The 2011 MBP refresh / buyers and owner's thread (1 Viewer)

[Ronald Epstein]

Matt,


Yeah, makes more sense, don't it.


Just trying to get the Macbook booted cause it ain't doin' it.


I am sure if I open it up again and jiggle the SATA cable it

will be boot up one more time so I can use SUPER DUPER
to back it up.


Once I reinstall OS X I just use SUPER DUPER to put

everything back.


Will let all of you know Monday evening once my HD

arrives from Amazon and I can install.


Thanks for the great advice.

 

[DaveF]

You'll probably get that $60 back even if you turn around and sell it used and buy that new MBP. Because without that replaced harddrive, you'll be selling it for parts, not as a dropped, but working, laptop.

 

[Ronald Epstein]

Dave,


Another reason I am taking the chance and investing

the $60 in the hard drive.


I was going to try and sell this MBP for $1000. However,

with the dent and chips on the body it's probably only

worth $500 and if I can get at least that much, it would

help justify paying $3k for a new 2011 MBP.


I have to see what the 2009 Unibodies are going for on eBay.


Others are saying to hold on to my MBP for another year

as there should be a better refresh in 2012. Guess people

are depending on that rumored liquid metal body.

 

[Sam Posten]

Waiting a whole year for a laptop if you NEED one now seems silly to me. If it's just a toy (and lets face it, for many it is!) they'll wait it out, but then find there will always be a hot new feature just a year away...

 

[Ronald Epstein]

So, my new hard drive arrived today.


Installed it in my Macbook Pro, used

SuperDuper to copy everything...and...and...and...


Everything works beautifully.


It was indeed the hard drive that got damaged.


Replacing that hard drive now has me benefiting

from a Macbook that works perfectly.


Now to decide if I am going to sell this and

buy the new 2011 Macbook Pro.

 

[mattCR]

Whether you decide to get a new mac or not, this definitely gives you some time to breathe easy. There is a major advantage in knowing you have you can at least function while you consider options.

 

[Ronald Epstein]

Matt,


Exactly. I am so happy. It's nice to breathe again.

 

[DaveF]

Glad to hear it!


SuperDuper! -- so glad I discovered that program when I bought my MBP four years ago.

 

[Southpaw]

Sweet, my BTO MBP 15" shipped from China yesterday and according to Fedex, will be here on 3/2. Can't wait.

 

[Sam Posten]

Still waiting for my refund to arrive =(

 

[Sam Posten]

You can now buy the 510 series SSDs at retail:

http://www.amazon.com/Intel-2-5-Inch-Solid-State-second-SSDSC2MH250A2K5/dp/B004OR0GSG/ref=sr_1_6?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1298969207&sr=8-6

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820167043


$582 to start with. Added it to my wish list to watch it as the price drops.

 

[Ronald Epstein]

Can you easily replace these drives in the new

Macbook Pros?


I look forward to a year from now being able to

buy a SSD and replace my HD.


...of course, I would need at least 500GB SSD.

Can't do anything with 250GB.

 

[Sam Posten]

Yes, 2 screws and changing rails on the drive with a Torx wrench. Easy as can be,

 

[Sam Posten]

Originally Posted by Ronald Epstein
...of course, I would need at least 500GB SSD.

Can't do anything with 250GB.

LMAO. This is where Sam remembers that his first hard drive was 33mb, he had to take 3 DC metro cars to go out to VA to buy it, and it cost $888.


And my first 'storage' device was a casette tape drive and my first modem was 300 baud.

 

[Ronald Epstein]

Yes, 2 screws and changing rails on the drive with a Torx wrench. Easy as can be,

Oh, don't I know it. Just replaced my hard drive in my

Macbook. Very, very easy. Good purchase from Radio

Shack on the Torx wrench.


How long do you think it will be for $500 500GB SSD drives?

That would be my purchase point.

 

[Michael_K_Sr]

Originally Posted by Ronald Epstein




Oh, don't I know it. Just replaced my hard drive in my

Macbook. Very, very easy. Good purchase from Radio

Shack on the Torx wrench.


How long do you think it will be for $500 500GB SSD drives?

That would be my purchase point.

I don't see that happening for quite some time.

 

[Ronald Epstein]

What is with these SSD drives?
Are they that much more expensive to make

or like the home theater industry, they are

pricing for the early adopter?

 

[mattCR]

It's early adopter costs, in a way. Actually, because you have to figure it a lot like RAM in a container. If you go out and buy DDR3 memory for your laptop Ron, it's averaging about $20 a gig. Now, SSDs aren't quite that nature of a design, but the cost per gigabyte is high because of what makes them up. The process will come down. Right now I can grab a Vertex2 based controller SSD 64G at about $100. That's about 1/3 of what it was a year ago. For the most part, I find about a 100G is about the ideal target; it's enough to store my OS and programs, and I can move all my data to a larger secondary drive that I don't need to be nearly as fast.

 

[Sam Posten]

OK, my tax return is here. Off to go purchase my first new Mac!

 

[Ronald Epstein]

You doing it online, Sam? You'll only find stock units

at the Apple Store. Let us know what you get.