the system is $2700 after taxes plus $539 for the drive, which comes out to be $3239. I'm new to Mac, but have used them in the past, but I'd like to ask some of you guys how this setup looks before I pull the trigger on it. Thanks in advance.
I'm getting ready to buy my first personal Mac and I'm pretty sure I want the 17" MacBook Pro with a solid state disk drive. I'm leaning towards installing the SSD myself and I have selected the following Intel 160GB SSD: Newegg.com - Intel X25-M Mainstream SSDSA2M160G2XXX 2.5" 160GB SATA II MLC Internal Solid state disk (SSD) - Solid State Disks
It's reputed to be one of the, if not the best Solid State Disk Drives on the market and if I install it myself, I'm planning to take the 500GB HDD out of my Mac and put it into an external enclosure and use that as an external drive I can carry around if I need to. I'm no stranger to upgrading or building computers and have been doing so for years so I'm confident I could perform the upgrade with ease. The total cost of the system is $2700 after taxes plus $539 for the drive, which comes out to be $3239. I'm new to Mac, but have used them in the past, but I'd like to ask some of you guys how this setup looks before I pull the trigger on it. Thanks in advance.