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May 14, 2008
MCE Releases One Terabyte Hard Drive Kit for 17" MacBook Pro (Updated)
Tech outfitter MCE has introduced a 2.5" hard drive kit for the MacBook and MacBook Pro notebooks. The kit, a one terabyte replacement for the laptop's standard 250 gigabyte drive as well as the optical drive incorporates two 500 gigabyte drives and also ships with external USB 2.0 enclosures allowing users to keep using their previous hard drive and optical unit.
According to PC World, the drive retails for US$799 or more if you'd like MCE to install it for you.
Once installed, users can configure the drives however they wish, partition them as needed and set one to act as a Time Machine backup of the other.
Per MCE, the kit is compatible with the 17" MacBook Pro thanks to the hard drives measuring 12.5 millimeters in height
If anyone's looked into this or has thoughts about it, let us know over in the comments or forums.
Posted by chrisbarylick at May 14, 2008 8:04 AM
Category: Hard drive
Tags: 17", Apple, backup, enclosures, external, hard drive, install, kit, MacBook Pro, MCE, one terabyte, partition, RAID, Time Machine, USB 2.0
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Comments
Crappy writing in this article. Is it "the drive" or a pair of "drives"? Also, the MBP doesn't have a "standard 5,400RPM 500 gigabyte drive".
Posted by: Mike at May 14, 2008 12:40 PM
Even crappier writing when you actually read MCE's site and realize that this kit is only for the 17-inch model, something the original author should have done. (I left a longer and kinder explanation, but apparantly the PowerPage won't post it.)
Posted by: Bryan at May 15, 2008 5:23 PM
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