Macbook Pro with Final Cut dies, what now?

Nigel Barker · April 24th, 2010, 01:00 AM

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Originally Posted by Erik Andersen

100 years does sound really good indeed, but after this experience - failure after less than one year

MTBF is a theoretical measure but just console yourself with the thought that statistically some other drive is going to last for 200 years to balance out your failure after one year:-)

Michael Thames · April 25th, 2010, 08:44 AM

I'm wondering if the 7200 rpm HD option in the new Macbook Pros runs hotter than the 5400 rpm HD's. Would it be better in the long run to get the slower HD, and postpone the inevitable?

Don Miller · April 25th, 2010, 09:55 AM

On an expensive machine used like this, the internal drive should be an SSD. Consider raid 0 for the external.

April 25th, 2010, 08:44 AM	#17
Michael Thames Major Player Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Santa Fe, NM USA Posts: 396	I'm wondering if the 7200 rpm HD option in the new Macbook Pros runs hotter than the 5400 rpm HD's. Would it be better in the long run to get the slower HD, and postpone the inevitable?

April 25th, 2010, 09:55 AM	#18
Don Miller Major Player Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Chicago Posts: 706	On an expensive machine used like this, the internal drive should be an SSD. Consider raid 0 for the external.