Apple MacBook Pro 15" (Core i7) review from TechRadar UK's expert reviews of Laptops and netbooks. SuperSpeed USB 3.0 FAQ. What options are available for the second "optical drive bay" on the Mac Pro? How do you install a second optical drive or replace the primary one? To be notified of new Q&As, use Twitter, Facebook, or Google+. Alternately, sign up for EveryMac.com's twice monthly "old school" site update summary via e-mail. it. Thank you. How do you install a second optical drive or replace the primary one in the Mac Pro models?
What options are available for the second Mac Pro "optical drive bay"? All Mac Pro models have two front-facing optical drive bays that support two standard dimension 5.25" 3 Gb/s Serial ATA devices (also called SATA 2.0 or SATA II). Replacing the primary optical drive or installing a second optical drive in the Mac Pro models is a simple procedure, but installation instructions still are useful nevertheless. Photo Credit: Apple, Inc. Identification Help To replace the primary optical drive or install a second one in the Mac Pro, the process is similar for all systems.
In addition to the "close enough" Model Number identifier, the Mac Pro lines each can be uniquely identified by EMC Number. SuperDrive & Blu-ray Options. Hot or Not? New Samsung and Solidata SSDs : SSD Capacities And Performance On The Move. The market is flooded with flash-based solid state drives (SSD) right now, all of which claim to deliver impressive throughput at power consumption levels low enough to save the world. So much for the theory, though—the reality is rather different.
A few select products are truly impressive, but the bulk of these are just expensive offerings that do not deliver on their promises. Two new drives by Samsung and Solidata found their way into our test labs, and they are as different as they can be. Power Issues We stirred up the SSD hive when we reported that many flash SSDs do not actually increase notebook battery runtime by saving power; in fact, they might shorten it due to the high power consumption of the drives. Performance Issues First- and second-generation flash SSDs simply were not what people had hoped they would be.
New Drives: Samsung PB22-J, Solidata X1 and X2 Samsung’s new PB22-J drive finally jumps over the 200 MB/s line, and it is available at capacities of up to 256 GB.