Re: 13.3" 2012 MacBook Pro's HDD dying confirmed or not?

From	Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com>
Newsgroups	comp.sys.mac.hardware.storage, comp.sys.mac.system, comp.sys.mac.systems
Subject	Re: 13.3" 2012 MacBook Pro's HDD dying confirmed or not?
Date	2015-09-28 14:39 +0000
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Ant <ANTant@zimage.com> wrote:
> ...
>>>> If the drive is dying, what is a good replacement in case Apple won't
>>>> replace it due to recent expired AppleCare on 9/17/2015 and planning in
>>>> advance. He currently used almost 200 GB of disk space (Time Machine
>>>> didn't keep his VMs, big videos, etc. but those were copied
>>>> (back/cop)ied separately).
>>>> 
>>>> Thank you in advance. :)
> 
>>> You should make an appointment with your local Apple Store ASAP since you
>>> are extremely close to the warranty end period and chances of them
>>> replacing it for free go down every day you wait.
> 
>>> Any 750GB 2.5-inch hard drive will do. I'd probably look at Hitachi or
>>> Seagate brands, personally. 7200 RPM drives will be faster than 5400 RPM
>>> drives, but will run hitter as well, which means so will the computer. 
> 
>> I completely disagree. If *you* have to replace the drive, replace it with
>> an SSD. It's a no-brainer on a laptop.
> 
> I am thinking of a SSD as well, but which one? Too bad Apple doesn't 
> give those out for its HDD swap.

I like my OWC Mercury SSDs. I have two in my Mac Pro, and another in my
MacBook Pro that I combined with the 750GB HD to create a Fusion Drive to
get 850GB of speedy storage:

<http://eshop.macsales.com/shop/SSD/OWC/>

-- 
Sent from my iPhone

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