Re: Any Solid State Drive users here?

2010-09-13 Thread Scott Granados
Cost about $1400 through Apple. On Sep 10, 2010, at 6:09 PM, Braille wrote: 500GB SSD? Does it cost like 6000 dollars? On Sep 10, 2010, at 5:28 PM, Scott Granados wrote: I have the 500GB SSD drive in my Macbook Pro and love it. Extremely fast (especially on reads) and very stable so

Re: Any Solid State Drive users here?

2010-09-11 Thread Kevin Shaw
I have a 256 gig drive in my Macbook Pro and it's been completely stable for the past year and 2 months. I imagine Apple will reveal a 1 TB SSD soon. And we will all drool and say we want one. Kevin -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries

Re: Any Solid State Drive users here?

2010-09-11 Thread Justin Thornton
scott where did you get your ssd from I would like more info on it and wonder if they have a smaller version On Sep 10, 2010, at 8:28 PM, Scott Granados wrote: I have the 500GB SSD drive in my Macbook Pro and love it. Extremely fast (especially on reads) and very stable so far. Only been

Re: Any Solid State Drive users here?

2010-09-11 Thread Scott Granados
Hi, I got mine while configuring the Macbook Pro. It was an option. About $1400 I believe and yes they have smaller options down to 32 GB I believe. On Sep 11, 2010, at 7:13 AM, Justin Thornton wrote: scott where did you get your ssd from I would like more info on it and wonder if they

Re: Any Solid State Drive users here?

2010-09-11 Thread Braille
500GB SSD? Does it cost like 6000 dollars? On Sep 10, 2010, at 5:28 PM, Scott Granados wrote: I have the 500GB SSD drive in my Macbook Pro and love it. Extremely fast (especially on reads) and very stable so far. Only been using it for 2 - 3 weeks though. Thanks Scott On Sep 8,

Re: Any Solid State Drive users here?

2010-09-11 Thread Ricardo Walker
nah, It's a little over a thousand. On Sep 10, 2010, at 9:09 PM, Braille wrote: 500GB SSD? Does it cost like 6000 dollars? On Sep 10, 2010, at 5:28 PM, Scott Granados wrote: I have the 500GB SSD drive in my Macbook Pro and love it. Extremely fast (especially on reads) and very stable

Re: Any Solid State Drive users here?

2010-09-10 Thread Scott Granados
I have the 500GB SSD drive in my Macbook Pro and love it. Extremely fast (especially on reads) and very stable so far. Only been using it for 2 - 3 weeks though. Thanks Scott On Sep 8, 2010, at 5:48 AM, Bryan Jones wrote: Folks - If you have an SSD (solid state hard drive) in your Mac,

Any Solid State Drive users here?

2010-09-08 Thread Bryan Jones
Folks - If you have an SSD (solid state hard drive) in your Mac, would you mind telling me about your experience with the performance of VoiceOver and other day-to-day functions? I'm in the market for a larger hard drive for my macbook and am considering an SSD or maybe purchasing a new or

Re: Any Solid State Drive users here?

2010-09-08 Thread Yuma Decaux
Hi, I've been on an SSD for 4 months now, and i won't go back to mechanical drives. It's silent, fast, ultra fast, and consumes less electricity. It also allows you to quickly jump from sleep mode to awake when the situation calls for it. The down-side, as you have probably read on numerous