[the_iconster]

Hi-

So I am planning on purchasing a MacBook in the next couple days. I currently am using a PC that I built, with a 250 gig SATA drive in it. Is it possible to copy MacOSX onto my 250 gig and then put that in the MacBook?

[VegasACF]

Originally Posted by the_iconster

Hi-

So I am planning on purchasing a MacBook in the next couple days. I currently am using a PC that I built, with a 250 gig SATA drive in it. Is it possible to copy MacOSX onto my 250 gig and then put that in the MacBook?

Theoretically, yes. The internal bus is SATA, and it should work (you'll need to start up with the included DVD-ROM and prepare the drive with Apple's Disk Utility).

EDIT: It seems as though Apple has heeded the many complaints about difficulty in upgrading its laptops (compared to how easy it is on their towers, especially), and has made the HD easily accessible in the new MacBooks. I've got one and even I didn't know that!

It would be easier to put that drive into an external, portable USB/FireWire enclosure and connect it to the computer. And you wouldn't void your (potentially valuable, at least for a laptop) warranty.

[akad]

If you take out the battery, in the bay there might be two RAM slots and a hard drive slot. See if you have it in there.

[Pensacola Tiger]

Only if the PC drive is a 2.5" drive. I'd suspect that it is not, and is a 3.5" drive, because the largest 2.5" SATA drive made today is only 160 Gb.

[VegasACF]

Thereby making the idea of putting it in an external FireWire/USB 2.0 enclosure all the more appealing!