I want to purchase 2 of them and use the internal drive of one of them for putting it into my Macbook Pro. But for doing so I need the internal HDD to have a Sata interface. Does anybody know whether this is the case?
And if somebody knows that: what is the axact thickness of the internal drive?
But as I found out meanwhile, you may possibly confuse this with the PC/Windows oriented “standard” Passport 2TB version with USB 3.0, that indeed according to a review has a custom interface.
The Mac version with Firewire 800 and USB 2.0 appears to have Sata "and reveals a custom 15mm tall 2TB WD20NPVT Scorpio Blue hard drive inside", according to another review from Storage Review
Then if that’s the case you already got your answer :smiley:
I have it on order for finding out. I take reviews with a grain of salt. There was a review claiming that the alternative Seagate Free Agent GoFlex 1.5 TB has internal Sata and is 12.5 mm thick.
I purchased it today, just to find out, that it indeed has Sata, but a thickness of 14.5 mm.
I have nevertheless fitted it into the internal HDD slot of my Macbook Pro, but I could not use the Macbook’s internal decupling mechanism, because for this the space isn’t sufficient.
Now I would like to know whether a HDD just fixed mechanically to the body of a notebook is in significant mechanical risk during average operating environments.