Just wanted to +1 the SSD as a restorative for old laptops. Put one in my 5? year old macbook pro. Really makes a difference! I also took the failed dvd drive out. Haven't had the urge, but they do sell hard drive kits that fit in that space. Might be a compromise for those who want to take everything with them…
--joshua On Jul 3, 2013, at 7:53 PM, Steve Smith <[email protected]> wrote: > Owen - > > Good to hear... > > I *almost* gave over to putting an SSD into the (used) 15" MacBook Pro I > just bought to replace my (worn to a frazzle) 13" MPB. I talked myself out > of it because I *also* wanted to increase the amount of onboard HDD space > from my exisTing ~350GB and the priciness of a ~512G SSD was too shocking. > > I have 2TB in my NAS and don't use *any* cloud (except Flickr and Blog and > conventional Website), but I depend too much on having *everything* at my > fingertips whether in the office or in the field and the field is often > literally "in the field" despite now having iPhone/Cell tethering. > > I don't fully understand the OSX (previously 10.6, now 10.8) memory and I/O > management strategies as I would expect generous memory to go a long way and > for hybrid HD/SSD technology to give 90% of the results at a fraction of the > cost. > > Do you, or others here have any experience with the Hybrid HD/SSD technology, > in particular in the context of Mountain Lion? > > - Steve > > >> My 2010 Mini was getting pretty slow, and the problem was clearly the hard >> drive and swapping. I also have an Air with SSD which is really, really >> snappy .. especially for being the first generation. >> >> So SSD it was. The video I followed was OWC (Other World Computing): >> http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=XrlN0tAeY2U >> I also followed the advice to pre-install a bootable copy of my existing >> disk onto the SSD via SuperDuper. >> >> http://blog.danielna.com/2012/12/09/upgrade-macbook-pro-with-superduper.html >> >> One additional upgrade: because there are multiple screw head types in this >> exercise, I bought the OWC screwdriver kit so I'd have the Torx 6 & 8 as >> well as a really odd Hex driver from the current iFixIt kit floating around. >> >> The SSD is a Samsung from Amazon .. 256 GB. That seem small by today's >> standard, but with the "cloud" and a local NAS (Network Attached Storage) >> with RAID (redundant storage), I felt I could manage the somewhat reduced >> size (the hard drive being replaced wast 500GB). >> >> No major problems other than finding the Mini had an unconnected heat sensor >> (decided it was for the disk so just taped it on), and the video having a >> few errors in terms of size screws. >> >> Man has it been worth it! The old Mini has a new life .. and I can wait on >> a replacement for another couple of years. Seriously, SSD replacement is a >> great way to improve your computer. And with the good video and the toolset >> we've got, I'd say most of us could perform the procedure. No where near is >> difficult as changing an iPhone cracked screen. >> >> -- Owen >> >> >> >> >> ============================================================ >> FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv >> Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College >> to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com > > ============================================================ > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com
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