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Posted Apr 24, 2007 07:15 by Glen D. Listed in: Hardware Tags: Microsoft, Windows Vista, OS X Leopard, Seagate
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MacBook Pro - Image 1All you Apple fans waiting for the OS X Leopard will have to sit down and wait some more, but if you're itching for that new OS experience and it's causing you to lose sleep, why not try Windows Vista for now to cool your rods?

The new Microsoft Windows incarnation is compatible with Apple hardware, which means you can split your hard drive to accommodate both. For users crazy about speed and tweaking, the typical MacBook Pro hard drive with 80GB of space may not be enough, so the guys at Extreme Tech decided to try and upgrade the disk to accommodate both systems at optimum performance levels.

What they did was not like anything you'd do with the regular MacBook which requires only screwing the disk loose and popping in a new one. With the Pro, you'd have to really dig in and void your warranty. Extreme Tech took a Seagate 7200 hard drive and replaced the Mac 5200. The new hard drive runs much faster because of the substantial RPM increase. It has 160GB of space, which should be enough for just about anyone. You can check the read URL to find instructions on how to do it yourself.

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   by Jonny (Unregistered) - 2007-04-24
 » warranty

actually, Apple has some strange warranties with those things. It won't void your warranty as long as you don't damage the inside. So in other words, dig around all you want, just don't break anything, because they wont cover it. But if you get it back together in one piece, you'll still have that warranty.
   by PS3Rider (Unregistered) - 2007-04-25
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I would slap this atricle poster if i had the chance
   by west1 (Unregistered) - 2007-04-25
 » 120Gb

The MBP comes with a 120GB drive not 80Gb. The MB comes with 80Gb. You can have the option of 160Gb or 200Gb.




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