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    SSD install into Optical Bay on MacBook Pro

    The ssd in visual space macbookpro I locate myself by no means using the MacBook Pro’s visual drive, the merely time I encompass used it was to boot Mac OS from a DVD to reformat and reinstall Mac OS X. At present that it’s so simple to install Mac OS using an exterior drive despite the fact that, is having a DVD drive actually a superior usage of incomplete hardware real estate on your MacBook/Pro. If you are similar to me, you might regard as repurposing the optical drive slot to provide accommodation an additional hard drive, similar to an actually fast SSD drive. You be able to do this using a great product from MCE called the OptiBay, and several internal 2.5 and it’s actually motivated me to do this install myself.

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    Re: SSD install into Optical Bay on MacBook Pro

    The innovative MCE OptiBay was generated for users who desire as much hard drive capability as probable inside their MacBook Pro, MacBook, PowerBook G4, iMac, or Mac mini. The MCE OptiBay reinstate your apparatus internal SuperDrive by means of a high presentation SATA hard drive, or SSD (Solid-State Drive), of up to 1000GB (yes, 1TB). Or get immediately the OptiBay Drive enclosure and utilize your have possession of 2.5" SATA hard drive or SSD. At present you be able to have formerly unheard of capacities and speed in laptop disk storage and space for the whole thing you necessitate to accumulate digital video, music, photos, etc.

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    Re: SSD install into Optical Bay on MacBook Pro

    In this you determine to have two bootable drives surrounded by your system make available a freedom and elasticity by no means previous to experienced in a Mac laptop. Encompass one disk a scratch disk and the additional your system/submission disk, RAID arrangement, one disk Mac and the additional PC, additional photo storage for digital photographers, additional music storage for digital DJ's, and additional. Plus, the entire of our OptiBay Drives and drive kits contain a free USB 2.0 portable attachment for your eliminate SuperDrive, turning it into a bootable, portable, bus-powered, exterior SuperDrive, giving you full CD/DVD read/write functionality anytime you desire for loading system software or submission, as well as burning, playing, or ripping CDs and DVDs.

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    Re: SSD install into Optical Bay on MacBook Pro

    The MCE Technologies is the entire in excess of again breaking ground by means of the OptiBay. In view of the fact that the mid-1990's, MCE has premeditated and engineered hard drive and SuperDrive upgrades completely for PowerBooks. Numerous of those PowerBooks had what was called an "Expansion Bay" slot giving users a marvelous amount of elasticity in how they might organize and utilize their apparatus. They had generated "Expansion Bay Hard Drives" for those apparatus, (tranquil obtainable today), that permit users to easily replace their expansion bay optical drives by means of a detachable hard drive.

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    Re: SSD install into Optical Bay on MacBook Pro

    At the same time as effectively shipping SuperDrive upgrading for the PowerBook G4 and MacBooks and MacBook Pros for numerous years they have continuous to hear from customers who required additional interior drive space. Desire for the old days when the optical drive was detachable so they be able to position a hard drive in its place. They have in addition originated many users out there doing high end HD and DV editing by means of Final Cut Pro and for whom a profusion of hard drive space is an absolute requirement. Much additional essential than having a seldom-used, built-in optical drive.

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    Re: SSD install into Optical Bay on MacBook Pro

    For individuals pro users and for users who basically desire additional hard drive space surrounded by their MacBook Pro, MacBook, Mac mini, or PowerBook G4 for their music, video, and photo libraries they generated the OptiBay. Acquire your SuperDrive out and position an OptiBay Hard Drive or SSD in and provide yourself up to an extra 1TB of high presentation hard drive space to utilize on the other hand you would similar to. Combine it by means of up to a 1TB internal hard drive and locate out what a dream it is to encompass up to 2TB of hard drive space entirely inside your laptop.

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    Re: SSD install into Optical Bay on MacBook Pro

    The 1TB OptiBay Hard Drive is obtainable for MacBook Pro 17" (Non-Unibody) merely appropriate to the enlarged height of the 1TB hard drive. Up to 750GB OptiBay Hard Drive obtainable on the entire additional apparatus. The MCE OptiBay Drive is a high presentation laptop hard drive, or SSD, inside a particularly designed, lightweight attachment that's been engineered to the exact similar dimensions as your laptop's SuperDrive or Combo drive.

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