Difference between solid state drive and no that is not

I don't understand the difference between regular hard drive ( i guess) and the solid states one. what are the benefits of a solid state hard drive? are there any cons? Also 128 gb flash drive versus 500 gb hard drive. New to Apple so confused. Need Help!

http://techtalker.quickanddirtytips.com/the-difference-between-a-SSD-and-a-HDD.a spx. The difference between 128gb and 500gb is simply the amount of storage space available, 500 being greater capacity.

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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

How do I copy my operating system to a solid state drive and make it the disk I boot from?

How do I copy my operating system to a solid state drive and make it the disc I boot from?

Where is your operating system now? Basically, you clone it from wherever it is now to the SSD:
Clone Lion/Mountain Lion using Restore Option of Disk Utility
Boot to the Recovery HD:
Restart the computer and after the chime press and hold down the COMMAND and R keys until the menu screen appears. Alternatively, restart the computer and after the chime press and hold down the OPTION key until the boot manager screen appears. Select the Recovery HD and click on the downward pointing arrow button.
Select Disk Utility from the main menu then press the Continue button.
Select the destination volume from the left side list.
Click on the Restore tab in the DU main window.
Select the destination volume from the left side list and drag it to the Destination entry field.
Select the source volume from the left side list and drag it to the Source entry field.
Double-check you got it right, then click on the Restore button.
Destination means the SSD. Source means the drive now holding OS X.

I have a 13" mac book pro with a 250 gb solid state drive and I would like to put in a larger one is this possible

I own a Mac book Pro 13" it has a 250 gb solid state drive and I would like to put a larger one in is this possible.

You don't need to partition your drive to run Fusion, only if you want to run Bootcamp.
If you have space on your Windows partition, I would suggest you backup your Windows partition, and then, delete the partition using Disk Utility.
You can now restore your virtual machine to a single volume or repartition if you prefer.
I would consider upgrading to a unibody MBP (used, refurbished will do) just to be able to access the HD. Opening the pre-unibody MBP is not something you would want to do.

Has anyone ever installed OWC 1.0TB Aura Solid State Drive and Envoy Storage Solution for MacBook Air 2012? Did it work out?

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Upgrade my Macbook Pro 17" with solid state drive and RAM?

My MBP is a 17" mid-2009, 2.8 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, Memory 4 GB 1067 MHz DDR3, Graphics NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GT 512 MB.
I am an architecture student. I use 3D modeling programs like SketchUp, Revit, AutoCad, etc. According to these software websites, my MBP is sufficient. However, when I'm running these programs, I get the apple "beach ball" a LOT, along with a lot of lagging even when I'm working on simple models. After doing some research, it appears that upgrading my RAM to 8GB (my model's max capability) and buying a solid state drive would help my MBP run much faster and much cooler.
My questions:
1. What brand and exact product #/link to this (if possible) of RAM (2 x 4GB sticks) and SSD should I purchase?
2. Which SSD GB option should I purchase? I chatted with OWC online and was given this variety of SSDs.
http://eshop.macsales.com/shop/internal_storage/SSD/Mercury_Electra_3G_Solid_Sta te
3. I was also given this product bundle recommendation. It's cheaper than buying everything individually, but I'm not sure if I need the tools and I don't understand the purpose/advantage of having the "OWC Express Silver Enclosure".
http://eshop.macsales.com/item/OWC/YSSDMP240/
I just want my MBP to run as fast as possible while running my modeling software w/o spending an arm and a leg if possible. But I don't know if it's worth the trouble and expense to upgrade my current MBP, which I love, or just getting a new MBP or Mac desktop. And if I should just get another Mac, I don't know which one I should get.
Another thing I have seen is the Mac Mini. Is it possible to plug this or any other external device to my MBP in order to accomplish my performance goals without having to modify my MBP or buy another Mac?
This is the first time I've posted any help questions to the Apple Support Community. I really appreciate any advise you Mac experts can give me. I called one of the Apple Stores, but I was definitely not satisfied with the inexperienced rep's answers.
Thanks!

1. OWC or Crucial are recommended sources for memory. You can usually find a 5% off and free shipping code for Crucial on retailmenot.com. On crucial just key in your system information in their memory selector.
2. Your system likely supports SATA II speeds, so the SSD OWC pointed to would work. I installed one in our 2010 mac mini and it's working well. I originally installed their 6G drive however it ran at SATA I speeds. Turns out the 3G which is specd for SATA II is what was needed and works fine.
3. The OWC package they recommended includes a case to put your existing hard drive in. That helps to be able to transfer your data back to the SSD then you can use it as a backup drive or as an external storage device.

Purchase questions: solid state drive and 8GB RAM

I am finally going to upgrade from my PBG4, and I am salivating over either a 13" or 15" MBPro. Two questions:
1) A solid state drive is expensive, but the way I abuse laptops, it may be worth it. In addition to being more rugged, what are its other advantages? Is it faster than a 5400 or 7200 rpm hard drive? Does it boot/shut down faster? What else?
2) I do graphics, so 8GB RAM can help me with Photoshop, etc. If I can get 4GB RAM chips elsewhere cheaper than through Apple, can I upgrade the RAM myself, without voiding the Apple warranty?

You're probably about as good a candidate as there is for a big (250GB) SSD, but only for the sake of its ruggedness. The current small sizes of SSDs compared to HDs will be a serious disadvantage for anyone who works with a lot of graphics. SSDs are still in their infancy, and there are large variations in speed from one to another and new models coming out almost weekly. Taken overall, any SSD will be as fast or faster (and some are *many, many* times faster) than any conventional notebook hard drive. But some are slower than fast hard drives for certain operations, e.g. sustained large writes. Try to pick one that's fast across the board, because they'll all be highly shock-resistant (and astronomically expensive) compared to any HD. It's going to take a bit of Googling to dig up many reports — I haven't seen any big "roundup"-style tests yet myself, but that doesn't necessarily mean there haven't been any. Here's one test that may or may not be representative:
http://www.barefeats.com/hard121.html
With respect to MBPs themselves in your situation, we haven't heard from anyone in these forums since the introduction of the unibody MBPs who has reported how well they've held up to the kind of ultra-rough handling you describe. If there are some uMBPs out there with you, you would know better than we do, and you'd have a better chance than we do to ask how well they survive. Hard drives would certainly be among their most vulnerable parts, but I would also ask pointedly about display hinges, glass display covers, optical drives, and above all, dealing with dust. These machines can't be sealed, and their keyboards and ports can't be cleaned easily or effectively. In a desert setting, I would think keeping a keyboard cover in place, taping over the ports, optical drive slot and speaker grilles when they're not in use, and finding access to a vacuum from time to time would be essential if at all possible. Even so, the fans in these machines run all the time, and they will continually draw dust inside.
Good luck in your research.

T440 - solid state drives and sleep mode, shutting down, etc.

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1) there doesn't seem to be any light to indicate that its in sleep mode - but maybe it doesn't exist in the same way with a SSD? I was always under the impression that the point of that was to make sure the moving parts of the drive had stopped before you moved the laptop.
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Hi again,
1. The red dot over the i in ThinkPad will pulse slowly when your machine is in sleep mode.
2. Yes, absolutely. I use sleep instead of shut down almost exclusively on all machines I use
on a daily basis.
3. Same as before, you don't have to worry about doing anything different. The machine won't
run out of battery during sleep mode for days.
4. It doesn't matter wether you run Windows 7 or 8, you use your browser settings to set it to
open the tabs where you left off.
In Internet Explorer -> Internet Options -> General Tab -> Startup -> Start with tabs from the last session.
In Chrome -> Settings -> On Start Up - Continue where you left off.
Same option is available for Firefox too.
But if you shut your machine down, your programs won't start up automatically with the files you had open
before shutdown, but I'm sure you meant to say sleep, right? When you resume from sleep, everything you
had open will be right there.
5. No, not really. It's just a new generation of a ThinkPad workhorse with a new version of Windows, you
don't have to change any of your daily routines you've gotten used to.
Cheers,
Atli Jarl.
ThinkPad W540 (20BG) - i7-4800MQ/24GB // ThinkPad T440s (20AQ) - i7-4600U/12GB
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As many posters here will tell you LaCie drives have a variable history concerning reliability.
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SSD " Solid State Drive" and UseNet

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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?

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