I could keep my 500 GB hard drive for data storage and replace the MacBook Pro’s optical drive with an SSD which I’d use as the boot drive. The optical drive isn’t important to me — I rarely use CDs ...

For my hybrid setup I chose the kit with the 115GB Mercury Elite SSD. Optical-drive enclosure ... When assembled, the data doubler fits nicely in the empty optical drive bay, holding the SSD upgrade.

Want to upgrade the RAM, graphics card, processor, storage (SSD or Hard drive) or even use an optical drive in a Mac to add an SSD? Check out our guide! Find out which MacBook Pro, MacBook Air ...

It’s a fact that no one uses optical drives anymore and so why not replace the one in your late-model MBP with something a bit more useful like an SSD.It doesn’t really seem that hard as long ...

If you want to use the new HDD/SSD to boot from, you will need to download the OSX software and install it on the 2nd HDD/SSD you just installed and make that the primary boot drive. Add 9to5Mac ...

But as several readers have noted, there is another way to add an SSD to your Mac: you can keep your old hard drive, and instead replace the Mac’s CD/DVD optical drive, also known as a SuperDrive.

The Pi-Desktop Kit add-on board includes a connection for an mSATA SSD drive. I am going to look at adding one, and using it for simple disk storage expansion and for booting the Raspberry Pi.

The SSD & Hard Disk Drive Cloning Kit features: Support for Corsair SSDs and SATA notebook hard drives Compatibility with Microsoft Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, and OS X® ...

You won’t be able to add an optical drive to your new Mac Mini (not without some extensive Dremel work at least), but with this kit from iFixit, you can at least add a second hard drive, or even ...

In case you haven't noticed, very few netbooks have ever shipped with an optical drive. You've either had to get a more expensive ultraportable, a thin-and-light or an external ODD in order to ...

The Adaptec kit consisted of an 8x PCIe controller and the MaxIQ a single SSD, an Intel SSDSA2SH064G1GC SLC 2.5-inch 3Gbps SATA drive. The MaxIQ kit is available separately from the controller ...

Despite carrying a $250 MSRP, we've frequently found the PNY XLR8 SSD 1TB Gaming Kit retailing at around the $159.99 mark which is more in line with other PS5-ready Gen 4.0 drives.