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September 7, 2014 3:49:01 PM

I've decided to get a new hard drive for my mid 2012 13" Macbook pro. And i'm looking at the Seagate 1TB Solid State Hybrid Drive (http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E1682...)
Has anyone used this in their system yet? Does it work well in a Mac and does it considerably increases the performance? Also is Seagate a good/trustworthy brand, or are there any other brand/product that i should be looking in?
I'm basically looking to increase the performance of my mac, and get increased storage space. I want the perks of SSD but with the value of a "regular" hard drive. Is there any suggestions on what can i do for around $100 - $150.

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September 9, 2014 5:52:43 PM

Lately all hard drives (including Seagate) are very reliable. There have been no recent reports of specific models and vendors having issues.
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September 25, 2014 6:44:55 AM

Hello HeavyBarrel,

I have been using the 1TB Seagate SSHD drive in my 2012 Macbook Pro 15" for almost a year now. Honestly it's been amazing and i'm a power user.

I run VMWARE with Windows 7 running all day long. When sliding in to Windows my factory drive would sometimes take up to 5 minutes and with my hybrid drive 2 seconds. Also, rebooting Windows 7 while running Mavericks with the Hybrid drive takes 15 seconds or less.

All in all it's been fantastic. It's instant on resume. Boot up is cut in half or less for sure.

Keep in mind though if you are doing heavy read/write tasks it's still like a 5400 speed drive.

From what i can tell it keeps OS related info on SSD so the OS itself is really snappy.

Mine has been flawless and i couldn't live without it. Best bang for the buck. For nearly $1000 you can get the 1TB SSD from Apple which is blazing fast but at that point i would entertain just upgrading your Macbook.

Oh one big tip... installation is key on this drive. Lots of people report errors and crashes after cloning their drive. I cloned my drive using Mavericks disk utility. Then you should 100% do a disk check. It will find errors and correct them then you are good to go. It will work nice and stable.


Heavybarrel said:
I've decided to get a new hard drive for my mid 2012 13" Macbook pro. And i'm looking at the Seagate 1TB Solid State Hybrid Drive (http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E1682...)
Has anyone used this in their system yet? Does it work well in a Mac and does it considerably increases the performance? Also is Seagate a good/trustworthy brand, or are there any other brand/product that i should be looking in?
I'm basically looking to increase the performance of my mac, and get increased storage space. I want the perks of SSD but with the value of a "regular" hard drive. Is there any suggestions on what can i do for around $100 - $150.


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September 25, 2014 6:56:14 AM

One more thing HeavyBarrel,

If you do get the hybrid drive head over to Crucial.com and upgrade your Ram to 16GB. They do make a 16GB compatible stick for your macbook.

The hybrid drive and ram upgrade will give you a crazy boost.

KR Kerjner

Heavybarrel said:
I've decided to get a new hard drive for my mid 2012 13" Macbook pro. And i'm looking at the Seagate 1TB Solid State Hybrid Drive (http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E1682...)
Has anyone used this in their system yet? Does it work well in a Mac and does it considerably increases the performance? Also is Seagate a good/trustworthy brand, or are there any other brand/product that i should be looking in?
I'm basically looking to increase the performance of my mac, and get increased storage space. I want the perks of SSD but with the value of a "regular" hard drive. Is there any suggestions on what can i do for around $100 - $150.


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September 28, 2014 1:48:41 PM

Hey kerjner,

Thanks for your insight, I was quite baffled for a while on which drive I should choose, hence the post, and now I think i've made my mind and I'm going to go with an SSD. Simply because I already have a 500gb stock HDD that I can solely use for storage, and the SSD just for the OS and application and other little stuff. It makes more sense because I can put the SSD in the optical bay, since I seldom ever use the optical drive.

I'm looking at the Samsung 840 EVO, which is priced at $120-140, which is 20 or so bucks more than the Hybrid by seagate.
Also just for the curiosity sake, how is the application launch time with the Hybrid drive, is it any better than the regular HDD? Its another reason I'm choosing an SSD, for a snappier all around performance of the drive.

And I think I don't really need more than 8Gb of RAM because I don't really do any heavy stuff like photoshop or video editing. Just everyday things like Safari, iTunes, Word and excel and couple other apps, 8Gb should be enough, right?
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September 28, 2014 2:08:39 PM

HeavyBarrel

Your SSD route is obviously the best way to go.

Yup the hybrid drive is certainly snappier at launching. Large programs like Photoshop and outlook iphoto 2-7 seconds.

Smaller programs are near instantaneous.



Heavybarrel said:
Hey kerjner,

Thanks for your insight, I was quite baffled for a while on which drive I should choose, hence the post, and now I think i've made my mind and I'm going to go with an SSD. Simply because I already have a 500gb stock HDD that I can solely use for storage, and the SSD just for the OS and application and other little stuff. It makes more sense because I can put the SSD in the optical bay, since I seldom ever use the optical drive.

I'm looking at the Samsung 840 EVO, which is priced at $120-140, which is 20 or so bucks more than the Hybrid by seagate.
Also just for the curiosity sake, how is the application launch time with the Hybrid drive, is it any better than the regular HDD? Its another reason I'm choosing an SSD, for a snappier all around performance of the drive.

And I think I don't really need more than 8Gb of RAM because I don't really do any heavy stuff like photoshop or video editing. Just everyday things like Safari, iTunes, Word and excel and couple other apps, 8Gb should be enough, right?


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