One thing I noticed after posting the OCZ Vertex SSD data showing a 50% hit in throughput on sequential read/write drive benchmarks is many people think that because there is no I/O (FW800/GigE/USB2/ No eSATA) on the new 13"/15" Macbook Pro that exceeds ~90MB/sec, that the SATA 1.5 won't make a difference.
Granted, even with a fast SSD, average users may not notice too much of a hit because the greatest performance boosting aspect of an SSD is the random read performance. So the interface and applications should feel faster.
However, power users (the kind who spend $500+ on a good SSD) who are going to use the laptop as a desktop replacement and work with large files are certainly going to notice. When you are working with large amounts of data (whether large PSDs, video files, data sets, etc) the laptop's storage system is going to be maxed out loading data in and out of RAM and constantly shuffling the page file. Especially since 4GB DDR3 DIMMS are so expensive, the MB Pro will mostly be maxed out at 4GB (2x2GB) for most people.
The data from the OCZ Vertex test showed a reduction in sequential read speeds from over 220MB/sec to ~115 MB/sec. You can forget about using the MB Pro for editing high-bitrate and HD video files with such a constrained storage system.
Anyways, it is still to early and we don't have enough real-world data to see what the effects are going to be. In the meantime, I'm sure the Apple apologists will continue their defend-Apple-to-the-death distractions and excuses. The bottom line is that this IS a legitimate issue, and will have a serious impact on performance for those who are used to maxing out machines and need all the speed they can get.
Granted, even with a fast SSD, average users may not notice too much of a hit because the greatest performance boosting aspect of an SSD is the random read performance. So the interface and applications should feel faster.
However, power users (the kind who spend $500+ on a good SSD) who are going to use the laptop as a desktop replacement and work with large files are certainly going to notice. When you are working with large amounts of data (whether large PSDs, video files, data sets, etc) the laptop's storage system is going to be maxed out loading data in and out of RAM and constantly shuffling the page file. Especially since 4GB DDR3 DIMMS are so expensive, the MB Pro will mostly be maxed out at 4GB (2x2GB) for most people.
The data from the OCZ Vertex test showed a reduction in sequential read speeds from over 220MB/sec to ~115 MB/sec. You can forget about using the MB Pro for editing high-bitrate and HD video files with such a constrained storage system.
Anyways, it is still to early and we don't have enough real-world data to see what the effects are going to be. In the meantime, I'm sure the Apple apologists will continue their defend-Apple-to-the-death distractions and excuses. The bottom line is that this IS a legitimate issue, and will have a serious impact on performance for those who are used to maxing out machines and need all the speed they can get.
releases my same machine at 3.0
