Crucial M500 or M550 better for upgrading MBP13?

Hello for everyone!
Which is the best SSD for upgading Macbook Pro 13 Early 2011?
Crucail M500 or M550?
I'm talking about 240-256 GB range.
I had a bad experience with Samsung 840 Pro which didn't work with my Mac properly.
Now I want more stable and fast enough (I think it will be with every SSD onboard) SSD as system disk.
Thank you all!

Go with the M550 - it's faster than the M500, has a different Marvell controller and is just the 'best' drive, now, that Crucial makes.
Stay away from the Plextor - I don't believe that you can upgrade the firmware using a Mac.
Good luck,
Clinton

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I don't see any DDR3L on the page for the RAM that would fit your model -> http://eshop.macsales.com/shop/memory/Apple_MacBook_MacBook_Pro/Upgrade/DDR3_133 3MHz_SDRAM.
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Lenovo S20-30 laptop SSD upgrade - Crucial M500

Here's what I did:
Using original S20-30 configuration:
1 Download Windows 8.1 ISO - bootable setup installation disk image - save on desktop:
http://getintopc.com/softwares/operating-systems/windows-8-1-download/
2 Download Rufus software - create USB bootable drive - install Rufus:
http://rufus.akeo.ie/
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3 Run Rufus with target USB drive (USB 3.0, port on left of keyboard), using ISO - power off once done.
4 Open S20-30 (11 screws, 2 hidden under back rubber feet nearest screen hinges)
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6 Hold FN & F2 keys - enter BIOS - SSD should appear - change SATA controller mode from AHCI to compatible - save & exit - power off
7 Hold FN & F12 keys - press power on - Boot Manager - choose USB drive
8 Windows Setup should run - when target drive appears, if any partitions are there, remove them so Windows can establish new GPT partitions
9 Once Windows is running, re-install all Lenovo drivers & upgrade to Windows 8.1 Update
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I've just tried mine and WITH the USB drive in I get 3 choices:
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EFI Network 0
Maybe your USB drive isn't formatted correctly as a bootable Windows installation drive - check that?

Replacing my HDD in my Early 2011 Macbook Pro...Trying to decide between Samsung 840 EVO 250 gb and Crucial M500 240 gb. Samsung is faster but less "mac-friendly". Should I opt for the Crucial due to the "mac-friendliness"?

I have a S.M.A.R.T error on my current Hitachi drive that came with me Early 2011 Macbook pro. Want to upgrade to SSD.
Trying to decide between Samsung 840 EVO 250gb and Crucial M500 240gb, at this gb range, the Samsung is faster and uses less wattage....ONE PROBLEM...I have read many user experiences that note it is much less mac-friendly...
The software samsung offers is not IOS compatible and some report lower than expected speeds after installation...Also apparently the RAPID MODE of the drive, the fastest drive mode is nonexistant when installed on a Macbook pro?
Should I opt for the slower and more power cosuming Crucial M500 240gb SSD because it is more Mac-friendly? Does anyone have a Samsung 840 EVO 250 gb SSD installed in their macbook pro? What has been your experience?
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Resoure: http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/crucial-m500-1tb-ssd,3551.html

I decided against the Evo as there are too many Mac users that have had issues with slow speed on them. Even without these, the main speed that Samsung states for the Evo comes form turbo Write which is a PC only feature as is software dependent.
I'm sorry but Crucials M500 is simply too slow compared to modern drives to be recomended. Read speed is ok, but the write is far too slow for the price.
I've used and installed both a Samsung 840 basic and a Samsung 840 Pro in 2 separate Mac books! and currently have the 840 Pro in my own MacBook Pro and it comes very highly recomended. It's all but the fastest Sata III drive you can buy - A few OCZ drives just edge it but the difference is negligible. Samsung by far have the best reliability though when it comes to SSD's. I've been getting 520Mb/s easily on mine consistently, and without getting a MacBook with a PCIe drive you won't get a faster more reliable drive.
I really would recommend nothing else.

I'm begging for help, Windows 8.1 Pro Bitlocker, a Crucial M500, and T420...

I have a Lenovo T420-4177 and a Crucial M500 self-encrypting drive, Win 8.1 Pro. I have made sure that the BIOS is up to date, that TPM is turned on and verified it is v1.2 AND initialized, the BIOS is set to boot ONLY to UEFI OS (i.e. CSM is disabled), BitLocker is configured in Local Group Policy to use hardware encryption. Why is it then that when I try to use BitLocker that it will only use software encryption??? Google has been less than cooperative in providing me clear "how-to check UEFI version" results.
Here's my post on Crucial's forum:
http://forum.crucial.com/t5/Solid-State-Drives-SSD/Windows-8-doesn-t-use-hardware-encryption-with-M5...
Here's a related post:
http://forum.crucial.com/t5/Solid-State-Drives-SSD/Cannot-enable-hardware-Bitlocker-Encryption-on-M5...
I've also checked these articles:
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh831627.aspx
http://www.anandtech.com/show/6891/hardware-accelerated-bitlocker-encryption-microsoft-windows-8-edr...
http://forum.crucial.com/t5/Solid-State-Drives-SSD-Knowledge/System-Requirements-for-M500-Hardware-E...

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http://www.anandtech.com/show/6884/crucial-micron-m500-review-960gb-480gb-240gb-120gb
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Macbook Pro Mid 2012 Crucial m500 960gb or Samsung Evo 840 1tb?

Hello,
So i've done a lot of research and I can't seem to quite get a definite answer.
I've seen many people say that the Samsung Evo 840 is having issues during bootup in the Mid 2012 one but some are saying it's running perfectly fine.
On the other hand, some are saying Crucial is better and guarantees that it will work.
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clintonfrombirmingham wrote:
I've had the M500 960GB drive for about 4 months now and I love it - it wasn't a major upgrade for me: I had a Crucial m4 series 512GB but, as I have had such good luck with Crucial, decided to go with the M500 960GB.
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Clinton
Just ordered the Crucial M550 512Gb SSD ($334) to replace my Crucial M4 256Gb SSD. The drive is still going strong after 21 months of service but wanted a little larger capacity and faster write speeds. I will be putting the M4 in a 2009 MacBook Pro even though it's only negotiated link speed will be 3 Gigabit.....so it won't go to waste.
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15-f010wm unable to clean install Windows 8.1 on Crucial M500 SSD

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@sledparty
I have brought your issue to the attention of an appropriate team within HP. They will likely request information from you in order to look up your case details or product serial number. Please look for a private message from an identified HP contact. Additionally, keep in mind not to publicly post ( serial numbers and case details).
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Could not get Crucial M500 SSD to work in Thinkpad X201

I have a ThinkPad X201 running Window 7, I have not make any changes to the computer hence all the hardware are original.Except when I recently bought a Crucial M500 SSD, First I use MiniTool to clone the HD to the new SSD. After cloning, I install the SSD into the X201. Window appear to boot up normally with no error message. But soon I notice the Window is not working correctly. For example Window no longer recognize Microsoft published program. For a simple thing like pressing Del to delete a file. A UAC warning will come on to asked if I will allow delete,exe from an unknown publisher to make changes to the computer.Then I tried to repair window by downloading the Window 7 ISO file from microsoft site and proceed to do an upgrade of Window, The upgrading process took quite a while. When everything appear to have finished an error message came on to say "Window setup could not configure windows to run on this computer's hardware". So I gave up on cloning and try to make a clean install of Wondow on the SSD by using the Recovery DVD that came with the computer. The installation process gone through but at the end it ask me to put in the supplementary disk which did not come with the computer. Hence I could not complete the process. I am at a total loss, what can I do next to get it to work?
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serangoon55 wrote:
thanks. I used Minitool to make the cloning which can be booted up from a CD/DVD. I will try to clone with the target in the laptop as suggested and let you know the result.
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Hi guys,
first of all greetings from Germany, I hope you can understand my horrible english
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I’m sorry to hear that you are facing the issue with SSD drive on ThinkPad X240.
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Goal:
I got a Toshiba Satelite C75D-A7370 laptop and I upgraded from the internal HDD to an internal SSD drive.
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SSD Crucial M500 is not seen in Windows 8.1 setup but it is seen in Windows 7 setup

Hello,
I have problem with new SSD Crucial M500 on new notebook HP 250 G3 (J0Y29EA).
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I want to replace HDD with SSD.
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Thanks

I give up and return M500 (I had two drives).
I bought Intel SSD 530 180GB, cloned Windows 8.1 on desktop.
Set SSD windows partition as C: and HDD windows partition as E:.
Put SSD and HDD back to notebook.
Windows boot up from SSD in seconds.
Result: SSD Crucial M500 + HP 250 G3 (J0Y29EA) + Windows 8.1 are not compatible.
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Intel SSD 530 had some issues too, like windows freezing.
One can be solved with windows update fix it (diag) from http://support.microsoft.com/fixit.
Another one is waking up from sleep mode. It can be partially solved in Power managment, but it's not elegant.
So that's all for now.
Have a nice year.

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