Macbook Pro SSD/HDD upgrade AND optibay

[fullenglishpint]

I'm speaking to you from my newly super powered Macbook Pro.

I upgraded my RAM to 8GB, then swapped out the original HDD for a 240gb OCZ Vertex 2 SSD using time machine to restore the system. It worked perfectly, to the extent that when i opened my browser (rockmelt) it asked me if I wanted to restore my session. Overall time to restore the full system was about 4 hours.

The next day I installed my optibay caddy (bought from newmodeUS.com and not an official MCE one, but fits perfectly) and in it I fitted a 750gb 5400rpm Western Digital Scorpio Blue HDD. I then copied my Home folder over to the HDD, and the only issue I encountered was the permissions not being written correctly which was easily fixed by a batch change to the whole folder using the 'apply to enclosed items' option in the 'get info' pane.

Everything's now super fast, programs launch a hell of a lot faster and it runs cooler because I took the opportunity to clear out as much of the dust as possible! I'm currently only using 74gb of the SSD and less than 300gb of the HDD so I've got tons of space to play with.

There's been no noticeable negative effect on battery life.

If anyone as any questions, feel free to ask!

[tomflynn]

Nice, may I ask why you got a 5400rpm and not a 7200?

Also, I guess you keep Traktor installed on the SSD and all your music on the HDD? If this is the case, what's Traktor like at loading tracks? I imagine it loads Traktor faster but what about the actual music?

I'm putting a 1tb drive in my MBP 15", I've seen loads of videos on YouTube of people putting them in, even though apple recommends 9.5mm height drives and not 12.5mm ones.

The only down side is that all 1tb internal drives for a Mbp are 5400, however, am I reading too much into the Rpm speed?

Also - maybe 5400 is better for me as the drive won't vibrate as much when I'm DJ'ing compared to a faster 7200?

[fullenglishpint]

Went for the 5400rpm because I've heard that 7200s can affect battery life.

Slight extra problem I've found is that Traktor seems to have the named drive paths written in its directory settings as opposed to mac shortcuts. That is to say, when I moved my home folder, iTunes picked up where the music was because I had reassigned my home folder, but Traktor was still looking for the old drive. I had to delete the settings plist to open TP2, then reassign all directories and check consistency

[tomflynn]

Yes i've heard that about battery life, but also seen some that say it's fine, typical lol

How is traktor at getting your music off the 750 5400 drive? I imagine its just as normal, i think i'm making too much of a big deal about 7200 and 5400 speed drives, there can't be THAT much difference?

[fullenglishpint]

Everything loads faster than ever off the 750. Probably because I used to have my HDD so full that it slowed things down.

[tomflynn]

Cool thanks, i think i'm nearing my decision.