Re: Can any 2.5" SATA drive be used in a 13.3" MacBook Pro?

From	Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com>
Newsgroups	comp.sys.mac.system
Subject	Re: Can any 2.5" SATA drive be used in a 13.3" MacBook Pro?
Date	2015-10-05 22:47 +0000
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Ant <ANTant@zimage.com> wrote:
>>>>>> I put a Crucial SSD into my 2010 MacBook Pro 13", and it made a world of 
>>>>>> difference.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Funny, that's the same brand too for the 500 GB SSD as of yesterday. It 
>>>>> was about $200. 
>>> 
>>>> Have you enabled FileVault?
>>> 
>>> Yes, that was fast too. It only took an hour compared to HDD that never 
>>> finished! I guess HDD got stuck during FileVault? Also, we physically 
>>> destroyed the old HDD. :P
> 
>> So did you end up skipping going to Apple to let them run a diagnostic to
>> see if anything else was wrong with it? They would have done that for free
>> and given you a quote, I believe.
> 
> No, I did mention it earlier. The waiting to see a person after 
> checking was long (30 minutes!) in the crowded store. It was confirmed 
> that the HDD was going bad with its SMART status. Everything else seems 
> to work even after the drive swap too. 

That's reassuring.

> Also, it would have been free, 
> but my client still want them to have the drive even if he had to pay 
> for it. :(

That's cool. It's his money! I physically destroy all of my hard drives
before tossing them out. 

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Can any 2.5" SATA drive be used in a 13.3" MacBook Pro? ANTant@zimage.com (Ant) - 2015-10-01 00:13 -0500
  Re: Can any 2.5" SATA drive be used in a 13.3" MacBook Pro? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2015-10-01 01:14 -0400
  Re: Can any 2.5" SATA drive be used in a 13.3" MacBook Pro? JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2015-10-01 01:38 -0400
    Re: Can any 2.5" SATA drive be used in a 13.3" MacBook Pro? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2015-10-01 01:42 -0400
    Re: Can any 2.5" SATA drive be used in a 13.3" MacBook Pro? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-10-01 06:02 +0000
    Re: Can any 2.5" SATA drive be used in a 13.3" MacBook Pro? Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2015-10-01 13:41 +0000
  Re: Can any 2.5" SATA drive be used in a 13.3" MacBook Pro? Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2015-10-01 13:35 +0000
  Re: Can any 2.5" SATA drive be used in a 13.3" MacBook Pro? John Albert <j.albert@snet.net> - 2015-10-03 19:23 -0400
    Re: Can any 2.5" SATA drive be used in a 13.3" MacBook Pro? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-10-03 23:44 +0000
      Re: Can any 2.5" SATA drive be used in a 13.3" MacBook Pro? JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2015-10-03 20:59 -0400
        Re: Can any 2.5" SATA drive be used in a 13.3" MacBook Pro? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-10-04 01:19 +0000
    Re: Can any 2.5" SATA drive be used in a 13.3" MacBook Pro? ANTant@zimage.com (Ant) - 2015-10-04 08:08 -0500
      Re: Can any 2.5" SATA drive be used in a 13.3" MacBook Pro? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-10-04 16:08 +0000
        Re: Can any 2.5" SATA drive be used in a 13.3" MacBook Pro? ANTant@zimage.com (Ant) - 2015-10-04 21:31 -0500
          Re: Can any 2.5" SATA drive be used in a 13.3" MacBook Pro? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-10-05 03:45 +0000
            Re: Can any 2.5" SATA drive be used in a 13.3" MacBook Pro? ANTant@zimage.com (Ant) - 2015-10-05 17:42 -0500
              Re: Can any 2.5" SATA drive be used in a 13.3" MacBook Pro? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-10-05 22:47 +0000
                Re: Can any 2.5" SATA drive be used in a 13.3" MacBook Pro? ANTant@zimage.com (Ant) - 2015-10-05 18:49 -0500
                Re: Can any 2.5" SATA drive be used in a 13.3" MacBook Pro? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-10-06 00:26 +0000
                Re: Can any 2.5" SATA drive be used in a 13.3" MacBook Pro? David Ritz <dritz@mindspring.com> - 2015-10-05 19:45 -0500
                Re: Can any 2.5" SATA drive be used in a 13.3" MacBook Pro? ANTant@zimage.com (Ant) - 2015-10-06 14:52 -0500
                Re: Can any 2.5" SATA drive be used in a 13.3" MacBook Pro? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2015-10-06 15:57 -0400
                Re: Can any 2.5" SATA drive be used in a 13.3" MacBook Pro? ANTant@zimage.com (Ant) - 2015-10-06 17:20 -0500
                Re: Can any 2.5" SATA drive be used in a 13.3" MacBook Pro? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2015-10-06 19:23 -0400
                Re: Can any 2.5" SATA drive be used in a 13.3" MacBook Pro? ANTant@zimage.com (Ant) - 2015-10-06 14:50 -0500
      Re: Can any 2.5" SATA drive be used in a 13.3" MacBook Pro? Larry Gusaas <larry.gusaas@gmail.com> - 2015-10-04 17:05 -0600
        Re: Can any 2.5" SATA drive be used in a 13.3" MacBook Pro? ANTant@zimage.com (Ant) - 2015-10-04 21:33 -0500
          Re: Can any 2.5" SATA drive be used in a 13.3" MacBook Pro? Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> - 2015-10-05 23:16 +0000

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