New MBP SSD - SLC or MLC?

Howdy,
Can someone please tell me if the solid state drives in the MacBook Pro models released today use SLC or MLC?
Thanks

Well, from other information I've seen out there, I believe Toshiba implies MLC; e.g., see
http://news.cnet.com/8301-13924_3-10303815-64.html
So, disappointing that it's not an SLC SSD, but still better than HDD.
I've read mixed reviews of Toshiba SSDs in general. I poked around a bit just now after reading your reply, and found a site ( http://www.hardmac.com/news/2010/04/26/apple-512-gb-ssd-is-a-toshiba-h2 ) that claims it's specifically a Toshiba HG2. Another site ( http://www.legitreviews.com/article/1230/1/ ) claims that's the Toshiba HG2 is a fairly solid performer, although they tested a 256 GB version.
Tests are also starting to appear for this new MPB 512GB SSD, and they imply the drive does not perform as well as other SSDs out there, although that might be due in part to the size. Still much better than HDD, though. See:
http://www.iclarified.com/entry/index.php?enid=8997

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    com.apple.driver.AppleMultitouchDriver    245.13
    com.apple.kext.triggers    1.0
    com.apple.iokit.IOSerialFamily    10.0.7
    com.apple.iokit.IOBluetoothFamily    4.2.6f1
    com.apple.driver.DspFuncLib    2.6.3f4
    com.apple.vecLib.kext    1.0.0
    com.apple.driver.AppleSMBusController    1.0.12d1
    com.apple.driver.AppleUSBAudio    2.9.5f8
    com.apple.iokit.IOAudioFamily    1.9.7fc2
    com.apple.kext.OSvKernDSPLib    1.14
    com.apple.iokit.IOBluetoothHostControllerUSBTransport    4.2.6f1
    com.apple.driver.X86PlatformPlugin    1.0.0
    com.apple.driver.IOPlatformPluginFamily    5.7.1d6
    com.apple.iokit.IOFireWireIP    2.2.6
    com.apple.driver.AppleBacklightExpert    1.0.4
    com.apple.driver.AppleGraphicsControl    3.6.22
    com.apple.driver.AppleHDAController    2.6.3f4
    com.apple.iokit.IOHDAFamily    2.6.3f4
    com.apple.driver.AppleSMC    3.1.8
    com.apple.iokit.IOSurface    91.1
    com.apple.iokit.IONDRVSupport    2.4.1
    com.apple.AppleGraphicsDeviceControl    3.6.22
    com.apple.iokit.IOAcceleratorFamily2    98.22
    com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily    2.4.1
    com.apple.driver.AppleUSBHIDKeyboard    170.15
    com.apple.driver.AppleHIDKeyboard    170.15
    com.apple.driver.AppleUSBMultitouch    240.9
    com.apple.iokit.IOUSBHIDDriver    660.4.0
    com.apple.iokit.IOUSBMassStorageClass    3.6.0
    com.apple.driver.AppleUSBMergeNub    650.4.0
    com.apple.driver.AppleUSBComposite    656.4.1
    com.apple.iokit.IOSCSIMultimediaCommandsDevice    3.6.6
    com.apple.iokit.IOBDStorageFamily    1.7
    com.apple.iokit.IODVDStorageFamily    1.7.1
    com.apple.iokit.IOCDStorageFamily    1.7.1
    com.apple.iokit.IOSCSIBlockCommandsDevice    3.6.6
    com.apple.driver.AppleThunderboltDPInAdapter    3.1.7
    com.apple.driver.AppleThunderboltDPAdapterFamily    3.1.7
    com.apple.driver.AppleThunderboltPCIUpAdapter    1.4.5
    com.apple.driver.AppleThunderboltPCIDownAdapter    1.4.5
    com.apple.iokit.IOFireWireSerialBusProtocolTransport    2.5.1
    com.apple.iokit.IOSCSIArchitectureModelFamily    3.6.6
    com.apple.iokit.IOFireWireSBP2    4.2.6
    com.apple.iokit.IOUSBUserClient    660.4.2
    com.apple.iokit.IOAHCIFamily    2.6.5
    com.apple.iokit.IOFireWireFamily    4.5.5
    com.apple.iokit.IOEthernetAVBController    1.0.3b4
    com.apple.driver.AppleThunderboltNHI    2.0.1
    com.apple.iokit.IOThunderboltFamily    3.3.1
    com.apple.iokit.IO80211Family    640.36
    com.apple.driver.mDNSOffloadUserClient    1.0.1b5
    com.apple.iokit.IONetworkingFamily    3.2
    com.apple.iokit.IOUSBFamily    683.4.0
    com.apple.driver.AppleEFINVRAM    2.0
    com.apple.driver.AppleEFIRuntime    2.0
    com.apple.iokit.IOHIDFamily    2.0.0
    com.apple.iokit.IOSMBusFamily    1.1
    com.apple.security.sandbox    278.11.1
    com.apple.kext.AppleMatch    1.0.0d1
    com.apple.security.TMSafetyNet    7
    com.apple.driver.AppleKeyStore    2
    com.apple.driver.DiskImages    371.1
    com.apple.iokit.IOStorageFamily    1.9
    com.apple.iokit.IOReportFamily    23
    com.apple.driver.AppleFDEKeyStore    28.30
    com.apple.driver.AppleACPIPlatform    2.0
    com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily    2.9
    com.apple.iokit.IOACPIFamily    1.4
    com.apple.kec.pthread    1
    com.apple.kec.corecrypto    1.0
    I've got many more where that came from. I just don't want to post a wall of text.

    An update on my situation.
    I had my macbook pro replaced with a brand new one by Apple, which was brilliant customer service.
    Before giving back the old macbook, I decided to copy all my essential documents over to a usb stick. I also formatted my time machine external drive so it was blank.
    Rather than restore this new macbook using my time machine backup, I set it up as a new machine and copied just my documents from my usb stick. I then proceeded to carry out fresh installs of software I regularly use but nothing non-essential (namely Spotify, Firefox, Chrome, xCode, Adobe CS5, Squidman, MAMP and Office 2011).
    For three days everything worked beautifully - until last night when I had my first kernel panic on this machine. Nothing was running apart from firefox when this panic occured. The report is below and states the process which was running was 'plugin-container' which is part of firefox.
    Below is the log output:
    Sat Aug 30 01:51:53 2014
    panic(cpu 1 caller 0xffffff8001254c66): "a freed zone element has been modified: expected 0 but found 0, bits changed 0, at offset 24 of 32 in zone: kalloc.32"@/SourceCache/xnu/xnu-2422.110.17/osfmk/kern/zalloc.c:461
    Backtrace (CPU 1), Frame : Return Address
    0xffffff81e2953a30 : 0xffffff8001222f79
    0xffffff81e2953ab0 : 0xffffff8001254c66
    0xffffff81e2953af0 : 0xffffff800125273d
    0xffffff81e2953b50 : 0xffffff8001251dc9
    0xffffff81e2953c50 : 0xffffff800122aa3f
    0xffffff81e2953c80 : 0xffffff800164e7dd
    0xffffff81e2953cb0 : 0xffffff8001665767
    0xffffff81e2953ce0 : 0xffffff80016875a5
    0xffffff81e2953d90 : 0xffffff80016cd4ac
    0xffffff81e2953e00 : 0xffffff80012b649b
    0xffffff81e2953e50 : 0xffffff8001226bc1
    0xffffff81e2953e80 : 0xffffff80012139c5
    0xffffff81e2953ef0 : 0xffffff800121e013
    0xffffff81e2953f70 : 0xffffff80012c9b8d
    0xffffff81e2953fb0 : 0xffffff80012f3f66
    BSD process name corresponding to current thread: plugin-container
    Mac OS version:
    13E28
    Kernel version:
    Darwin Kernel Version 13.3.0: Tue Jun  3 21:27:35 PDT 2014; root:xnu-2422.110.17~1/RELEASE_X86_64
    Kernel UUID: BBFADD17-672B-35A2-9B7F-E4B12213E4B8
    Kernel slide:
    0x0000000001000000
    Kernel text base: 0xffffff8001200000
    System model name: MacBookPro11,2 (Mac-3CBD00234E554E41)
    System uptime in nanoseconds: 92312174331163
    last loaded kext at 86914606495857: com.apple.driver.AppleIntelMCEReporter    104 (addr 0xffffff7f833a4000, size 49152)
    last unloaded kext at 86977111098886: com.apple.driver.AppleIntelMCEReporter    104 (addr 0xffffff7f833a4000, size 32768)
    loaded kexts:
    com.apple.filesystems.smbfs    2.0.2
    com.apple.filesystems.autofs    3.0
    com.apple.driver.AppleUpstreamUserClient    3.5.13
    com.apple.driver.AppleGraphicsDevicePolicy    3.6.22
    com.apple.driver.AppleHDA    2.6.3f4
    com.apple.driver.AppleBluetoothMultitouch    80.14
    com.apple.driver.AudioAUUC    1.60
    com.apple.driver.AGPM    100.14.28
    com.apple.driver.ApplePlatformEnabler    2.0.9d6
    com.apple.driver.X86PlatformShim    1.0.0
    com.apple.driver.AppleUSBDisplays    360.8.14
    com.apple.iokit.AppleBCM5701Ethernet    3.8.1b2
    com.apple.iokit.IOBluetoothSerialManager    4.2.6f1
    com.apple.iokit.IOUserEthernet    1.0.0d1
    com.apple.Dont_Steal_Mac_OS_X    7.0.0
    com.apple.driver.AppleIntelHD5000Graphics    8.2.8
    com.apple.driver.AppleHWAccess    1
    com.apple.driver.AppleThunderboltIP    1.1.2
    com.apple.driver.AppleBacklight    170.3.5
    com.apple.iokit.BroadcomBluetoothHostControllerUSBTransport    4.2.6f1
    com.apple.driver.AppleSMCLMU    2.0.4d1
    com.apple.driver.AppleCameraInterface    4.26.0
    com.apple.driver.AppleLPC    1.7.0
    com.apple.driver.AppleMCCSControl    1.2.5
    com.apple.driver.AppleIntelFramebufferAzul    8.2.8
    com.apple.driver.AppleUSBTCButtons    240.2
    com.apple.driver.AppleUSBTCKeyboard    240.2
    com.apple.driver.AppleUSBCardReader    3.4.1
    com.apple.AppleFSCompression.AppleFSCompressionTypeDataless    1.0.0d1
    com.apple.AppleFSCompression.AppleFSCompressionTypeLZVN    1.0.0d1
    com.apple.AppleFSCompression.AppleFSCompressionTypeZlib    1.0.0d1
    com.apple.BootCache    35
    com.apple.driver.XsanFilter    404
    com.apple.iokit.IOAHCIBlockStorage    2.6.0
    com.apple.driver.AppleAHCIPort    3.0.5
    com.apple.driver.AppleUSBHub    683.4.0
    com.apple.driver.AppleUSBEHCI    660.4.0
    com.apple.driver.AppleFWOHCI    5.0.2
    com.apple.driver.AirPort.Brcm4360    842.21.65
    com.apple.driver.AppleUSBXHCI    683.4.0
    com.apple.driver.AppleSmartBatteryManager    161.0.0
    com.apple.driver.AppleRTC    2.0
    com.apple.driver.AppleACPIButtons    2.0
    com.apple.driver.AppleHPET    1.8
    com.apple.driver.AppleSMBIOS    2.1
    com.apple.driver.AppleACPIEC    2.0
    com.apple.driver.AppleAPIC    1.7
    com.apple.nke.applicationfirewall    153
    com.apple.security.quarantine    3
    com.apple.driver.CoreStorage    380
    com.apple.driver.AppleBluetoothHIDKeyboard    170.15
    com.apple.driver.AppleHIDKeyboard    170.15
    com.apple.kext.triggers    1.0
    com.apple.driver.DspFuncLib    2.6.3f4
    com.apple.vecLib.kext    1.0.0
    com.apple.driver.IOBluetoothHIDDriver    4.2.6f1
    com.apple.driver.AppleMultitouchDriver    245.13
    com.apple.iokit.IOEthernetAVBController    1.0.3b4
    com.apple.iokit.IOFireWireIP    2.2.6
    com.apple.driver.AppleUSBAudio    2.9.5f8
    com.apple.iokit.IOAudioFamily    1.9.7fc2
    com.apple.kext.OSvKernDSPLib    1.14
    com.apple.iokit.IOSerialFamily    10.0.7
    com.apple.iokit.IOBluetoothFamily    4.2.6f1
    com.apple.iokit.IOSurface    91.1
    com.apple.iokit.IOBluetoothHostControllerUSBTransport    4.2.6f1
    com.apple.driver.X86PlatformPlugin    1.0.0
    com.apple.driver.AppleSMC    3.1.8
    com.apple.driver.IOPlatformPluginFamily    5.7.1d6
    com.apple.driver.AppleSMBusController    1.0.12d1
    com.apple.driver.AppleBacklightExpert    1.0.4
    com.apple.iokit.IONDRVSupport    2.4.1
    com.apple.driver.AppleGraphicsControl    3.6.22
    com.apple.driver.AppleHDAController    2.6.3f4
    com.apple.iokit.IOHDAFamily    2.6.3f4
    com.apple.AppleGraphicsDeviceControl    3.6.22
    com.apple.iokit.IOAcceleratorFamily2    98.22
    com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily    2.4.1
    com.apple.driver.AppleUSBMultitouch    240.9
    com.apple.iokit.IOUSBHIDDriver    660.4.0
    com.apple.iokit.IOSCSIBlockCommandsDevice    3.6.6
    com.apple.iokit.IOUSBMassStorageClass    3.6.0
    com.apple.iokit.IOSCSIArchitectureModelFamily    3.6.6
    com.apple.driver.AppleThunderboltDPInAdapter    3.1.7
    com.apple.driver.AppleThunderboltDPOutAdapter    3.1.7
    com.apple.driver.AppleThunderboltDPAdapterFamily    3.1.7
    com.apple.driver.AppleThunderboltPCIUpAdapter    1.4.5
    com.apple.driver.AppleThunderboltPCIDownAdapter    1.4.5
    com.apple.driver.AppleUSBMergeNub    650.4.0
    com.apple.driver.AppleUSBComposite    656.4.1
    com.apple.iokit.IOAHCIFamily    2.6.5
    com.apple.iokit.IOUSBUserClient    660.4.2
    com.apple.iokit.IOFireWireFamily    4.5.5
    com.apple.driver.AppleThunderboltNHI    2.0.1
    com.apple.iokit.IOThunderboltFamily    3.3.1
    com.apple.iokit.IO80211Family    640.36
    com.apple.driver.mDNSOffloadUserClient    1.0.1b5
    com.apple.iokit.IONetworkingFamily    3.2
    com.apple.iokit.IOUSBFamily    683.4.0
    com.apple.driver.AppleEFINVRAM    2.0
    com.apple.driver.AppleEFIRuntime    2.0
    com.apple.iokit.IOHIDFamily    2.0.0
    com.apple.iokit.IOSMBusFamily    1.1
    com.apple.security.sandbox    278.11.1
    com.apple.kext.AppleMatch    1.0.0d1
    com.apple.security.TMSafetyNet    7
    com.apple.driver.AppleKeyStore    2
    com.apple.driver.DiskImages    371.1
    com.apple.iokit.IOStorageFamily    1.9
    com.apple.iokit.IOReportFamily    23
    com.apple.driver.AppleFDEKeyStore    28.30
    com.apple.driver.AppleACPIPlatform    2.0
    com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily    2.9
    com.apple.iokit.IOACPIFamily    1.4
    com.apple.kec.pthread    1
    com.apple.kec.corecrypto    1.0
    System Profile:
    Model: MacBookPro11,2, BootROM MBP112.0138.B07, 4 processors, Intel Core i7, 2.2 GHz, 16 GB, SMC 2.18f10
    Graphics: Intel Iris Pro, Intel Iris Pro, Built-In
    Memory Module: BANK 0/DIMM0, 8 GB, DDR3, 1600 MHz, 0x80AD, 0x484D54343147533641465238412D50422020
    Memory Module: BANK 1/DIMM0, 8 GB, DDR3, 1600 MHz, 0x80AD, 0x484D54343147533641465238412D50422020
    AirPort: spairport_wireless_card_type_airport_extreme (0x14E4, 0x134), Broadcom BCM43xx 1.0 (6.30.223.154.65)
    Bluetooth: Version 4.2.6f1 14216, 3 services, 23 devices, 1 incoming serial ports
    Network Service: Wi-Fi, AirPort, en0
    PCI Card: Apple 57761-B0, Ethernet Controller, Thunderbolt@191,0,0
    PCI Card: pci11c1,5901, IEEE 1394 Open HCI, Thunderbolt@190,0,0
    PCI Card: pci12d8,400e, USB Open Host Controller, Thunderbolt@196,0,0
    PCI Card: pci12d8,400e, USB Open Host Controller, Thunderbolt@196,0,1
    PCI Card: pci12d8,400f, USB Enhanced Host Controller, Thunderbolt@196,0,2
    Serial ATA Device: APPLE SSD SM0256F, 251 GB
    USB Device: Hub
    USB Device: Ext HDD 1021
    USB Device: iPhone
    USB Device: Apple Thunderbolt Display
    USB Device: Display Audio
    USB Device: FaceTime HD Camera (Display)
    USB Device: Internal Memory Card Reader
    USB Device: Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad
    USB Device: BRCM20702 Hub
    USB Device: Bluetooth USB Host Controller
    Thunderbolt Bus: MacBook Pro, Apple Inc., 17.1
    Thunderbolt Device: Thunderbolt Display, Apple Inc., 1, 26.2
    I've now run disk utility and memtest to check the drive and memory banks over - both came back OK with no errors reported.
    The following is the readout from etrecheck:  (ignore the hosts file warning, the amendments are ip addresses for work purposes)
    EtreCheck version: 1.9.15 (52)
    Report generated 30 August 2014 15:15:00 BST
    Hardware Information: ?
        MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Mid 2014) (Verified)
        MacBook Pro - model: MacBookPro11,2
        1 2.2 GHz Intel Core i7 CPU: 4 cores
        16 GB RAM
    Video Information: ?
        Intel Iris Pro - VRAM: (null)
            Thunderbolt Display 2560 x 1440
    System Software: ?
        OS X 10.9.4 (13E28) - Uptime: 0 days 13:23:41
    Disk Information: ?
        APPLE SSD SM0256F disk0 : (251 GB)
        S.M.A.R.T. Status: Verified
            EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted>: 209.7 MB
            Macintosh HD (disk0s2) / [Startup]: 250.14 GB (197.37 GB free)
            Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted>: 650 MB
    USB Information: ?
        Apple Internal Memory Card Reader
        Apple Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad
        Apple Inc. BRCM20702 Hub
            Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
        Apple Inc. iPhone
        Western Digital Ext HDD 1021 2 TB
            S.M.A.R.T. Status: Verified
            EFI (disk1s1) <not mounted>: 209.7 MB
            Time Machine Backups (disk1s2) /Volumes/Time Machine Backups: 2 TB (1.95 TB free)
        Apple Inc. Display Audio
        Apple Inc. FaceTime HD Camera (Display)
        Apple Inc. Apple Thunderbolt Display
    Thunderbolt Information: ?
        Apple Inc. thunderbolt_bus
            Apple Inc. Thunderbolt Display
    Configuration files: ?
        /etc/hosts - Count: 18
    Gatekeeper: ?
        Mac App Store and identified developers
    Launch Daemons: ?
        [loaded]    com.adobe.fpsaud.plist Support
        [loaded]    com.adobe.SwitchBoard.plist Support
        [loaded]    com.mac.adg.SquidMan.plist Support
        [loaded]    com.microsoft.office.licensing.helper.plist Support
    Launch Agents: ?
        [not loaded]    com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist Support
        [loaded]    com.adobe.CS5ServiceManager.plist Support
    User Launch Agents: ?
        [loaded]    com.google.keystone.agent.plist Support
        [running]    com.spotify.webhelper.plist Support
    User Login Items: ?
        iTunesHelper
    Internet Plug-ins: ?
        SharePointBrowserPlugin: Version: 14.0.0 Support
        FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 14.0.0.176 - SDK 10.6 Support
        Flash Player: Version: 14.0.0.176 - SDK 10.6 Support
        QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3
        JavaAppletPlugin: Version: 14.9.0 - SDK 10.7 Check version
        Default Browser: Version: 537 - SDK 10.9
    Audio Plug-ins: ?
        BluetoothAudioPlugIn: Version: 1.0 - SDK 10.9
        AirPlay: Version: 2.0 - SDK 10.9
        AppleAVBAudio: Version: 203.2 - SDK 10.9
        iSightAudio: Version: 7.7.3 - SDK 10.9
    iTunes Plug-ins: ?
        Quartz Composer Visualizer: Version: 1.4 - SDK 10.9
    3rd Party Preference Panes: ?
        Flash Player  Support
        Growl  Support
    Time Machine: ?
        Mobile backups: OFF
        Auto backup: YES
        Volumes being backed up:
            Macintosh HD: Disk size: 232.96 GB Disk used: 49.15 GB
        Destinations:
            Time Machine Backups [Local] (Last used)
            Total size: 2 TB
            Total number of backups: 17
            Oldest backup: 2014-08-27 22:21:24 +0000
            Last backup: 2014-08-30 13:56:19 +0000
            Size of backup disk: Excellent
                Backup size 2 TB > (Disk size 232.96 GB X 3)
        Time Machine details may not be accurate.
        All volumes being backed up may not be listed.
    Top Processes by CPU: ?
             5%    firefox
             3%    WindowServer
             2%    Spotify
             1%    coreaudiod
             1%    fontd
    Top Processes by Memory: ?
        524 MB    firefox
        164 MB    com.apple.IconServicesAgent
        115 MB    Spotify
        115 MB    mds_stores
        115 MB    WindowServer
    Virtual Memory Information: ?
        10.91 GB    Free RAM
        2.20 GB    Active RAM
        1.51 GB    Inactive RAM
        1.37 GB    Wired RAM
        1.46 GB    Page-ins
        0 B    Page-outs
    I'm running the latest OS X Mavericks - all updated to date.
    I've tested the thunderbolt display with a friends MacBook Air and I see no problems there.
    Any clues what is going on? Or it this latest Kernel Panic just a coincidence compared to my previous macbook?
    Thanks in advance!

  • Mavericks Crashing on New MBP...

    I continue to have my new MBP (15" late 2013) reboot.  I have explored the third party software and have not found anything that is documented as incompatible with Mavericks.  This is my first time having an issue like this since I converted to Macs 5 years ago.  That said, I am not familiar with the diagnostics or utilities that can allow me to troubleshoot crashes or run compatibility tests.  Any help would be greatly appreciated.
    When Mavericks reboots, I find all of my apps re-open, and up to this point I have not lost any information.  However, I don't want to chance this and would like to get to the bottom of the issue.
    Thanks in advance.

    Here are the results - my apologies if I have posted too much:
    Hardware Information:
              MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Late 2013)
              MacBook Pro - model: MacBookPro11,3
              1 2.3 GHz Intel Core i7 CPU: 4 cores
              16 GB RAM
    Video Information:
              Intel Iris Pro - VRAM: 1024 MB
              NVIDIA GeForce GT 750M - VRAM: 2048 MB
    System Software:
              OS X 10.9.1 (13B3116) - Uptime: 0 days 1:19:42
    Disk Information:
              APPLE SSD SM0512F disk0 : (500.28 GB)
                        EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted>: 209.7 MB
                        Macintosh HD (disk0s2) /: 499.42 GB (233.87 GB free)
                        Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted>: 650 MB
    USB Information:
              Apple Internal Memory Card Reader
              Apple Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad
              Apple Inc. BRCM20702 Hub
                        Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
              BUFFALO HD-PCTU2 1 TB
                        EFI (disk2s1) <not mounted>: 209.7 MB
                        Mac_External (disk2s2) /Volumes/Mac_External: 999.86 GB (727.17 GB free)
              Seagate  FreeAgent 1.5 TB
                        EFI (disk1s1) <not mounted>: 209.7 MB
                        WINDOWS (disk1s2) /Volumes/WINDOWS: 280.13 GB (2.44 GB free)
                        Mac_Storage (disk1s3) /Volumes/Mac_Storage: 50 GB (31.21 GB free)
                        Mac_Backup (disk1s4) /Volumes/Mac_Backup: 1.17 TB (658.89 GB free)
    FireWire Information:
    Thunderbolt Information:
              Apple Inc. thunderbolt_bus
    Kernel Extensions:
              com.squirrels.driver.AirParrotSpeakers          (1.7 - SDK 10.7)
              com.squirrels.airparrot.framebuffer          (3 - SDK 10.7)
              com.Cvnt.nke          (2.2.3 - SDK 10.8)
              com.Cvnt.driver.CvntDriver          (2.2.3 - SDK 10.8)
              com.logmein.driver.LogMeInSoundDriver          (1.0.3 - SDK 10.5)
              com.shapeservices.msm.driver.MSMVideoDevice          (3.3.2 - SDK 10.6)
              com.LivestreamProcaster.driver.ProcasterAudioRedirector          (2.0.0 - SDK 10.0)
              com.shapeservices.msm.driver.MSMFramebuffer          (3.3.2 - SDK 10.6)
              com.paragon-software.filesystems.ntfs          (100)
    Problem System Launch Daemons:
    Problem System Launch Agents:
              [loaded] com.paragon.NTFS.notify.plist 3rd-Party support link
    Launch Daemons:
              [loaded] ag.shape.MSMToolHelper.plist 3rd-Party support link
              [loaded] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist 3rd-Party support link
              [loaded] com.adobe.SwitchBoard.plist 3rd-Party support link
              [loaded] com.barebones.authd.plist 3rd-Party support link
              [loaded] com.Cvnt.daemon.plist 3rd-Party support link
              [loaded] com.google.keystone.daemon.plist 3rd-Party support link
              [not loaded] com.logmein.logmeinblanker.plist 3rd-Party support link
              [loaded] com.logmein.logmeinserver.plist 3rd-Party support link
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  • W520 - New Micron SSDs in 2.5" and mSata formats

    January 10, 2013
    New Micron and Crucial M500 SSDs Offer Affordable, High-Capacity Storage
    New M500 SSD Reaches Terabyte-Class Capacity and Delivers Next-Generation Feature Set
    Key Messages:
    Offered in 120GB, 240GB, 480GB and 960GB capacities
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    Utilizes Micron 20nm MLC NAND flash with a SATA 6Gb/s controller and Micron custom firmware
    Includes hardware-based encryption, data protection against unexpected power loss, and an adaptive thermal monitoring system
    Available in 2.5 inch, mSATA, and M.2 form factors for standard computing and next-generation ultrathin devices
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    Dramatically faster than a hard drive, the M500 SSD enables lightning fast boot-up, near instant wake from sleep, and fast application loading, creating a dynamic and engaging computing experience. The M500 SSD uses a SATA 6Gb/s controller combined with Micron's custom firmware to deliver up to 80,000 input/output operations per second (IOPS). The drive's sequential read and write speeds reach up to 500 MB/s and 400 MB/s, respectively
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