I am trying to revive an old macbook 2006 for the family after the HDD died recently. I dont want to spend much (this is Ozbargain after all). Just wondering if anyone out there knows of a good place in Sydney or online to buy a cheapish HDD that would fit a macbook - I dont need bigger than 160GB. Restrictions seem to be that the drive cannot be higher than 9.5 mm.
any suggestions?
cheers
Dbo
+1 for getting an SSD.
send me a message if you want, have heaps of second hand macbook hard drives from 120gb up to 1TB From $30
Can also do new HDD/SSD cheap
thanks for the tips - SSD sounds like the go to refresh the old macbook. cheers for your suggestions.
SSD is the way to go. 128GB drives are really cheap these days. You may also want to upgrade the RAM to 4GB if not already. Please let us know how it goes.
Nothing special about a macbook hard drive…
Any 2.5" Hard Drive (<9.5mm) will be fine.
Personally I'd spend the extra and buy an SSD. these days, it's not like there's even much of a premium!
Some reviews of SSD's in Macbooks.
https://gigaom.com/2011/06/14/tested-ssd-brings-new-life-to-…
http://arstechnica.com/apple/2011/08/how-to-speed-up-an-agin…