Thanks everyone,
for all your comments and suggestions. The SS drives sound just
fantastic, but at over $1800 for a 512gb drive from Apple, it is still
a touch expensive at the moment! I imagine prices will gradually fall
as the uptake increases.
Is it possible to buy them cheaper and get installed after purchasing
a machine without voiding warranty?
Best regards to everyone
Chris
On 08/01/2011, at 12:57 AM, Dark1 wrote:
Yeah power usage is one of the huge advantages that SSD holds over
traditional drives. At the moment I feel that SSD can only be
justified for a laptop and that's one of the big reasons. I don't
think you'd want to use an SSD to do alot of eyetv recording though
since they are limited in the number of times you can write to the
drive.
Ruben
Hi Guys
I have a MBP 2.8 core 2, 15" and have installed a 128gb crucial
SSD, boot up time and app start up times are very fast.
Reason I went for the 128gb was cost I got it for less than $300
and there are quite a few below $300 now, so getting more
reasonable :) I wanted to reduce power usage as we are doing a bit
of flying around at the moment and it does last over 3hrs
while playing movies.
I also have with me an external 500gb HD with all my other
applications on and keep the SSD quite clean, currently just using
25gb.
The OWC drives are a bit faster than mine and have come down in
price, I would really like a 500gb SSD but will wait for them
to reach the $300 mark!
Roger
On Fri Jan 7 18:28 , Ronda Brown <[email protected]> sent:
Hi Chris,
I inadvertently didn't see your email re the above, sorry for not
replying sooner.I've also changed the Subject to fit your
query.
Your 'Local Bloke' is correct! The SSD's are super fast with no
moving parts (so they last a lot longer), they are completely
silent, they run cooler, and they are expensive!
When I purchased my i7 MacBook Pro 17" I did a 'BTO' upgrade to a
Serial ATA Drive 7200rpm 500GB Drive.I would have
loved to go to the SSD, but the price put me over budget … one day
though … ;-)More chats with Daniel (Kerr) required.
My MacBook Pro with 8GB RAM + 7200rpm 500GB Drive is very fast.
I'm completely happy with it.They are a beautiful,
sleek, fast machine.
I haven't had any experience using a computer with a SSD drive
installed, someone on list might be able to give you a
personal experience report (& we will all be envious).
The below link shows benchmark from BareFeats. They basically say
Apple's SSDs are faster than any HDD, but third parties
offer even faster SSDs.<http://www.barefeats.com/mbpp19.html>
Cheers,
Ronni
17" MacBook Pro Intel Core i72.66GHz / 8GB / 1067 MHz DDR3 /
500GB Serial ATA Drive @ 7200rpm
OS X 10.6.6 Snow Leopard
Windows 7 Ultimate (under sufferance)
On 07/01/2011, at 9:08 AM, Chris Burton wrote:Hi Ronni
Thankyou very much for the very useful reminder on doing updates.
I think I need to print and pin up your list in my
office!!
I see you have an i7 MacBook Pro 17". Im thinking of upgrading my
machine and had a look on the Apple website at the 15"
models. As part of their options they have an i7 2.8ghz addition,
extra 4gb ram (which seems expensive) as well as the SSD
(solid state drives) up to 500gb. Do you or any other muggers have
experience with using these SS drives in terms of speed,
reliability and long term use? I spoke to a local bloke down here
who says they are just amazing, albeit very expensive. He
mentioned they are quieter, faster and produce less heat. I would
hope they would also be safer in the long term for data
integrity?
Thanks for any advice and best regards to all
Chris
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