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You would probably be happier replacing the optical drive with an SSD. That way you can get away with a smaller SSD and have the old drive or a new 500 GB hard drive for storage.
Here are three SSD drives:
http://www.ifixit.com/Mac-Parts/MacBook-Pro-13%22-Unibody#0-SSDs
Here's the enclosure:
http://www.ifixit.com/Apple-Parts/9-5-mm-Optical-Bay-SATA-Hard-Drive-Enclosure/IF107-078
Here's how to install it:
http://www.ifixit.com/Apple-Parts/500-GB-7200-RPM-Seagate-SATA-Hard-Drive-New/IF107-071
As little as I use a optical drive, an external USB/Firewire dual layer LaCie LightScribe drive works great for me.
http://www.lacie.com/products/product.htm?pid=11171
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+or you can put the existing optical drive in an external enclosure like this one:
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+http://www.geeks.com/details.asp?invtid=BLK-USBEXT-NBCDCADDY&cat=CDR

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You would probably be happier replacing the optical drive with an SSD. That way you can get away with a smaller SSD and have the old drive or a new 500 GB hard drive for storage.
Here are three SSD drives:
http://www.ifixit.com/Mac-Parts/MacBook-Pro-13%22-Unibody#0-SSDs
Here's the enclosure:
http://www.ifixit.com/Apple-Parts/9-5-mm-Optical-Bay-SATA-Hard-Drive-Enclosure/IF107-078
Here's how to install it:
http://www.ifixit.com/Apple-Parts/500-GB-7200-RPM-Seagate-SATA-Hard-Drive-New/IF107-071
-As little as I use a optical drive, an external firewire dual layer drive works great for me.
+As little as I use a optical drive, an external USB/Firewire dual layer LaCie LightScribe drive works great for me.
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+http://www.lacie.com/products/product.htm?pid=11171

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You would probably be happier replacing the optical drive with an SSD. That way you can get away with a smaller SSD and have the old drive or a new 500 GB hard drive for storage.
+Here are three SSD drives:
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+http://www.ifixit.com/Mac-Parts/MacBook-Pro-13%22-Unibody#0-SSDs
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+Here's the enclosure:
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http://www.ifixit.com/Apple-Parts/9-5-mm-Optical-Bay-SATA-Hard-Drive-Enclosure/IF107-078
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+Here's how to install it:
http://www.ifixit.com/Apple-Parts/500-GB-7200-RPM-Seagate-SATA-Hard-Drive-New/IF107-071
As little as I use a optical drive, an external firewire dual layer drive works great for me.

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You would probably be happier replacing the optical drive with an SSD.  That way you can get away with a smaller SSD and have the old drive or a new 500 GB hard drive for storage.

http://www.ifixit.com/Apple-Parts/9-5-mm-Optical-Bay-SATA-Hard-Drive-Enclosure/IF107-078

http://www.ifixit.com/Apple-Parts/500-GB-7200-RPM-Seagate-SATA-Hard-Drive-New/IF107-071

As little as I use a optical drive, an external firewire dual layer drive works great for me.

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