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SSD Drives
Ifti:
I also forgot to point out, that my system battery lasts a little longer, and Ive also noticed the temps are much better - its always cool to the touch (unless you are really doing some heavy editing etc).
Also, since the SSD has no moving parts, its COMPLETELY silent. You cant hear anything whatsoever, just the very faint noise of the system fan, which is still hardly noticable.
You can install 2 drives in your MAC if you wish, but at the expense of your DVD drive.
You can buy one of these optibay's, which fit in where the DVD drive goes, and allows you to use a second SSD/HDD instead.....
http://www.mcetech.com/optibay/
Bear in mind this REPLACES the DVD drive, but you get a free external enclosure to put your DVD drive into, so you can still use it via USB.
Also remember that its best to have the SSD as your primary drive, with the OS and your programs installed (obviously), since this is where your speed boost will come from. The Optibay is more for adding a higher capacity HDD, which is only used for storage.
This also keeps costs down, as you could just buy a cheaper 50GB SSD if you wanted, and then have a large 500GB HDD in the Optibay for storage.
As a general rule hough, keep the SSD primary, with the OS and system programs etc installed, and use the second HDD in the Optibay for storage of data etc.
Also bear in mind adding a second drive will consume more battery power, and also generate a touch more heat :wink:
Ifti:
--- Quote from: vRS Carl on August 28, 2010, 09:18:00 pm ---Not quick enough though Ian for what i need.
You can buy a 15" MBP with a 512Gb SSD but its a £1k option :sad1:
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I hear Apple use Samsung SSD drives - cheaper drives using the Indilinx controller. They are lower quality drives in general.
You are better off buying the SSD and installing it yourself.
It wil NOT void your Apple warranty on the MacBook Pro, as long as your do not break anything while opening it up! Apple just will not cover the SSD for any failures obviously, but will still honour the warranty on the rest of the notebook.
If you EVER need to send you notebook in for repair, PLEASE MAKE SURE you remove the SSD and put the old HDD back in!!
Ive read so many stories of people sending their systems in for repair, and Apple remove the SSD and put a standard HDD back in, and keep the SSD back!! You then have to go through several hoops trying to get your own SSD back!!!!
Ifti:
--- Quote from: Hedge on August 28, 2010, 07:26:13 pm ---An SSD will/should behave exactly the same as a normal HDD except much faster.
VMWare and other stuff should just work as before. If you are concerned about external HDD performance use Firewire.
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The SSD will not only be faster, it will be completely silent, and also run cooler - plus it usues much less power since it has no moving parts.
All software will work fine on it, as the system just see's it as another storage drive.
When it comes to external drives, all of mine have Firewire. Its much faster then USB2!
vRS Carl:
Thanks for all that Info Ifti. Makes things a lot clearer. I think once i sort a few other financial issues out i may be going for one of those drives with the Sandforce controller :happy2: :happy2:
The only drama i have with my drives is they are portable ones so no firewire support :sad1: I don't really want to be going to a bigger desktop size external HDD as then i have to start carrying not only the extra bulk of the drive but also power supply which then in turn means carrying a 4 way adaptor with me (sometimes i go places with only one electrical point in the room)
I think i will hold off till around Dec/Jan time as the drives should have dropped a bit by then and i might be able to get a 480Gb one for a lot cheaper. :happy2:
Ifti:
I have 2 of these:
http://www.play.com/PC/PCs/4-/13955178/Western-Digital-My-Passport-Studio-640GB-2-5-inch-External-Firewire-800-USB-2-0-Hard-Drive/Product.html?_%24ja=tsid:11518%7Ccc:%7Cprd:13955178%7Ccat:Hard+Drives
I use one for my backups, and the for all my data storage.
When I connect directly to my MacBook (if Im doing something intensive like editing, or just copying data around) I use Firewire 800.
However, they also have USB, so if Im connecting to another system with no Firewire I can use the USB - I also connect the drives to my Airport Extreme vis USb to access them over the wireless.
I also have one of these, which again has both firewire and USB, which is my master disc for backing up other portable drives, as well as my family photo's & videos etc. Its good since I have it set to mirror one drive to the other, for the ultimate in backup!
http://www.wdc.com/en/products/products.asp?driveid=621
I know you already have your external drives etc, but for future reference, its wise to spend that little bit extra and go for drives with Firewire as well as USB, so you have the choice of using either when and as you need them.
The Western Digital Studio range of drives (the silver ones) are all aimed primarily at MAC users and have all the ports you'd need :wink:
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