Help me find a small hard drive that isn't a big lemon!
October 3, 2010 2:09 PM Subscribe
I've come into possession of a Revision B Macbook Air that's in fine working order except for a dead hard drive, and now I'm trying to decide what to replace it with.
So far, the options I've found in a 1.8" drive, 5mm thick, SATA LIF connector drive are the stock Apple Samsung model HS12UHE (which I have doubts about the reliability of), and Runcore solid state drives, which are a tad pricey. Does anyone know of any other options, either HDD or SSD? Or have a strong opinion on / personal experience with this?
(This will be a backup machine, so I'm not itching to dump a huge amount of money into it, but would definitely like it to be as reliable as possible.)
Thanks!
So far, the options I've found in a 1.8" drive, 5mm thick, SATA LIF connector drive are the stock Apple Samsung model HS12UHE (which I have doubts about the reliability of), and Runcore solid state drives, which are a tad pricey. Does anyone know of any other options, either HDD or SSD? Or have a strong opinion on / personal experience with this?
(This will be a backup machine, so I'm not itching to dump a huge amount of money into it, but would definitely like it to be as reliable as possible.)
Thanks!
If you can swing it, I'd go for the SSD.
posted by malaprohibita at 3:58 PM on October 4, 2010
posted by malaprohibita at 3:58 PM on October 4, 2010
Response by poster: I did try the MacRumors forum earlier, so it looks like SSD is about the only viable option.
posted by bunji at 8:24 AM on October 5, 2010
posted by bunji at 8:24 AM on October 5, 2010
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posted by sharkfu at 2:43 PM on October 3, 2010