Running out of space: Macbook Pro HDD.

Hi. I was never thinking that seriously about samples like now. So I got maybe 50+ GB of samples now and I'm in need of a bigger hard drive for my Macbook pro (15'' 2.4 Intel Core 2 Duo version if that make a difference). I know hard drive can be picky so I'm asking you for advice. I know many people here had similiar situation.
My 250 GB is really small right now.
Are bigger HDD slower? I'm thinking of at least 500GB.
Is external drive a good solution? I never had one.
peace

yeah, that is what I have and many other people here have... external drives are great.

I only got 30gb in my mbp, lol....but you not supposed to use system drive for running and storing though if you also running daw on the same machine...

i updated my MBP HDD to 500gb a few months ago. it was easy, i'd recommend it.

konc3pt wrote:I only got 30gb in my mbp, lol....but you not supposed to use system drive for running and storing though if you also running daw on the same machine...

You mean I should get external drive for my samples?

The way I go is get an external firewire hard drive enclosure . Then get a 320 or 500 internal and put it in . Then when you fill that up you can swap it out and still keep the old drive if you ever wanna go back to it and it's way cheaper than buying a bunch of externals .

I wouldn't go bigger than 500 GB because I had a TB drive once and it fcked up on me and I lost TONS of sh!t . Holding on to that thing praying that one day data recovery fees get reasonable .

If you have the older Macbook Pro and have never replaced the hard-drive, I'll tell you from now its more than a notion! The easiest route would be to get an external drive and transfer the files or find someone that knows what their doing. Also, get something to transfer your old HD content, or if you want a clean install, get the right OS for your Macbook. Simply using a friends OS from his mac will not work (unless he/she has a MBP. Leopard for the Mac Pro desktop/macbook will not work on your Macbook Pro. On the white macbooks, swapping the HD is really simple, but the MBP's are no joke. I haven't tried the newer MBP's.
The larger HD will probably be faster. I've seen a few 500gb drives that spin at 7200 for about $100.00.

shimmyshimmy wrote:

konc3pt wrote:I only got 30gb in my mbp, lol....but you not supposed to use system drive for running and storing though if you also running daw on the same machine...

You mean I should get external drive for my samples?

yes, which macbook do you have ?

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lmfao... people take me way too serious around here

I slapped a 500gb 7200 RPM drive into my MBP, it works great. You can get a 1TB drive at 5400 RPM right now... so I think you can reduce your space issues with a new internal drive if you wanted to.

not sure about older mbp, but on unibody models built in cd-rom utilizes sata connection which could be used for a 2nd hard disk when removed

if your macbook got a express card slot, i would suggest getting 34mm express card adapter, equipped with either esata, firewire or usb 3 followed by selecting appropriate external hard disk.

konc3pt wrote:not sure about older mbp, but on unibody models built in cd-rom utilizes sata connection which could be used for a 2nd hard disk when removed

if your macbook got a express card slot, i would suggest getting 34mm express card adapter, equipped with either esata, firewire or usb 3 followed by selecting appropriate external hard disk.

Interesting!

shimmyshimmy wrote:

konc3pt wrote:not sure about older mbp, but on unibody models built in cd-rom utilizes sata connection which could be used for a 2nd hard disk when removed

if your macbook got a express card slot, i would suggest getting 34mm express card adapter, equipped with either esata, firewire or usb 3 followed by selecting appropriate external hard disk.

Interesting!

It is good advice if you want an external drive instead of increasing internal space