Is a Macbook Pro early 2011 2 GHz Intel Core i7 compatible with a SATA III SSD
Is a Macbook Pro early 2011 2 GHz Intel Core i7 compatible with a SATA III SSD Drive
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Is a Macbook Pro early 2011 2 GHz Intel Core i7 compatible with a SATA III SSD Drive
One thing to keep in mind is that while you'll be amazed at the increase in performance an SSD can deliver over a HD, the two storage mediums work differently, and one of the OS features SSD's benefit from is TRIM. While you've probably seen a lot of discussion and disagreement about that on these forums, this article about the Samsung 840 EVO SSD also goes into how SSD performance changes over time for a variety of SSD's. The narrative is interesting but the graphs are an eye-opener, showing how relatively successful Garbage Collection alone vs GC + TRIM are in recovering full performance. That's the good news.
The bad news is that while activating TRIM is simple, activating it with Yosemite installed has a real down-side. So if you haven't upgraded to Yosemite yet, you might keep that in mind.
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OS: 10.8.2 Mountain Lion
CPU: Intel Core i7
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Any suggestions, tips, ideas, etc. to get this working is appreciated!Rudegar wrote:
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