http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/29/add-raid-to-your-apple-laptop-for-a-price/ Engadget Comments for Add RAID to your Apple laptop -- for a price http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/29/add-raid-to-your-apple-laptop-for-a-price/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/29/add-raid-to-your-apple-laptop-for-a-price/
1 - The kit comes with a case for your DVD drive so it becomes external
2 - It dosnt need to be RAID, the title is misleading
3 - It comes with all the tools you need to install it yourself
4 - Most people buy the 160GB or 200GB on the MBP and have put wither Parallels or Boot Camp, witch cuts down on the space availble
5 - You should read the site nest time, and understand instead of pretending you know anything.]]>Apr 29th 2007 6:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/29/add-raid-to-your-apple-laptop-for-a-price/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/29/add-raid-to-your-apple-laptop-for-a-price/
To answer your question, someone who is a heavy user of a notebook and has need for more capacity and speed than a single 160GB drive and who has no use for an internal DVD might want to do this.]]>Apr 29th 2007 8:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/29/add-raid-to-your-apple-laptop-for-a-price/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/29/add-raid-to-your-apple-laptop-for-a-price/Apr 29th 2007 10:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/29/add-raid-to-your-apple-laptop-for-a-price/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/29/add-raid-to-your-apple-laptop-for-a-price/
Generally speaking those who call forth teh "gay" have their own issues with their sexuality. Get bent you ignorant dumbass. RAID is a damn good thing to have on a laptop. I can't tell you how many drives I've lost over the years at the office I support. An external optical drive is a perfectly good alternative if it means if you are on the road and one of the drives up and dies.]]>Apr 29th 2007 11:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/29/add-raid-to-your-apple-laptop-for-a-price/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/29/add-raid-to-your-apple-laptop-for-a-price/
P.S. If you are so concerned about drives failing then maybe you should consider a firewire HDD. Cheaper, easily expandable and nothing is modified / lost in the process. You people are the most unproductive I have seen apart from my 4 year old cousin. ]]>Apr 30th 2007 4:44AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/29/add-raid-to-your-apple-laptop-for-a-price/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/29/add-raid-to-your-apple-laptop-for-a-price/
100gb extra and not near as much battery eatage...

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I got a bootable dvd firewire drive as an addon, which works, but it won't play a dvd movie from the remote, because it's looking at the harddrive.

It's a nice hack if you need more harddrive space, but you'll have issues.]]>Apr 29th 2007 5:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/29/add-raid-to-your-apple-laptop-for-a-price/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/29/add-raid-to-your-apple-laptop-for-a-price/
and when my battery is getting low, I just swap out the optical or HDD in the expansion bay, and add my second battery. I can then remove the other battery, and swap in another one in the left side.

I miss the expantion bay in apple laptops, or else i'd be driving a MBP.]]>Apr 29th 2007 5:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/29/add-raid-to-your-apple-laptop-for-a-price/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/29/add-raid-to-your-apple-laptop-for-a-price/Apr 30th 2007 1:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/29/add-raid-to-your-apple-laptop-for-a-price/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/29/add-raid-to-your-apple-laptop-for-a-price/
imagine the speed of this bad boy
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You can exchange the battery in a Powerbook (only tested it with PB) while it is running. You got about 60 seconds to put a new one in (longer than 60 seconds and it will completely turn off. So don't wait too long.) ;-)

And a single HDD with 120 to 200 GB is good enough for me.

I would say: buy a MBP. :-P
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"I use up at least 20-30GB per week in the field, and it will be great to be able to work on my notebook without having an external drive chained to it."

Had you read the article, you would not have questioned why anyone would do such a thing. Instead, you were more interested in making homophobic remarks.

Just because you have no interest in high capacity and performance in a notebook doesn't mean that no one does. Photo pros, of which the author is one, run Photoshop in the field and need lots of storage. Requiring the use of an external drive is a burden for them while an external DVD is not a big deal.]]>Apr 30th 2007 12:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/29/add-raid-to-your-apple-laptop-for-a-price/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/29/add-raid-to-your-apple-laptop-for-a-price/http://developer.apple.com/documentation/HardwareDrivers/Conceptual/15inMacBookPro_0610/Articles/MacBookPro.html
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Of course, because being homosexual is something negative, right vlad? You're an idiot.

"If you needed an explanation for this then you need to live life some more, step away from your computer and go out in the real world some and just maybe you'll pick up on these colloquialisms. Good luck!"

If only you could take your own advice. It's not a "colloquialism", it's a deragatory, homophibic remark made by an ignorant fool.

"P.S. If you are so concerned about drives failing then maybe you should consider a firewire HDD. "

Once again, vlad, if you'd have bothered to read the article, you'd know that the author is specifically NOT concerned about drives failing. What he IS concerned with is not having to use an external drive with his system. You're so smart.]]>Apr 30th 2007 12:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/29/add-raid-to-your-apple-laptop-for-a-price/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/29/add-raid-to-your-apple-laptop-for-a-price/May 1st 2007 11:48AM