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The MCE OptiBay is an innovative optical bay drive kit designed to effortlessly add a second hard disk or SSD to your Unibody MacBook Pro models. It includes everything you need for a straightforward installation, is compatible with all major operating systems, and comes with lifetime support.
B**E
A struggle to get it to work but most likely just one defective unit, not indicative of all
Optibay works as advertised, was able to install my 500gb HDD in my Macbook Pro to use as extra storage after I installed an SSD for the OS.Pros- well built, solid but light weight- looks nice too even though it doesn't have to, as it will be hidden in the body of the computer- comes with extra screws and two lil screw drivers, which is nice even if I didn't need them. They'll live in my toolbox till I figure out what to do with themCons *DON'T TAKE THIS AS EVERY ONE OF THESE IS LIKE THIS, MOST LIKELY I JUST RECEIVED ONE THAT SNUCK PAST QUALITY CONTROL- the OptiBay I received had an issue with the HDD connector. For the life of me I could not the hard drive to slide all the way on. What I ended up doing:1) taking the 3 screws out of the top section and removing it (luckily that's possible)2) removing the connector with board3) connecting the HDD to the connector4) reassembleIt was a pain but I had my computer apart already and there are a few iffy moves during the disassembly I didn't want to have to repeat. Again, works as advertised but because I had to spend about 30 minutes trying to get the hard drive in then figuring out a work around and because this is supposed the be so much better than the cheap Superdrive/hard drive adapter that it costs 3x as much, I took off 2 stars.
A**S
5 Stars
I ordered this to replace the optical drive in my macbook pro. This works exactly how you would like it to and fits perfectly. However, you might need to look up installation instructions somewhere online if you do not know how. The instructions that came with this were a bit hard to follow and the pictures shown were in black and white and blurry.
G**N
Happy to recommend.
Happy to recommend. Worked perfectly. Installation is relatively straight forward, but installation on Macbook Pro requires removal of 2 screws which are almost guaranteed to strip - I ended up cutting metal mounts with wire cutters after stripping the screws completely. I am an extremely technical person and could not get these screws out to save my life. A bit of tape (yes, tape) secured the cut out part with no problems. Macbook is working great.
M**C
One Star
This will not work on a 17" MacBook Pro for any SSD
S**N
Five Stars
Great
D**O
One Star
It's don't MCE's original ((
A**R
Five Stars
excellent product. exactly as advertised and arrived very promptly. easy install into my macbook pro 15"
J**S
Five Stars
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