Hi guys! I'm planning to upgrade my Santa Rosa white Macbook (the midlevel one) from 120gb to 500GB and push the RAM to 4GB. However I was inquiring at iStudio in Vmall today and they said the MacBook can't take 500GB - at best, 320 gigs, to be safe, 250. Is this true? If so, what's the best option? Go with the 320? Stay safe at 250? Or keep the 120 and just buy an external 500? Thanks so much for the help. I'm off to grad school in the US in July, which is why I'm maxing out my laptop.
Some of us here macbook user even the Late2006 Macbook Model can carry out 500gb . So for me its nothing to be afraid of. If you're a bit confused, you can just upgrade to 320Gig. RAM to 4Gig absolutely okay on Santa Rosa chipsets macbook.
Thanks guys! The iStudio guy said the motherboard might not be able to take 500 gigs, it might slow down the system's performance. Have any of you experienced this? Glad to hear there's not much cause for concern.
my macbook is the late-2006 model and i installed my 500gb hard drive since late last year (from the stock 80gb, i installed a 320gb before the 500gb). So far, no problems. BTW, i installed it myself including the RAM (from 1gb to 3gb).
Hehe, thanks for all the feedback guys! Looks like I'll be getting that 500GB drive very soon. That iStudio guy really put a dent in my plans for a while, LOL.
