How much is 1TB SSD

Not trying to be stupid, or a smart ***, but 1TB is not really 1TB after formatting, etc. I am trying to compare the actual capacities of a 1TB SSD and a 960GB SSD. Just how far apart are the in actual storage capacity? Right now my MBP has a 500GB drive (498.88GB) that is down to 40GB, so it's time to start thinking more storage.

Thanks.
Its really not a relevant comparison.
For what's worth, an external mechanical drive will be much cheaper and offer more space.
No doubt, but with a laptop, a real PIA.

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Depends on the maker, the size and how fast their throughput is. Do a google search and compare prices
t's my first mac laptop that I will taking to college class with me.
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Two people have suggested that I return this 13" for a 15"
For animation, their suggestion is correct.

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You may not have the problem that the AHT is reporting:
http://support.apple.com/en-us/HT203648
Make an appointment at an Apple store genius bar and have the condition of you MBP checked out properly.
If you have been experiencing kernel panics, log and post it per these instructions:
http://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201753
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psssss wrote:
i am a little frustrated with aperture's speed....in general...plenty of spinning beachballs....retouch tool pretty much unuseable....i am not worried about import/export, but mostly interface, tools.....i understand that working on a mbp is not the ideal situation, but it should at least be as fast as cs3 or LR....
where is the aperture library located? on the mbp? or external drive? what's the headroom (empty space) on your drives?
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maybe, maybe not. it depends on a lot of factors, maintenance, headroom on all drives (empty space), ram, graphic card, cable accessing external drive. you can have a fancy drive and you would still have to maintain your system
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How long will an SSD last if I fill it up and erase it over and over?

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Capture to a TB drive why not? cheap, fast enough, and ample capacity. Or use your array.
120GB is small, they tend to perform slower.
Ah, you are using a 2006 plus Mavericks too.
As to how much can an SSD take, A LOT, like 500TB
http://techreport.com/review/25889/the-ssd-endurance-experiment-500tb-update
As to your system, invest in a nice 256GB for the system.
Just learned - on MacRumors which is where I would think you would be - that the Samsung XP941 is bootable and works on every Mac, even our 1,1's. Just needs a $25 adapter. 1000MB/sec reads, and 700-800MB/sec writes when using 4x or 8x slot).
Aim for 50-75% use of an SSD though. And enable TRIM. Especially with all this going on. "Erase'' on an SSD is not the same as on a hdd, so I assume you are just reformatting and not really erasing (Apple terminology being what it is, when they use to still use "Initialize" in dialogues but had no such feature or command in Disk Utility).
Samsung 850 EVO 250 or even 1TB might interest you too.
Why are you not using your array?
You have quite a setup, GPU, upgraded processors (2,1 came with 8-core but not 1,1) and the 7970.

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JoeyR is correct, the performance of a SSD drive is only on reads and writes
If you constantly exceed your RAM allocation, the pagination of excess memory needs to storage will be faster as well.
However a 7,200 RPM boot drive is pretty fast as well, at a lot lower $$ per GB than SSD and in a lot larger storage options.
7,200 RPM drives tend to use a bit more battery life than 5,400 RPM or SSD drives, if your on power most of the time then it's really not a issue.
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Information for offloading data onto medium-speed and fast external disks:
Standard disks on Thunderbolt connectors are a waste of money (limited by the rotating disk speed at ~100 MB/s). Standard disks on USB 3.0 run just as fast as on Thunderbolt. You can use an external Seagate 1 TB hybrid SSHD to run at the maximum USB 3.0 and Thunderbolt speeds when accessing the 8 GB SSD cache.
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($110 SSHD + $20 USB 3.0 enclosure)
~$210, Hybrid SSHD on Thunderbolt, ~100 to 300 MB/s, 1 TB capacity
($110 SSHD + $100 Thunderbolt enclosure)
"Seagate Backup Plus Portable Thunderbolt Adapter “
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USB 3.0 and Thunderbolt about equal at ~110 MB/s
Firewire about 65% at ~60 to ~70 MB/s
USB 2.0 about a third at ~35 to ~40 MB/s
R/W SSD speeds:
Thunderbolt fastest at ~355 to ~370 MB/s
USB 3.0 second at ~165 to ~195 MB/s
Firewire third at ~60 to ~70 MB/s
USB 2.0 fourth at ~40 MB/s
http://www.macworld.com/article/2039427/how-fast-is-usb-3-0-really-.html
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Your best option is to get the 64GB, then get yourself an external usb drive if you need to store more information.
You will definitely want a backup hard drive as well to back up both the internal SSD drive and the external USB drive.
Amazon, Newegg, and Frys all have good deals on external hard drives. I picked up a 320GB portable external Seagate drive for $39 from Frys today as an example.
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I took my iMac 2010 to a "Third Party" company to replace my hdd, they did, but now it will not boot. if i took this to the Apple store, how much would it cost to fix? if i buy my own SSD (£70) Thanks a LOT!

DewiRobbo wrote:
Well, this "third party" is going to put my old hdd back and not charge me any money (as he did not fix it) but i think its better off taking it to an AASP because i have a feeling Apple store will charge way too much.
The way I read that comment – you seem to suggest the Mac was broken before the third party replaced the disk - is that the case or was it working before the HD was replaced?
Since the Mac is out of warranty you will have to pay for any repairs wherever you take it. Authorised Apple service centres will be able to get parts whereas any non certified technicians will have to use 'grey market' parts since Apple will not sell parts to the public. These may be reconditioned or not official parts - it's a risk to use them. Visit the Apple store & ask them - there is no point in lying about it being handled by a third party. An Apple tech may be able to tell when they open the case, depending on how meticulous your third party was.
If you are handy with a screwdriver & have tools and a lot of patience you could use a guide on iFixit.com, but there is no indication of why this Mac not booting up.
It could be that the disk is not formatted correctly.
Are you sure the tech copied an OS onto the disk? Did they install the OS for you or did they clone the old disk?
Can you boot from a backup disk or from an install disk? Does the disk appear in Disk Utility when booted from another OS (either the installer or a backup).
'Not booting' can mean so many things, what does booting do exactly? Grey screen, black screen, any noises or tones, any signs of life at all…?
If you look at the iFixit guides you will see many fiddly connectors, if the tech failed to hook them all back up it could explain the failure, or perhaps you just have a disk that is 'dead on arrival' - sometimes that happens. A properly trained technician should be able to figure that one out.

Hi, I bought the macbook pro 15 3 months ago. I wanna upgrade the hard drive to 128G ssd drive. How much I should paid?

Hi, I bought the macbook pro 15 3 months ago. I wanna upgrade the hard drive to 128G ssd drive. How much I should paid?

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Hi, I bought the macbook pro 15 3 months ago. I wanna upgrade the hard drive to 128G ssd drive. How much I should paid?
Well you won't have very much storage capacity with a SSD that small, also SSD has limited writes, so it wouldn't be good for on-loading and off-loading a lot of files.
SSD isn't being securely erased due to steps to prevent their premature wear, so despite what you do in Disk Utility Secure Erase, your confidential data can still be recovered if you pass the machine on to someone else for instance.
Other than those reasons, small SSD's can be extremely fast, loading your programs and OS much faster. But the real benefit in high speed storage is transfering large amounts of files on/off the computer to ANOTHER fast device. This comes in handy for video and large music collections and so forth.
Since the SSD because of it's limited writes doesn't fit the bill as a large file transfer medium.
If you want to get a SSD drive, you can upgrade it yourself simply by ordering one online at locations like Other World Computing or NewEgg and have a 00 micro phillips head screwdriver handy.
There are instructions over at iFixit for opening your MacBook and replacing the hard drive with the SSD.
Preferably you will want to clone your present boot drive to a external drive using Carbon Copy Cloner, then making the switch and hold option to boot from the clone and then clone from the external to the new internal SSD drive.
Prices of SSD are varied, Apple won't replace it for you
This is currently the fastest SSD availalbe
http://www.harddrivebenchmark.net/hdd.php?hdd=OCZ-VERTEX3+MI

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http://eshop.macsales.com/shop/SSD/OWC/
http://eshop.macsales.com/installvideos/
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HT1338 how much is the mac mini A1347,i7,4GB RAM,1TB hard drive ?? and wat maximum upgrading for the ram ? thannks :D

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go to Apples website and look. That's what anyone else here would do.

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A friend of mine wants to buy a 2014 13" Retina MacBook Pro. He typically changes his computer every three years or so. He asked me if he should go for the 8GB RAM that come standard or upgrade to 16 GB. He also wasn't sure if he should get the 512 GB or the 256 GB model. Also, he wasn't sure if he should upgrade the CPU to i7.
He is not a gamer, but he is a heavy internet, and MS Office user. He uses iMovie occasionally for video editing. He is thinking to upgrade to Final Cut Pro. He also wants to uses Parallel and Boot Camp for windows 8.1 as some Window Apps requires full access to the video and CPU.
Please advise me what should my advise be to him?
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It is not difficult to give an opinion, but that is all it would be. No one can project performance of a specific configuration's usage in advance.
To state the obvious, more power is better. It depends on how much one is willing to spend for "better" performance.
Based on what you described, I would buy as much as I could afford.
Barry

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Hi,
My hard drive failed today:( Already called AppleCare and he diagnosed the problem but I don't have AppleCare so I'll have to pay for it.
How much does it cost to have Apple replace it? It's a 320GB HD on my 13" MacBook Pro.

I was quoted $600 a few years ago to replace a 350GB with a 500GB and it was a poor Seagate issue at 5,400 RPM.
So it did it myself for $300 and got a higher quality 500GB Hitachi drive (before WD bought them) at 7,200 RPM, so my old machine is still fast.
I recommend a 7,200 RPM 500 or 750GB drive, even a 1TB will future proof you well. The added speed gives added performance for a slight drop in battery life perhaps.
A SSD in 480GB size is about $1200-$1500 or so, even $1800 for the new screamers, that's just for the drive, not including Apple's mark up.. Not worth it IMO.
Throw some more RAM in it while you got the opportunity I think you machine can handle 8GB , use the free MacTracker to find out,, you might be able to stick more in there than Apple says.
Apple quoted me $435 plus tax to upgrade my 4GB to 8GB,( it's only $200 something if you do it with a new machine as they keep the new 4GB RAM.) The same 8GB RAM can be had at Crucial.com for $70.
So it certainly pays to do it yourself, Apple clearly doesn't want your business.
Doing it yourself doesn't void your AppleCare or warranty as long as you don't break anything.
You have 10.7, so your machine had 10.6 before, you need to format the drive HFS+ with a GUID then install 10.6, then to 10.6.8, then AppStore option click on Purchases and install Lion again, then all your third party programs from fresh sources and files manually from backup. (no migration assistant if you can help it) In that order for best performance.
If you have a factory Lion Mac or not 10.6 disks, then you need a copy of yours or anothers Recovery Partition using this on 1GB+ USB formatted GUID OS X extended journaled, hold option boot from it to install Lion. You will need your Apple ID to download Lion I think.
https://support.apple.com/kb/dl1433
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