# MacBook Pro hard drive needs replacing.

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/macbook-pro-hard-drive-needs-replacing/720519>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [May 21, 2015, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/macbook-pro-hard-drive-needs-replacing/720519 "2015-05-21T14:45:48Z")\
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**Author:** ![harmonicamoon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/65b543/32.png) [@harmonicamoon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/harmonicamoon)\
**Post date:** [May 21, 2015, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/macbook-pro-hard-drive-needs-replacing/720519/1 "2015-05-21T14:45:48Z")

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It is four years old. Apple Service center is suggesting 480 SATA 3.0 SSD, series V300. Will I be happy with it? Thanks

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**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\
**Post date:** [May 21, 2015, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/macbook-pro-hard-drive-needs-replacing/720519/2 "2015-05-21T14:54:37Z")

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Yes.

I would recommend a Samsung 840 (or 850) EVO drive - find out what brand they are planning on installing…

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**Author:** ![harmonicamoon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/65b543/32.png) [@harmonicamoon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/harmonicamoon)\
**Post date:** [May 21, 2015, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/macbook-pro-hard-drive-needs-replacing/720519/3 "2015-05-21T17:11:37Z")

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The brand is Kingston.

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**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\
**Post date:** [May 21, 2015, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/macbook-pro-hard-drive-needs-replacing/720519/4 "2015-05-21T17:22:34Z")

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Kingston has a pretty good reputation.  
Make sure this has the three-year warranty.  
Also, having an SSD does not mean you don’t need a backup! (I had an SSD fail - bad controller - every scrap of data irretrievable).

I’d say it’s an OK deal.