A Surprising Benefit of Installing a SSD :O

[Psyfuzz]

Just today jumped from a stock 500GB 5400 drive to a 850 Pro SSD.

Speed and performance jumps aside, I can't believe how much quieter the laptop is! I used to think the laptop was noisy, turned out just to be the hard drive whirling away. Now the laptop's literally silent.

Put the 5400 drive in a caddy next to me and every time I plug it in that noise comes back.

Long live the SSD! :roll eyes: 😀

 

[827538]

I agree, even though this came with an SSD I remember how much noise the whirring and clicking of a mechanical HDD could make.
Low power consumption, totally silent operation, extremely robust and reliable, unbelievably fast... Just a question of cost, other than that they are just so much better than HDD's its a non contest.

 

[JamesMike]

I remember my first SSD, and how I was stunned at the performance upgrade it brought to my laptop.

 

[redheeler]

Whenever I use a Mac with an HDD the increased noise level becomes apparent to me. Makes me think of the OP in another thread complaining about a noisy HDD and shooting down all suggestions of an SSD. They just couldn't get the picture and eventually gave up.

 

[yjchua95]

Whenever I use a Mac with an HDD the increased noise level becomes apparent to me. Makes me think of the OP in another thread complaining about a noisy HDD and shooting down all suggestions of an SSD. They just couldn't get the picture and eventually gave up.

I remember that thread 😀

This is the guy who started it and eventually got shouted off his own thread by others: https://forums.macrumors.com/members/908974/

 

[redheeler]

I remember that thread 😀

This is the guy who started it and eventually got shouted off his own thread by others: https://forums.macrumors.com/members/908974/

That's right, I still see him posting in the PPC forum quite a bit. Makes sense for someone who hates SSDs so much.

BTW, here's a link to the thread: https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/1844193/

 

[yjchua95]

That's right, I still see him posting in the PPC forum quite a bit. Makes sense for someone who hates SSDs so much.

BTW, here's a link to the thread: https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/1844193/

He should go back to using a typewriter 🙂