I want to attach this to a MacBook Air. Does the SSD noticeably extend battery life over spinning drives?
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I use mine with a MacBook Pro (Retina) and I do find that it seems to use less power than my spinning external drives. I've never done a fully scientific test to see what the actual differences are, but I do notice less drain with the LaCie SSD vs. other brand's spinners.
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I am sorry I can't answer this for you as I don't use it with a macbook, but a iMac. However in my opinion i would think that it would to some degree be better than a spinning drive.
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I have the MCE drive. It's much faster than the Apple drive & works better. A no-brainer.
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Absolutely. I have a MBP and bought 3 of these drives, although one was a gift to my brother-in-law who has a macbook air. I have one formatted Mac OS Extended (Journaled) for my own use, and one MS DOS for sharing files with none mac users. It's the best USB flash drive I've ever used.
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I bought that computer for my son, he loves it, no problems. Unfortunately I don't know what a ssd drive is, nor does he, so I can't give you any info on that.
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Hello Matthew, I unfortunatelly cannot answer your question because I am using this drive in a Mac. The system is completely different and has been implemented to use this drive. At the mac I get 6GB put through and the system itself manages the SSD part of the drive. I have no idea if or how Windows will take advantage of it. Sorry.
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this is the cord that connects an SSD to the mac. SSD's do not overheat. there is no moving parts.
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I am using 512MB SSD by this adpater. any SATA 2.5" Disk drive can use. if do you have Macbook, It's good choice.
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The Apple Superdrive needs more power than the USB spec specifies. USB ports on Apple laptops 'coincidentally' supply higher-than-spec power. Without the higher power (e.g. USB hubs (even powered ones), Windows computers, etc.) This is a stupid business practice to lock their drives to their laptops, nothing more. But since this drive is Mac and Windows compatible, there's nothing to worry about, USB spec power will be enough.
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I am not sure :( The most important things are pin compatibility (make sure that the MacBook air also adopts the micro sata pin standard), and the form factor, that is the drive will fit in the bay. If you take out the existing drive in your MacBook air, you should be able to tell both of those things. If both are true, I do not see why not.
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Honestly, I can't answer that. I assumed so, but now that you ask I'm not sure. You'd have to ask the OEM. I have it in my 2011 MacBook Pro running a 1TB spinning drive just for backup and data storage, so I don't need all that blazing fast of a connection.
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It has been awhile since I ordered this hard drive, but as I recall it was specific to Apple/Mac products. I would read the description again to make sure the one you order is for the Mac. If so, yes it will work with the Macbook Air. The major difference between the Macbook Pro and the Macbook Air is the Air does not come with a CD/DVD player which makes it much lighter than the Pro. It is a very good external hard drive. I wish I had bought the 2TB.
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The RAM is soldered on so you can't remove it. When I called Asus support and asked them if the SSD was replaceable, they recommended a 2.5" SSD... Poor customer service because they don't even know what the SSD type is for their own products. After asking them again, they told me that because of the gumstick-style SSD drive, you can't replace it unless it's through them... I'm sure you could try Google searching for gumstick-style SSD drive options. All I can say is: save yourself the trouble of the flaws and headaches of this laptop and go for a Macbook. I'm no Apple fanatic, but the Zenbook's flaws and horrible Asus customer support is what pushed me towards my first Macbook Pro (2012 model, 13") and so far I have had no problems with it while mainly using Windows 7 on a virtual machine. And with a Macbook Pro, you can replace both RAM and HDD. Go for the older model when a newer model comes out to save yourself some money.
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i bought it to replace the hard drive for my 120GB zune. and it didn't work. i don't know if it will work for your macbook air, sorry.
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I had the same problem when I 1st purchased this product. Apple then had an update and I haven't had a problem since. This is the only external hard drive I've used with my MacBook Air.
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Hello Mr Reginato,This item work with any problem in a MacBook Air.Best regardsWT-IMPORT
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No, I bought it and a ssd. I took the Mac mini apart and put a 120 ssd with the 1 ter hdd that came with the mac. Mac created turbo boost so they work together like one large ssd. It's fast and worth it.
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Yes. I've installed on my MacBook Air. So far the battery life is better than other I've tried. Good Luck.