SSD over a normal HD in a MBP. Can someone explain why they are better?

[jenic]

I agree with fresh installs, I'd also wait for mountain lion so you have a fresh install of that.

 

[SC03OTT]

Mine has arrived. Just doing one last backup now. I'm going down the fresh install route as well. Now, where's my ESD strap...

 

[jenic]

. Now, where's my ESD strap...

People still use those? :rasp:

 

[SC03OTT]

Just incase and all that.

 

[SC03OTT]

Torx. FML. The lid could be going back on.

 

[Mr Pants]

This thread has got me wanting to throw an SSD in mine now too.

This will come across stupid I'm sure, but is the only difference between a 120GB SSD and a 250GB one the capacity? Performance wise they'd be largely the same? I'm only using around ~70GB of my hard drive so figured I could probably get away with a smaller sized SSD.

 

[ChrisR]

I can't remember the technical reason off the top of my head but a larger SSD will perform better than a smaller one of the same model. However I think it's still a pretty minor difference and pretty much any ssd will be a huge performance boost.

 

[SC03OTT]

My MBP is seriously quick now. Boots in about 15-20 secs, applications load pretty much instantly and shut-down takes around 3 seconds. Totally worth it IMO.

 

[dudes45]

Better value. CLICK

I've got two of those (the 120GB ones) in RAID 0 - 900MB/s Write 813MB/s Read. Its quick

 

[beatjunkie]

I have a late 2008 Mac (no pro) but its an alloy body - one of the first i think, can I still replace the HDD with an SSD? was looking at the 250gb ones, whats the best OCZ, samsung or the crucial?

 

[Tom]

Yup, should be no problem. Might be the slower SATA.

does it have the removable panel?

 

[beatjunkie]

This is what Crucial is saying:
http://www.crucial.com/uk/store/mpartspecs.aspx?mtbpoid=2F2ECDE4A5CA7304 Is that the slower one?

yeah has the removable panel, I replaced the ram while ago, has 4gb now

 

[seb]

Well, ordered a 256gb ssd and 8gb of ram for my 2009 13 inch mbp.

Having an apple date with Tom to install it all. Boom!

 

[Munson]

You won't regret it. OSX running from an SSD is stupidly fast.

 

[seb]

Total cost £162. Bargain.

 

[DanFreemanPhoto]

Best thing you can do to any computer.

 

[Slammed172]

Didn't even realise this is possible.

After 3 years my MBP 2.66 is lacking abit and it get's heavy usage in Creative Suite plus i'll be getting a thunderbolt come christmas so definitely need to give it a new lease of life.

256 SSD and 8gb ram the way to go ? It's currently 4gb ( 2 x gb ) ram and 300 gb HD.

 

[Wilkeh]

I have 2 60GB SSD's. One for Windows and one for my Steam folder. It's awesomely fast.

 

[seb]

Only ordered late Thursday night, free delivery.

 

[The Fatty]

Only downfall off SSD drives is the lack of abilityt o wipe them properly. Unlike HDD drives which can be simply overwritten, SSD drives store and wrtie data using different algorithms which makes data wiping very troublesome. Other than that, they are brilliant! Obviously get rid of the drop/knock factor as well as being super fast

 

[seb]

Well Tom came over to mine today and fitted 8gb of ram and sorted out the SSD install and cloning of the old HDD.

Took 2 hours to clone so we popped out for a subway.

On return Tom optimised a few odds and sods with reseting the pram (wtf never heard of that and a few other things too) and it now flies it is stupid quick.

iphoto opens instantly.

It is like a new laptop.

My mind is blown.

Vid of comparison boot up to follow.

 

[Eliganza]

I might give this a go since mine only runs a small HDD anyway, what's needed to do this?

 

[seb]

get yourself carbon copy cloner app. It is free to do the clone.

Buy some ram and an SSD with the correct cable to do the clone.

Do it.

 

[Lal B3N]

SSDs are way forward. I recommend them to everyone I can.

 

[seb]

 

[seb]

Mine on the left. Tom's on the right.

identical spec MBP apart from the SSD.

I have OSX 10.7 and Tom has Lion or whatever the latest OSX is.

 

[Tom]

Seriously impressive. Need to order one ASAP.

 

[Ray Gin]

Massive difference!

 

[Al_G]

Incredible.

Contemplating a new iMac once released.

Any idea how much the fusion drive is likely to cost over the 1TB HDD?

 

[Tom]

Shouldn't be horrendous as they've gone low capacity for the SSD.

 

[seb]

Is mind blowing.

Just using it for iTunes iPhoto word safari etc it is just so quick. Srs best thing I have ever done computer wise.

Hats off to Tom for the help!

 

[Al_G]

Shouldn't be horrendous as they've gone low capacity for the SSD.

Quality.

I heard that the ram isn't easily upgradable on the 21.5inch. Any truth in this?

Sorry I didn't mean to hijack the thread.

 

[Al_G]

Is mind blowing.

Just using it for iTunes iPhoto word safari etc it is just so quick. Srs best thing I have ever done computer wise.

Hats off to Tom for the help!

SSD is definitely the way forward.

Glad you're happy with it

 

[Tom]

Quality.

I heard that the ram isn't easily upgradable on the 21.5inch. Any truth in this?

Sorry I didn't mean to hijack the thread.

On the new ones? Should be impossible if its anything like the rest of the new range.
You'll need to spec the maximum at POS

 

[Al_G]

On the new ones? Should be impossible if its anything like the rest of the new range.
You'll need to spec the maximum at POS

Yeah, I heard it was possible to swap out the ram on the 27inch but not the 21.5inch.

I have no idea how accurate the above is.

Wasn't the ram upgradable on both previous models?

 

[Tom]

Yup.

1tb Fusion drive is £200 on the mini

 

[Al_G]

Here you go.

http://www.macrumors.com/2012/10/23...radable-ram-27-has-four-accessible-ram-slots/

Based on the price of Apple ram I presume you'd be far better off going for the 27inch.

What do you make of the iMacs Tom?

21.5 v 27?

 

[Tom]

They look awesome.

 

[ThomasBrentnall]

http://www.todo-backup.com/products/home/free-backup-software.htm cloning software, free and works every single time.

 

[Al_G]

They look awesome.

Based on the above I guess you'd be silly not to go for the 27?