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Aftermarket SSD for Unibody MBP
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It's a nightmare.
Protip: Try searching in future, this has been discussed alot IIRC.
It's a nightmare.
Protip: Try searching in future, this has been discussed alot IIRC.
Having to find a 5mm drive, otherwise it won't fit... I'd say that's a little annoying.
Okay, now I am confused.
I thought that the MBP could use a 9.5mm drive (and the old ones I believe 12.5mm).
I'm thinking about buying the X25-M, which is pretty much the fastest ssd out there forthe price.
I don't mind the 72 MB/s write since it will be about the same, actually since it can constantly maintain that speed it is much better than any conventional hdds out there.
But the read speed is crazy fast and that's the benefit that I really want. But the only problems that the x25-m has with MacBook pros is that you cannot install windows via bootcamp atm.
I don't mind the 72 MB/s write since it will be about the same, actually since it can constantly maintain that speed it is much better than any conventional hdds out there.
But the read speed is crazy fast and that's the benefit that I really want. But the only problems that the x25-m has with MacBook pros is that you cannot install windows via bootcamp atm.
There's no such thing as a 5mm drive. What's needed is a 9.5mm high drive. All of the SSDs I've seen are this height.
The current OCZ SSDs use a controller that has problems. They are bringing out a new Vertex line which is supposed to have a fixed controller and up to 250GB capacity. It's not available yet but might be in January. Also due soon are bigger capacity drives from Samsung and Toshiba as well as a 160GB Intel X-25 drive.
Intel is price dropping soon so I'd wait a little. They also just came out with a 160gb version of the X25M.
A MacBook Pro (which this forum is about) doesn't use 1.8" drives, it only uses 2.5" drives.
No, you said there was no such thing, I was just correcting you by saying it applies to 1.8" drives..
On the macbook, yes. Make sure to format it in 4k blocks or whatever size it should be else it effects performance a lot.
Toshiba's releasing 512GB 2.5" SSDs Q1 2009, and they boast 200MB/s sustained read/write speed. They will be expensive like hell and probably won't be as fast as they say, but still interesting to see how they'll do in the MBP.
Concur.
Considering that the largest 2.5 inch HD on the market is 500GB, these will probably be popular if the cost is reasonable.
Of course the 2.5 inch HDs will probably be getting a storage capacity upgrade in 2009.