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Spud10
Joined: 26 Sep 2009
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 Posted: Sun Apr 03, 2011 4:04 pm Post subject: SSD Question for ya'll |
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Alright fellas, here's the situation.
1) I've got an early 2008 Macbook Pro. It's been great, still runs well. I recently put up os x lion on it and while it still pretty smooth, I've noticed some lag. Granted this could be because its still a developers build, but rumors have it that it's pretty close to the golden master build.
2) The harddrive on the macbook is pretty crappy, tiny and i've got literally no space left. Upgrade or new laptop is needed.
which brings me to the situation. I know an SSD would improve my read/write speeds incredibly but is it even possible to install on my older macbook? And if so, is it worthwhile doing so (in theory) to keep my computer running better with lion?
thanks in advance!
(stats: core 2 duo, 2.2ghz; 4g ddr2 ram) |
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sheriffadam
Joined: 10 May 2010
Location: Busan
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Yes.
Google/Youtube for the guides.
What size HDD is in there now though? Likely a bigger SSD is not going to be cheap! |
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Spud10
Joined: 26 Sep 2009
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I guess, through what I've read, that Intel makes the best SSD drives due to their ability to maintain their higher transfer rate over time. I've found a 160gig for about $400 but I'd like to get one a bit larger, perhaps 250gig.
Anyone know more about this or seen any for a good price? |
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Italy37612
Joined: 25 Jan 2010
Location: Somewhere
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Caffeinated
Joined: 11 Feb 2010
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Consider an SSD hybrid. You can get a Seagate Momentus XT do-it-yourself kit from OWC and they can ship to SK.
http://eshop.macsales.com/item/Seagate/YST9500562AS/
Amazon also sells just the drive.
Look into boosting your RAM to 6 or maybe even 8GB. OWC and Crucial are good sites for this. |
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archmagos
Joined: 14 Nov 2006
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| Posted: Tue Apr 05, 2011 7:18 am Post subject: |
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| I guess, through what I've read, that Intel makes the best SSD drives due to their ability to maintain their higher transfer rate over time. I've found a 160gig for about $400 but I'd like to get one a bit larger, perhaps 250gig. |
Have a look at OCZ and Crucial drives too (these have been highly reviewed, especially the OCZ Vertex 2).
I'm assuming price is not so much an object here, as a highly performing SSD at 250GB or above is not going to be cheap. Coming from the desktop world, I would aim to ensure that only frequently used system or application files are stored on the SSD to produce the greatest performance increase. In addition, this reduces the wear on the drive (less reads and writes) leading to a longer SSD life span.
If price does factor into this, you should ask yourself if you really need 250GB of SSD space (since you have already filled a small drive, perhaps a high performance SSD + second drive is the solution)? |
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jonpurdy
Joined: 08 Jan 2009
Location: Ulsan
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I have a 2009 MacBook Pro that I upgraded with an OWC 120GB SSD and DataDoubler (took out the optical drive and put in my 500GB mechanical drive).
The OWC was more expensive than the 80GB Intel due to the increased capacity plus shipping (since it was from the States whereas the Intel would have shipped from Korea). But, the write speed kills the Intel drive (read speed is about the same).
If you're on the fence about this at all, let me just say that this was the most significant computer performance upgrade I've ever performed in my entire life. For about $400 my machine performed like nothing I've ever seen.
If you're on a budget, the Intel drive will be fine (since read speed is likely more important for you than write speed). |
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