I would agree with you, Virtual, except that in this case I paid an extra $50 for the faster drive when I bought the machine. I asked for that refunded towards my buying the new one myself out of pocket because the drive was useless in that computer but it got met with the head tech at an Apple Authorized Warranty Service Center saying, "Well, I didn't put it in there. Apple put it in there." There was nothing wrong with the old drive except it was inappropriate in a machine with SMS because it had a competing G-shock system and they knew it but it was cheap drive so Apple chose to use it as their 'upgraded,' drive, so it would make a perfectly good backup for me since I had already paid for it twice(by buying the new one and paying for the upgrade) or a primary in any computer without SMS or with SMS turned off. (It's already in an external case and reformatted and fine.) There was nothing wrong with the drive.

Maybe if I eat something now I won't be as cranky.


Mid 2010 MacBook Pro 13"
2.4GHz, 750GB SATA HD, 8 GB RAM, OS 10.7.5
1 HDX1500 2TB Ext.HD, 2 HDX1500 1TB Ext.HD
HP Laserjet 6MP printing postscript via 10/100 Intel print server
Netgear WN2500RP Range Extender (Ira rocks!)
Linksys WRT1900AC Wireless Router
Brother MFC-9340CDW Color Laser
iPad Air