SSD in Macbook Pro

[Joost Schuttelaar]

2.5 years later, was time to upgrade it :)

I was doubting for months whether to bite the bullet and buy a new MBP or not. But my Mid-2010 17" is still a pretty great machine, no need for more speed. Just a bit more space: got the Samsung EVO 512GB for a bit less than 300€.

I'll hang on for the next refresh... when they will obviously release the new Retina 17" in 'Space Gray' with 32GB of RAM and support for dual 4K displays.

Obviously! :)

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Joost Schuttelaar
The Hague, NL


On 11 jul. 2011, at 22:05, Joost Schuttelaar <joost at joostschuttelAar.nl> wrote:

> Hey -bar,
> 
> So I finally got myself an SSD for my MBP i7. It's great! Decided upon the Intel 320 series (160GB). The 510 and OCZ Vertex 3 are a bit faster, but:
> 
> * You need SATA 3 to really notice the speed difference
> * Intel supposedly is a bit more reliable than OCZ
> 
> Removed the optical drive, and kept the original 500GB drive in a 5.99$ Optibay clone from Ebay. Shitty quality, had to tear off a piece of plastic and put some electrical tape around it again as padding but it works well.
> 
> So now the machine has 160GB of fast drive space for the OS, applications, virtual machines and often accessed data (basically my user folder, especially e-mails) and 500GB of slower drive space for things like music and pictures. The thing screams. Much bigger difference than the switch from my old Core2Duo MBP to this one...
> 
> Anyone else on a SSD?
> 
> -- 
> 
> Joost Schuttelaar
> The Hague, NL
> 
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