SSD vs. SSHD

Hi guys,

So.. I was going to buy the new MBA but putting it off for ANOTHER year Instead going to upgrade my uMBP again.

I dont want to spend to much money as im having to buy a new £100 battery for it anyways so please bare cost vs. performance in mind.

I've been look at this SSHD http://www.amazon.co.uk/Seagate-750GB-Momentus-Serial-Hybrid/dp/B0068QO82G/ref=cm_cr_pr_product_top its only £75 and has MASSIVE storage.

OR..

This SSD http://www.amazon.co.uk/Samsung-Ser...TF8&qid=1371348580&sr=1-3-spell&keywords=sshd it has a third of the storage but is a complete SSD costing £50 more !

Any opinions on this or any help would really help me as im confused as to which is better value for money with regards to cost vs. performance.

Thanks for taking the time to read the post

leman said:

You currently have a 160Gb HDD, right? Is it more or less enough for your needs? Then get the SSD, no questions. Get the bigger disk only if you absolutely need that much storage.

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I've hit the limit a few times but only because of a fair few films, so 250GB should be enough.

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ramram55 said:

Depends on your storage need, obviously 840 will be faster, chances your mbp will run like new and you do not want to buy another notebook for a while. I do have a 2009 mbp 15" after putting in samsung ssd 830, it runs fast as wind blows, I could live with this for a while.

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How did you go about moving over things to the new SSD? Was it hard? Also was it hard installing the SSD? (I'm still keeping the optical drive)

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Bear said:

Go for the SSD if that's enough disk space for you. When you get a new computer you can always pull it out and put it an an external USB 3.0 enclosure and put the original disk back back in to your MBP before you sell it.

Otherwise go for the Seagate you linked. The 1TB version of it is only 5400RPM and can be slower in some circumstances.

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Good idea on keeping it after i sell it! Also is there actually a massive difference between the SSD and SSHD?

Yahooligan said:

Having had both SSHD and SSD in my Macs and other laptops, go with the SSD without a doubt since it sounds like space won't be an issue. The SSHD will provide a slight bump in performance here and there but after a while you'll likely think it's still too slow. SSD is a completely different experience, after going SSD I can't ever go back to a normal HDD or even an SSHD.

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Is i fairly easy to install? Bare in mind I'm keeping the optical drive(hate that they got rid of it) so would i just do a straight swap for the current HDD?