Wanted: suggestions to 250GB Solid State Drive for MacBook Pro 2,53 GHz 13"

Before installing Snow Leopard I've decided to update my MacBook with a 250GB Solid State Drive. If anyone have suggestions for at good pick, I'd be most happy to hear about it. Thank you kindly.

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Suggestions to 250GB Solid State Drive for MacBook Pro 2,53 GHz 13"

Before installing Snow Leopard I've decided to update my MacBook with a approx. 250GB Solid State Drive. If anyone have suggestions for a good pick, I'd be most happy to hear about it. Thank you kindly.

You want to get a "Mac compatible" drive or you're going to run into saturation bottlenecks.
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Solid State Drive For Macbook Pro mid 2012

Hi Apple Users,
I would really appreciate some advice, a link would be great too.
I am using a mid 2012 macbook pro with 16gb ram. After trouble here and there, slowing down here and there to the point I'm about to crack - solution = Solid State Drive.
I use a variation of 2D & 3D Programs to design with which include photoshop, maya, modo and Mari. My laptop just can't cut it most of the time and I need whatever I can so I can get jobs done without any lag, freezing or spinning ball while my laptop tries to catch up.
I have browsed around for A solid State drive but what I found is confusing or at least I get somewhat lost in my search of plug and play. My built in hard Drive of 500gb has 350gb spare so going for a 250gb SSD seems the sensible option as I use my external HD to store my files, music etc.
I don't want to open my macbook and fiddle too much so any suggestions which are near enough 'plug and play' would be great. I am aware I will have to take the casing from my macbook but I want an SSD that -
- Fits straight into my macbook pro from out of the box
- I can use my time machine backup to put onto my new SSD without trouble and Can continue getting my design work done.
Budget wise I don't want to spend over £250 and that reminds me I would like to purchase from A uk website or retailer.
Please Point me in the right direction of what SSD to buy.
Really Appreciate your advice.
Thanks

Any SSD with a SATA formfactor of 2.5" diameter and a thickness of 9.5 mm will be compatible with your MBP. Another possibility you might explore is OWC.
http://eshop.macsales.com/shop/internal_storage/SSD/Mercury_Electra_3G_Solid_Sta te
You may also may find this informative:
https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-4741
SSDs are indeed expensive, but is is not my place, nor anyone else's, to tell you how to spend your money. To dismiss your query by expressing personal bias is a disservice to you and the purpose of these forums.
I have installed in my MBP a Seagate SSHD (hybrid), 1 TB in capacity. The cost is a very modest premium compared to a conventional HDD. Boot and shutdown times are dramatically faster than before but it will not give the same performance as a SSD in processing resource intensive applications. This is simply to give you an additional alternative to consider.
Ciao.

Solid State Drive for Macbook Pro?

Just wondering how many people have experience with 3rd-party (not Apple installed) SSD's in Macbook Pros? I was looking at picking up one of the refurbished 13" Macbook Pro's (2.4ghz c2d + 4gb ram) and then add in a Solid State Drive. I'm considering getting a 240GB SATA2 SSD (OCZ), which is about $400. Just wondering if anyone has some hints, tips, or articles online that they'd refer to regarding this... and the benefits of doing this specific to Mac OS X.
Thanks,
Philip P

I am using OWC Mercury Extreme Pro 240GB SSD in my MacBook pro and I love it.
http://eshop.macsales.com/shop/internalstorage/Mercury_Extreme_SSDSandforce

Solid State Drive for Macbook Pro Questions

Hey everyone, I am getting ready to purchase a new Macbook Pro, and I want to know what the Pros and Cons of getting the SSD Option, and if anyone here has any experience with the SSD drive. I guess I am just looking for if there have been any problems with them and if they are as reliable as they are marketed to be.
Any insight here would be greatly appreciated!
Thanks!

have a 128Gb ssd on my little mbp. works great. dont know of any down-side really other than initial purchase prices. Is fast and I have no apprehension about moving the notebook in any way vice a spinning HD.
David
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Sandisk 120GB Ultra SATA 3Gb/s 2.5" Solid State Drive for macbook pro

hi all!
has anyone installed this SANDISK 120 GB ULTRA SATA 3GB/S 2.5 INCH SSD in a macbook pro?
is it a good SSD? any wise advise will be really helpful.
many thanks to all

UPDATE
After several months of procrastination due to frustrated troubleshooting, I'm finally up and running.
Long Story Short,
Finally figured out how to update the firmware but still experienced the crash/eject/drive mounting error.
After two instant messanger communications with SanDisk support, they agreed to take back my SSD Ultra 240, and for my trouble they replaced it with the SanDisk Extreme 240.
(I honestly don't know what the difference is between the two)
Still I needed to update the firmware on my new drive, which again was a big hassle, but after burning a new disc per their instructions (refer to my previous link) and attempting to update on my MacPro (2008 8-Core), and then successfully on my MacBook Pro (2008?), I was able to update the firmware.
Conclusion, avoid SanDisk for a Mac machine. OCZ and Crucial SSD's all worked out of the box.
Now that I have all three 240 SSD's working, I'll keep you posted if any cause further difficulties.

Considering upgrading to solid state drive for Macbook Pro 2010. What are the specific requirements?

I am starting to experience some problems (very minor issues w speed) w my 2010 MBP. I decided to try and reformat w the install disk but it stalled on the grey screen and when I took it to the Genius Bar and they said they could do the re-install but that they think there could be a problem with the hard drive and it may crash completely after a re-install. They suggested an SSD. I found one on the iFix it site (SanDisk's top of the line X210 256 GB SSD) and am wondering what are the features I need to look for in an SSD if I go this route? Are there other parts in the MBP that will probably break in the next couple of years anyway? Will I see a big improvement in speed?

yes, you should definately swap the drive out, but be sure that the ssd you wish to purchase will be compatable with your mac.
yes, the mac will seem a lot faster. also give a thought to adding more ram, i believe your model is capable of quite happily handling 8g. 2 x 4g sticks.
no one can be sure of the future, so, if your mac is running well apart from the above then dont be concerned untill a problem occurs.

What's a good solid-state drive for my Pro 1.1, c.250-500gb?

What's a good solid-state drive for my Pro 1.1, c.250-500gb?

I only in the last months learned about the XP941 as an option, and for all Mac Pro models.
And that was in the middle of a long thread that led me to look further.
SATA Express meets the '09 MacPro - Bootable NGFF PCIE SSD ( 1 2 3 4 5 6 ... Last Page)
So the adapter is cheap $24-52 versus say Sonnet Tempo Pro SSD ($295) which is not even bootable in 2006/7.
No need for $15 Icy Dock. Does not take up drive bay or any of the 6 SATA II ports.
Yes up until last fall/winter the 840 EVO was fine, I have half a dozen ranging from 128GB up to 500GB and they work fine.
In the past I ended up using the Sonnet card just for data (graphic library for Adobe and iPhoto) and not the system.
Options are always good to have.

Solid-State Drives in Macbook Pro

Hi there,
I've recently started to upgrade the performance of my late 2011 MacBook Pro and have already upgraded the RAM. I am still not 100% satisfied with the performance of my MacBook pro especially when it comes to handling large HD video files.
I've been told that this is probably due to the slow read/write speed of the flash drive that the MacBook came with on day one, and I've head that installing a Solid-State Drive (SSD) will greatly improve the perforamcne of trasnferring, and capturing video files.
But Ive noticed there are 2 options, either removing the HDD and installing an SSD or purchasing a portable SSD and connecting to the MacBook via Thunderbolt.
I am wanting personal experiences using both installed or portable SSD and if theres any cons to either of them.
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My only current dual HD macbook, is an older 2010 I have 2 conventional HD in, the optibay drive has Win7 on it as boot volume for using a lot of older Win applications I still use (micrografx). Ive not setup a Raid 0 with the second HD.
Testing: RAID 0 in a MacBook Pro using the Data Doubler.
http://blog.macsales.com/9769-testing-raid-0-in-a-macbook-pro-using-the-data-dou bler
According to user Asatoran
Now add to the mix, the fact that RAID0 will lose data if any one of the drives in the array fails. You have two drives in RAID0 versus one drive in a non-RAID. The RAID is twice as likely to have a drive failure just because you have more drives. If you made the RAID from two SSD drives, which are more reliable than platter-based drives, then you're got something interesting. But you're still twice as likely to have a SSD-RAID0 array failure compared to a single non-RAID SSD. (And more than twice if it's platter-based drives in the RAID0 versus a single non-RAID SSD.) So it's up to you to determing how much risk you are willing to take...and how much you can afford.
Also note that some Macbook and Macbook Pro models have slower performance on the SATA port for the optical drive. (One assumes Apple tried to save a few dollars and put in a older, slower SATA controller for the optical drive.) I don't know exactly which models but if yours is one of those, then you may get uneven performance on your RAID0. Whether that is noticable or acceptable to you, will depend on a lot of things that you won't know until you try. (e.g.: model of drive, apps you're using.)
And it's good that "backup is easy for you." With RAID0 for the boot volume, you're that much more likely to have a failed boot volume. (IOW, can't boot the Mac at all, which means you'll be using that easily made backup a lot.) Ideally, workstations that used RAID0 used them for the data, not for the OS. For example, in video editing, the scratch disk needs to be fast, but could be RAID0 because you "threw away" whatever was on the scratch disk after you were done editing, and presumably saved/copied the final edited product to another archival drive. But the OS was on a typical single drive non-RAID (or a RAID1 or RAID5 if necessary,) not on a single RAID0 array for both OS and data.
In your situation, you can't separate the OS and data onto separate RAID arrays, so in general, RAID0 is NOT what you want, regardless of whether you use SSDs or platter-based hard drives. But again, only you can determine how much risk and cost you're willing to gamble with.

Solid-state drive – new MacBook Pro 17 inch

Can anyone tell me about the specs of 512 GB solid-state drive in the new 17 inch MacBook Pro – manufacturer, read/write speeds, etc.?
Unfortunately, Apple never publishes such component information.
Thanks!

Samplex wrote:
They only thing is if you put in your own SSD disk of OWC, OCZ, Crucial, etc the hibernation doesnt work anymore and sometimes sleep mode gives problems to.
I have an Early 2011 13" MBP with an OCZ Vertex 2 180GB SSD in the optical drive bay and 1TB WD Scorpio Blue in the HD bay.
The most recent firmware revision (1.32) for the Vertex drives seems to solve all of the hibernation issues. The computer sleeps and wakes properly with pmset hibernation 0, 1, 3, and 25.
My machine, however, still has 100% repeatable issues related to waking from an inactivity sleep (i.e. not user-induced), detailed here:
http://www.ocztechnologyforum.com/forum/showthread.php?86538-Hibernation-works-b ut-wake-from-auto-timer-sleep-problem-still-present-in-1.32
Not as critical a problem as others, but still an annoyance when I leave the machine unattended.

What's the difference between flash storage and solid state drive in MacBook Pro?

What's the difference between MacBook Pro with flash storage and MacBook Pro with solid state drive?

A SSD is packaged like any other notebook drive. Flash storage uses a different design and layout that connects directly to the motherboard using PCIe. It is faster than a normal SSD.
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Solid State Drive in MacBook Pro

Hey everyone. I have a Macbook pro that I bought in April ,06 2.33 ghz and 2g of memory. I was just wondering, can and how could I put a SSD into my MacBook pro instead of my stock hard drive. What would this accomplish? As well, what are other alternatives than using the regular hard drive on my mac? I pretty much just want boot times to be incredibly fast and have my computer be a speed demon overall.
Thanks
Jake Speyer

Jbspeyer wrote:
I pretty much just want boot times to be incredibly fast and have my computer be a speed demon overall.
What I've read about SSDs is that random access is faster but sustained access is slower. It isn't a panacea. You might want to read the Ars Technica speed test of the MacBook Air with SSD. Here is an excerpt:
But what we're really interested in are the disk tests, as those tell us exactly how well the SSD performs against the 4200rpm drive in the HDD model. The overall disk test scores aren't much different—29.37 on the HDD and 34.30 on the Air. But the SSD performs a fair amount worse than the HDD model when it comes to sequential read and write tests...*the summary is: the SSD does worse in sequential disk tests and writing in general, but spanks the HDD in random disk tests and reading from the disk*... The SSD fared poorly against the HDD model when it came to encoding a 60MB QuickTime movie to iPod format—write speeds aren't high on the SSD. Unzipping the WebKit archive, on the other hand, was very quick...
I don't really pay attention to boot times since I only restart maybe once a week. That would make my "boot time" one second, because I just open the lid and it's ready to go.
If you want to spend a lot more money for a lot less disk space, I think all you have to do is get an SSD that fits in the bay. But of course you can't do it yourself without voiding the warranty.

250gb solid state drive and 1TB on a second HD

I have an iMac with a 250GB solid state drive and 1TB on a second HD. I have externals drives for photos and videos, but everything on my computer is on my SSD and it is full. How and what should I transfer to the HD2? I have deleted several apps and other files from the SSD.
Can I move applications/programs to the HD2 or should they remain on the SSD?

If you are happy having your applications in your SSD and performance is good, there's no reason to move them to the HDD because you will lose performance, as read and write tasks time are higher in a HDD.
If your SSD is getting full, you can try to put data onto the HDD like movies, music or pictures. In most cases, you don't need an enormous performance for them unless they are for professional use, so they can be in the HDD without any problem. If you have them on an external drive, ignore this.
If you are decided to put applications in the HDD, note that not all applications are supported. Most drag-and-drop apps (the ones that are installed by dragging them into Applications folder) are supported, but not other ones that come with an installer, like AutoCAD or Microsoft Office

Setting Up SSD Solid State Drive for Cache...Help!

Hello,
I am trying to configure my system to do really heavy special effects using After Effects and other programs. I bought a new computer with specs below and a Solid State Drive for the cache as recommended in the White Papers. I plug the SSD into a port on top of the machine. I must have it configured wrong because I keep getting the message "disk cache folder cannot be the root of a volume." I don't know how to configure this correctly so my work will use the SSD properly. Can someone walk me through this? Nicole The SSD is a Seagate SSHD 1TB hybrid drive that is supposed to boot and perform like an SSD. The motherboard is an Asus X79 and the processor is an i7 4820k (Ivy Bridge E) Thanks!
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Intel®
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Intel® 4th Generation Core™ i7
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3.7GHz (with Turbo Boost up to 3.9GHz)
How fast a computer processor carries out instructions. In general, faster is better, but processor speeds across brands may not be equivalent (i.e., a 3.0GHz AMD processor may not be the same speed as a 3.0GHz Intel processor).
Cache Memory
10MB on die Level 3
A small segment of memory that stores frequently used information for fast access by the processor, improving response time.
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16GB
The memory a computer uses to run its operating system, applications and active data files. Greater amounts of RAM improve speed and enable more applications to run at once.
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128GB
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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660
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2GB (dedicated)
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High-definition 7.1-channel surround sound
Speakers
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Built-in 10/100/1000 Ethernet LAN
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Drive speeds not specified
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No
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4 PCI Express x16, 1 PCI Express x1, 4 DIMM
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3 USB 3.0 (1 front, 2 rear); 8 USB 2.0 (2 front, 6 rear)
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No
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NVIDIA
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2TB
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Yes
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2TB
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SATA III (7200 rpm)
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>dont know how this is done in windows 8
Open Windows Explorer (for Win7) which I think was renamed File Manager in Win8 and go to the "root" of the drive and right click and select New--Folder from the popup window

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