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MCE OptiBay Second Internal Hard Drive For MacBook Pro or PowerBook G4
Add A Second Hard Drive Or RAID To Your MacBook Pro or G4 PowerBook
Blogger Eric Cheng reports:
Today, I installed an MCE OptiBay Hard Drive (a second 160GB 5400rpm drive) into my Macbook Pro. The directions that came with the drive were simple to follow, and it took about 15 minutes install (requiring the removal of 20-25 screws, plus two ribbon connectors).
When I booted back up, Mac OS X recognized the drive immediately (a SAMSUNG HM160JC) and asked me if I wanted to initialize it.
Instead, I rebooted from an external drive (backed up by the excellent SuperDuper) and created a striped RAID 0 array using the two internal Macbook Pro drives.
For the full report visit here:
http://echeng.com/journal/2007/04/26/320gb-striped-array-raid-0-macbook-pro/
Editor's note:
For those who would like to try multiple hard drives in Apple professional notebooks (including the 12" PowerBook), check out:
MCE OptiBay Second Internal Hard Drive For MacBook Pro or PowerBook G4
The new MCE OptiBay Hard Drive was created for those users who need as much hard drive space as possible inside their MacBook Pro or PowerBook G4. Period. The MCE OptiBay Hard Drive replaces your internal SuperDrive or Combo drive with a high performance hard drive resulting in unheard of capacities in laptop hard drive space for all your projects... digital video, music, photos, etc. Two bootable hard drives inside your system open up a whole world of freedom and flexibility never before experienced in a Mac laptop... Scratch disk/System disk, RAID configurations, "System-dedicated" drives, and more. Plus, each OptiBay Hard Drive includes a portable FireWire enclosure for your SuperDrive or Combo drive so you'll still be able to use it anytime you want for loading system software or applications, as well as burning, playing, or ripping CDs and DVDs.
OptiBay Hard Drive At a Glance
• Up to 160GB extra internal hard disk storage
• Up to 320GB combined internal hard disk storage
• Can be used as a single volume, as part of a RAID array, or combined with internal hard drive as one very large volume
• Bootable
• Easy setup using Apple's Disk Utility program
• Neglible impact on battery life
• S.M.A.R.T. drive status compliant
• Includes FireWire enclosure for removed optical drive
• 3 Year Warranty
Features:
• Capacities of 80GB, 100GB, 120GB, and 160GB
• High Performance Spindle Speeds of 5400RPM and 7200RPM
• Bootable
• S.M.A.R.T. Status Compliant
• Sets up easily using Apple's Disk Utility program
• Can be set up as a single volume, partitioned, or made part of RAID array
• External Enclosure for SuperDrive or Combo drive compatible with iDVD, DVD Studio Pro, iTunes, iPhoto, and Finder Burning
Includes:
- MCE OptiBay Hard Drive
- External FireWire Enclosure and Faceplate for Removed Optical Drive
- BounceBack Express Backup Software
- Installation Instructions
- Installation Toolkit
- User's Guide
Compatible with All MacBook Pro and PowerBook G4 Systems
The MCE OptiBay Hard Drive is compatible with the 17" and 15"* MacBook Pro and also the 17", 15", and 12" Apple PowerBook G4.
MacBook Pro (15" or 17") running Mac OS 10.4.x or later.
PowerBook G4 (12" Aluminum, 15" Aluminum or Titanium, or 17" Aluminum) running Mac OS 9, Mac OS 10.2, Mac OS 10.3, Mac OS 10.4 (or later)
Full Disc Burning compatibility with FireWire enclosure requires Mac OS 10.4 or later.
PowerBook G4 15" Titanium DVD-ROM only drive not compatible with FireWire Enclosure.
For more information, visit:
http://www.mcetech.com/optibay/
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