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#585817 - 11/17/12 04:12 PM What think ye?
MacBozo Nut Dood Registered: 04/20/02 Posts: 17471 Loc: Pinellas Park, Florida	Seagate Momentus XT 500 GB 2.5 Inch Solid State Hybrid Drive for my Mini? It's cheaper than the 250 I've been eying for about a year. Anyone have any experience with these hybrid drives? _________________________
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#585848 - 11/18/12 10:42 AM Re: What think ye? [Re: MacBozo]
MacBozo Nut Dood Registered: 04/20/02 Posts: 17471 Loc: Pinellas Park, Florida	Just checked on Amazon and ordered it for $49.99! _________________________
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#585852 - 11/18/12 11:05 AM Re: What think ye? [Re: MacBozo]
Acumowchek Is this thing on? Registered: 12/29/07 Posts: 2922 Loc: Petaluma, CA	Good buy!
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#585984 - 11/21/12 02:48 PM Re: What think ye? [Re: MacBozo]
MacBozo Nut Dood Registered: 04/20/02 Posts: 17471 Loc: Pinellas Park, Florida	Originally Posted By: MacBozo Just checked on Amazon and ordered it for $49.99! Drive arrived today, but I don't have time to do the swap until next Thursday. _________________________
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#585988 - 11/21/12 03:37 PM Re: What think ye? [Re: MacBozo]
yoyo52 Nothing comes of nothing. Registered: 05/25/01 Posts: 30409 Loc: PA, USA	How hard is it to open up the Mini and install the new drive? _________________________ MACTECH ubi dolor ibi digitus
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#585989 - 11/21/12 03:52 PM Re: What think ye? [Re: yoyo52]
KateSorensen 77 and counting Registered: 05/19/01 Posts: 3665	. Easy peasy, as this young thing demonstrates . _________________________
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#585990 - 11/21/12 03:55 PM Re: What think ye? [Re: yoyo52]
MacBozo Nut Dood Registered: 04/20/02 Posts: 17471 Loc: Pinellas Park, Florida	Originally Posted By: yoyo52 How hard is it to open up the Mini and install the new drive? Not too tough, but it does take several minutes. I can probably do it in about an hour from shut down to boot. I won't have an uninterrupted hour until I'm off work and home alone on Thursday next. Of course, there's the unplugging and replugging the peripherals, etc. and getting things restored from the TM backup. _________________________
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#586001 - 11/21/12 08:55 PM Re: What think ye? [Re: MacBozo]
yoyo52 Nothing comes of nothing. Registered: 05/25/01 Posts: 30409 Loc: PA, USA	That little video made it seem pretty easy--but I can see that there are steps that would be daunting. Good luck doing it--and have fun! _________________________ MACTECH ubi dolor ibi digitus
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#586102 - 11/25/12 06:19 PM Re: What think ye? [Re: yoyo52]
MacBozo Nut Dood Registered: 04/20/02 Posts: 17471 Loc: Pinellas Park, Florida	I've opened up my wife's mini twice - once to change the HD and once to upgrade the RAM. I've opened mine once for a RAM upgrade. _________________________
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