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Re: MacBook Pro optical drive repurposing
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isw
May 31, 2012, 1:10:35 PM5/31/12
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In article <a2pkt7...@mid.individual.net>, Tim Lance <no...@nada.com>
wrote:
> I sense a switch to a boot SSD in my MacBook Pro1s future (8,2). As I have
> decent alternatives for optical drive needs I1m thinking I1d put the original
> HDD into the optical bay via a caddy/adaptor solution. Can someone please
> tell me the differences between:
>
> OWC1s DataDoubler for $60 (yikes)
> http://eshop.macsales.com/item/OWC/DDAMBS0GB
>
> and Amazon1s for not even $10.
> <http://www.amazon.com/Adapter-Compatible-MACBOOK-9-5mm-high-
> Interface/dp/B004FM4UGE/ref=pd_cp_e_2>
>
> Best I can tell OWC makes you buy the included tool-kit. But otherwise?
> Perhaps the OWC is much lighter than the Amazon?
For the difference in price, I'd be inclined to try the cheap one first.
It looks like the interface between that adapter and the Mac is SATA.
I'm pretty sure that earlier MacBooks (and Pros??) used ATAPI. Do you
know which type your Mac has?
Isaac
wrote:
> I sense a switch to a boot SSD in my MacBook Pro1s future (8,2). As I have
> decent alternatives for optical drive needs I1m thinking I1d put the original
> HDD into the optical bay via a caddy/adaptor solution. Can someone please
> tell me the differences between:
>
> OWC1s DataDoubler for $60 (yikes)
> http://eshop.macsales.com/item/OWC/DDAMBS0GB
>
> and Amazon1s for not even $10.
> <http://www.amazon.com/Adapter-Compatible-MACBOOK-9-5mm-high-
> Interface/dp/B004FM4UGE/ref=pd_cp_e_2>
>
> Best I can tell OWC makes you buy the included tool-kit. But otherwise?
> Perhaps the OWC is much lighter than the Amazon?
For the difference in price, I'd be inclined to try the cheap one first.
It looks like the interface between that adapter and the Mac is SATA.
I'm pretty sure that earlier MacBooks (and Pros??) used ATAPI. Do you
know which type your Mac has?
Isaac
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