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Apple adds 750GB hard drive option to 24-inch iMac, Mac Pro
We aren't sure if this new option appeared today with the newly-updated MacBook Pro, but it's the first time we've heard of it: reader Mark S tipped us off to the availability of a 750GB hard drive option in the iMac 24-inch and the Mac Pro. The massive drive isn't available in any other iMac (they still cap out 500GB), but with 4 available bays in the Mac Pro, they can now be configured with 3 terabytes of storage straight out the gate. That's a lot of iTS movies.These drives don't come cheap, however: typical of Apple, each 750GB drive (across both machines) is a somewhat expensive $399 upgrade, so that's an extra $1596 just for the bragging rights of having the big bertha of Mac Pros on the block.
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narco said 2:40PM on 10-24-2006
Actually, $399 for a 750GB internal drive isn't that bad. I think I paid that for the 500GB I currently have in mine. I used to only use external drives, but I feel so much safer having only internal drives, then backing up everything on external drives.
Fishes,
narco.
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MacNewsOnline said 2:48PM on 10-24-2006
Looks like Apple is ramping up for the HD content that will soon be littering our hard drives.
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JkEw said 2:55PM on 10-24-2006
I agree with # 2 that's the first thing that came to my mind.It should prove to be a VERY interesting couple of months!
JkEw
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Justin said 4:52PM on 10-24-2006
Yeah... *sigh* that is new. I just ordered my new 24" iMac on friday, it shipped today and I 'would' have gotten the 750gb if they offered it. But I got the 500 instead, with a 2tb lacie fw 800.
I agree with #2. I think this will go hand in hand with the iTV though and it's ability to stream from other mac's in the house... hence the 2tb I bought.
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e said 5:23PM on 10-24-2006
It's no new for the Mac Pro. The 750GB drive was an option as early as 3 weeks ago on the Mac Pro - I know, I was scoping out to order one, but changed my mind.
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Patrick said 6:09PM on 10-24-2006
The Seagate 750gb drive is currently going for about $350 shipped @ ZipZoomFly, so if this is an "upgrade" price it's not that great a deal. Might as well just get the cheapest drive that comes with the system and buy the big drive separately.
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Liam Parkinson said 6:37PM on 10-24-2006
number 5, i ordered mine last week got it a couple of days ago and there was no 750gb hard drive, i know because i ordered mine with 4 x 500gb, as i wanted to max out on space
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Daniel D said 6:37PM on 10-24-2006
if its internal will the data not be accessed quicker?
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rickster said 7:34PM on 10-24-2006
It's available in the specs for the XServe too.
Now - if only the XServe was available - just a week to go before the "shipping in October" bell dings.
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icerabbit said 8:43AM on 10-25-2006
$399 for a 750GB HDD pre-installed.
Let me think, how much did I pay for that first hard drive which held a mere few MB ? Oh that's right it was more than that! ;)
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