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internal hd compatibility


#1 User is offline   shanenin 

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Posted 29 January 2011 - 11:59 PM

Can you use any of the shelf hard drive in a mac or does it need special firmware? My employee seems to think you need a special drive for a mac, I can't find any info that backs up his claim.

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based on this article, it seems they just use a standard drive
http://www.macworld....ard_drives.html

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Posted 02 February 2011 - 03:15 PM

Any drive should work fine.

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Posted 14 February 2011 - 08:48 PM

thanks!
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