Crucial m225 256 GB SSD = speed demon

[Jaro65]

I thought that as well... I have had managers at 2 different apple stores tell me on the new unibody mbp's swapping your own HDD or RAM does void the entire system warranty...

This is completely contrary to what has been Apple's messaging regarding the unibody MBP's. The physical design didn't change, and so it is as easy to swap your HD or RAM as it was before the Arrandale refresh. Notwithstanding your sources, I suggest that the information you received is incorrect.

 

[jpma]

I just checked the website,
there's no mention of any auto garbage collection for mac,
but only for windows.

 

[ttran88]

I just checked the website,
there's no mention of any auto garbage collection for mac,
but only for windows.

you cannot trim the drive yourself for mac osx. That's why its recommended you get a SSD with garbage collection (trimming by itself) capabilities while its idle.

 

[brendu]

That is downright false. Please explain to me with simple logic why Apple would document something meticulously in its official user's guide that comes with the machine, that would lead to voiding your machine's warranty. If following the user manual breaks your warranty, Apple would easily slide into massive lawsuits, you know that ?

This is completely contrary to what has been Apple's messaging regarding the unibody MBP's. The physical design didn't change, and so it is as easy to swap your HD or RAM as it was before the Arrandale refresh. Notwithstanding your sources, I suggest that the information you received is incorrect.

Guys, I agree with you, it seems so anyway... so like I said... the managers in the stores around the DC area (virginia side) are either lying to me, completely ignorant to their own companies policies, or just plain dumb... I would fight them strongly if anything actually went wrong, I was just relaying what not one but two different apple store managers have told me regarding the issue...

IIRC one told me flat out "you cant do that anymore, it voids the complete system warranty" thats why the whole bottom screws on in one piece."

and the other told me "Any upgrade you perform yourself that causes something else to fail is not covered by warranty, and if they cant tell what caused the issue they (the geniuses) will blame you and void your warranty..."

So I think the second is closer to correct... although saying they would blame me even if they had no evidence my HDD swap caused an issue is insane...

After just reading the manuals on apples site, I would throw that right in the managers face if they tried to tell me these stories again.

 

[ExcelonGT]

Upgrading your hard drive does not void your warranty...

I was misinformed by a "genius" at the Apple store. Back in the day, i swapped out the 80gb hdd in MacBook Air for a 64gb SSD. I was told by the genius that my warranty voided

 

[johnnymg]

Question about Super Duper

Hey All!

Just received my crucial m225 256 GB and installed it today. Let me tell you, it's amazingly fast. Came with updated firmware so I didn't have to do anything. The firmware has Garbage Collection which will do its own garbage collection when the system is idle so there is no need for manually trimming it yourself. This is great for MACs since it doesn't support trim ANYWAYS. I used super duper! to make a carbon copy of my old hard drive and I was set. I just installed windows and I've never seen windows install so quick. It took the normal time to expand the files due to the CD rom speed but once that was done, the install was basically done. I was doing HW and I looked up and the system was already restarting.

If you guys are looking for a decently priced 256 GB with Garbage collection capabilities, you should look into the crucial m225. There is no reason to get the C300, which is a couple hundred more, since you'll be bottlenecked by the SATA II connection.

Bought this drive off ebay BRAND NEW SEALED for 480. Not bad for a 256 GB SSD.

Thanks for reading. Hope this gives some of you more of a reason to go for the m225!

Tony

Hi Tony

Did you format the drive before running Super Duper?

I just got my SSD and will be transferring it into the MBP shortly.

thanks
JohnG

 

[ttran88]

Hi Tony

el (mine was already updated). Hope this helps

thanks
JohnG

if you got the m225, you should check to see if it has the updated firmware 1916. This will fully support garbage collection and fix a few bugs. Just follow the directions on the website.

This is how I did it. I made a full backup of my harddrive with superduper into the SSD. Swapped the HDD with the SSD. You should have windows in bootcamp installed so you can update it with WINDOWS. Turn on your computer and option into Windows. Right when you select windows press C. This will run the cd rom drive (with the firmware in it) and update the firmware. 1916 is the newest one so if yours is already on it just canc

 

[johnnymg]

if you got the m225, you should check to see if it has the updated firmware 1916. This will fully support garbage collection and fix a few bugs. Just follow the directions on the website.

This is how I did it. I made a full backup of my harddrive with superduper into the SSD. Swapped the HDD with the SSD. You should have windows in bootcamp installed so you can update it with WINDOWS. Turn on your computer and option into Windows. Right when you select windows press C. This will run the cd rom drive (with the firmware in it) and update the firmware. 1916 is the newest one so if yours is already on it just canc

Thanks for the suggestions. However, I don't have Windows on this Mac. Is that the only way to check/update the firmware on this SSD?

I do have a couple of Win machines.

edit: OK, I found this 'how to update' pdf on the crucial site: www.crucial.com/firmware/1916/ProductFlyer-letter_M225-1916FirmwareCDboot_1-10.pdf
This looks like a pretty straightforward method. No Win partition needed.

thanks
JohnG