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Stefan Mileschin 18th October 2012 07:25

OWC DIY Kit (Data Doubler + SSD) and SuperSlim USB 2.0 External Enclosure Review
 
The OWC DIY Kit is compatible with the latest Mid-2012 non-Retina Macbook Pros and helps us install an additional disk drive by replacing the Apple SuperDrive. The kit also incorporates a high-performance SSD from the same manufacturer (SandForce powered) and for $39.99 extra we can also have the Super Slim USB 2.0 Enclosure for the removed SuperDrive.

http://www.madshrimps.be/articles/article/1000347/

jmke 18th October 2012 09:17

bit of a markup for the Mac Superslim drive swap, as most SSD are now sub $1 per GB, still a nice kit, much more useful than a DVD drive.

Excellent installation pictures and benchmarks.

Can you use this drive as boot drive for Mac OS X? (while in the new superslim enclosure) ? or do you need to swap the internal HDD?
the Sata speed is 3Gbps on the DVD port?

Stefan Mileschin 18th October 2012 09:18

Of course you can use the drive as bootable for OS X. This is the best use for it basically in my opinion. My benchmarks done in OS X show SATA 6Gbps speeds for the SuperDrive bay interface.

jmke 18th October 2012 12:25

that's pretty awesome, most OEM systems have no 6Gbps for their DVD drives :)

Stefan Mileschin 18th October 2012 13:40

From what I have read, 6Gbps works well since the 2011 Late versions of Macbook Pro on the SuperDrive interface. This is why Mac Pro Unibody is still awesome compared to Retina or Air regarding possible internal storage space :).

jmke 23rd October 2012 15:53

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/...ifty-minidrive

:-)

64Gb extra storage for cheap!


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