Hacker and speed-freak Reid coudn’t decide between upgrading his MacBook’s hard drive to a faster 7200 rpm model or going all out for a faster, albeit smaller, SSD drive. So he did both.
Tossing the optical drive left a big gap inside the Mac, with a SATA cable dangling into it, ready to be hooked up. There was, though, one problem: Apple’s optical drives don’t use a standard SATA plug, so he had to fashion a home-made solution from two store-bought adapters.
The result is a blistering-fast 80GB SSD boot drive, which Reid says runs seven times faster than his already speedy 7200 rpm HDD. Not bad, and he’s thinking of selling the home-brew adapters for around $30 apiece. Just remember, this will void your warranty. It’ll also confuse the hell out of anyone borrowing your MacBook to watch a DVD.
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