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MacBook Pro 13', year old suggestions on drive
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<blockquote data-quote="ToNeOS" data-source="post: 1209703" data-attributes="member: 145291"><p>Hello friends</p><p></p><p>Was looking for some recommendations on my MacPro 13'</p><p></p><p>i have the <em>HL-DT-ST DVDRW GS23N</em> drive that came with my device.</p><p></p><p>I am disappointed to find out that it <strong>does not support DualLayer writing</strong>.</p><p></p><p> Firmware Revision: SB03</p><p> Interconnect: ATAPI</p><p> Burn Support: Yes (Apple Shipping Drive)</p><p> Cache: 0 KB</p><p> Reads DVD: Yes</p><p> <span style="color: Blue">CD-Write: -R, -RW</span></p><p><span style="color: Blue"> DVD-Write: -R, -RW</span></p><p> Write Strategies: CD-TAO, CD-SAO, CD-Raw, DVD-DAO</p><p></p><p>I was looking for a DL drive and if i could also find one that supports <em><strong>lightscribe </strong></em>technology. I had that on my old pc laptop and i liked it.</p><p></p><p>I am also looking to upgrade my <strong>hard drive to a bigger drive</strong> but i am scared to get one that is noisy. The drive that comes with the mac is nice and quiet.</p><p></p><p>NVidia MCP79 AHCI:</p><p></p><p> Vendor: NVidia</p><p> Product: MCP79 AHCI</p><p> Link Speed: 3 Gigabit</p><p> Negotiated Link Speed: 1.5 Gigabit</p><p> Description: AHCI Version 1.20 Supported</p><p></p><p>Hitachi HTS545025B9SA02:</p><p></p><p> Capacity: 250.06 GB (250,059,350,016 bytes)</p><p> Model: Hitachi HTS545025B9SA02 </p><p> Revision: PB2AC60T</p><p> Serial Number: 091003PBC2001SG4L91L</p><p> Native Command Queuing: Yes</p><p> Queue Depth: 32</p><p> Removable Media: No</p><p> Detachable Drive: No</p><p> BSD Name: disk0</p><p> Rotational Rate: 5400</p><p> Medium Type: Rotational</p><p> Partition Map Type: GPT (GUID Partition Table)</p><p> S.M.A.R.T. status: Verified</p><p> Volumes:</p><p> Capacity: 209.7 MB (209,715,200 bytes)</p><p> Writable: Yes</p><p> BSD Name: disk0s1</p><p>Macintosh HD:</p><p> <strong><em><span style="color: Red">Capacity: 249.72 GB</span></em></strong> (249,715,376,128 bytes)</p><p> Available: 27.5 GB (27,496,210,432 bytes)</p><p> Writable: Yes</p><p> File System: Journaled HFS+</p><p> BSD Name: disk0s2</p><p> Mount Point: /</p><p></p><p>Any recommendations would be appreciated.</p><p></p><p></p><p>i am pretty sure this is my machine with the 2.53 processor but it says that it comes with a DL drive .. not sure why on my laptop it is showing that it is not...</p><p><a href="http://support.apple.com/kb/SP541" target="_blank">http://support.apple.com/kb/SP541</a></p><p></p><p>firmware update?</p><p></p><p>Hardware Overview:</p><p></p><p> Model Name: MacBook Pro</p><p> <strong>Model Identifier: MacBookPro5,5</strong></p><p> Processor Name: Intel Core 2 Duo</p><p> Processor Speed: 2.53 GHz</p><p> Number Of Processors: 1</p><p> Total Number Of Cores: 2</p><p> L2 Cache: 3 MB</p><p> Memory: 4 GB</p><p> Bus Speed: 1.07 GHz</p><p> <strong>Boot ROM Version: MBP55.00AC.B03</strong></p><p><strong> SMC Version (system): 1.47f2</strong></p><p> Serial Number (system): W89446E666E</p><p> Hardware UUID: 84F0871F-C4D5-5845-978E-70343DC4B13F</p><p> Sudden Motion Sensor:</p><p> State: Enabled</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ToNeOS, post: 1209703, member: 145291"] Hello friends Was looking for some recommendations on my MacPro 13' i have the [I]HL-DT-ST DVDRW GS23N[/I] drive that came with my device. I am disappointed to find out that it [B]does not support DualLayer writing[/B]. Firmware Revision: SB03 Interconnect: ATAPI Burn Support: Yes (Apple Shipping Drive) Cache: 0 KB Reads DVD: Yes [COLOR="Blue"]CD-Write: -R, -RW DVD-Write: -R, -RW[/COLOR] Write Strategies: CD-TAO, CD-SAO, CD-Raw, DVD-DAO I was looking for a DL drive and if i could also find one that supports [I][B]lightscribe [/B][/I]technology. I had that on my old pc laptop and i liked it. I am also looking to upgrade my [B]hard drive to a bigger drive[/B] but i am scared to get one that is noisy. The drive that comes with the mac is nice and quiet. NVidia MCP79 AHCI: Vendor: NVidia Product: MCP79 AHCI Link Speed: 3 Gigabit Negotiated Link Speed: 1.5 Gigabit Description: AHCI Version 1.20 Supported Hitachi HTS545025B9SA02: Capacity: 250.06 GB (250,059,350,016 bytes) Model: Hitachi HTS545025B9SA02 Revision: PB2AC60T Serial Number: 091003PBC2001SG4L91L Native Command Queuing: Yes Queue Depth: 32 Removable Media: No Detachable Drive: No BSD Name: disk0 Rotational Rate: 5400 Medium Type: Rotational Partition Map Type: GPT (GUID Partition Table) S.M.A.R.T. status: Verified Volumes: Capacity: 209.7 MB (209,715,200 bytes) Writable: Yes BSD Name: disk0s1 Macintosh HD: [B][I][COLOR="Red"]Capacity: 249.72 GB[/COLOR][/I][/B] (249,715,376,128 bytes) Available: 27.5 GB (27,496,210,432 bytes) Writable: Yes File System: Journaled HFS+ BSD Name: disk0s2 Mount Point: / Any recommendations would be appreciated. i am pretty sure this is my machine with the 2.53 processor but it says that it comes with a DL drive .. not sure why on my laptop it is showing that it is not... [url]http://support.apple.com/kb/SP541[/url] firmware update? Hardware Overview: Model Name: MacBook Pro [B]Model Identifier: MacBookPro5,5[/B] Processor Name: Intel Core 2 Duo Processor Speed: 2.53 GHz Number Of Processors: 1 Total Number Of Cores: 2 L2 Cache: 3 MB Memory: 4 GB Bus Speed: 1.07 GHz [B]Boot ROM Version: MBP55.00AC.B03 SMC Version (system): 1.47f2[/B] Serial Number (system): W89446E666E Hardware UUID: 84F0871F-C4D5-5845-978E-70343DC4B13F Sudden Motion Sensor: State: Enabled [/QUOTE]
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