You said to ultimately put into your Mac- then why use an old one. Buy a new Hard drive; get an enclosure (15 bucks is max) and you are home free. You can clone the drive and then replace the one in your computer.
Eschew Obfuscation This is a reply from: Roy A. Ackerman, Ph.D., E.A. Financial, Managerial, and Technical Services for the Professional, Non-Profit, and the Entrepreneurial Organization 703.548.1343 voice 703.783.1340 fax >From thinking to doing, from sales to profits, from tax to investments- we are >YOUR adjuvancy -----Original Message----- From: Computer Guys Discussion List [mailto:computerguy...@listserv.aol.com] On Behalf Of b_s-wilk Sent: 11/30/2009 10:39 AM To: COMPUTERGUYS-L@LISTSERV.AOL.COM Subject: [CGUYS] [portable] ntebook hard drives I need a new drive for my MacBook. I'm considering two external USB drives that I might open, remove from the case and put into my Mac, after testing for a few weeks. I picked up a WD My Passport Essential 500GB drive on Friday, but reviews don't look good. How does it compare to the Seagate FreeAgent portable drive? I have a larger FreeAgent drive that was defective and replaced; it's been working fine since then. The WD Passport has a microUSB port like a digital camera, and the cable tends to get disconnected. My other option is to buy a bare drive and an enclosure for the old drive. 5400 RPM is OK. Max [supported] drive size for my MacBook is 500GB. Which bare drives are more reliable? ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** ************************************************************************* ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************