Yes I'm thinking we need more data points from more people who have installed SATA III SSDs in their 2011 15" MBPs. I'm hoping that there will be more comments here soon. I'm itching to have an SSD again.
Crucial M4 SSD, is it a good match for the 2011 MBP 2.3 GHz i7?
Just a question, the BTO Apple SSD's in '11 MBP are 6 or 3 Gbit/s drives?
3gb/s
So I guess it's possible (but sad) that Apple deliberately crippled MBP '11 sata connections. I'm getting a bit tired about these catches in apple hardware.
I guess Crucial has to do what other vendors seem to be doing - negotiating link speed only up to 3 Gb/sec when on apple hardware...
Or maybe getting some third-party sata cables, as some point to those being the main issue.
As I said, I'm not expecting that many troubles with my '10 MBP, ports are 3 Gb/sec only.
If the hdd/sdd in MBP are indeed "user replaceable", they might as well implement the proper specs in hardware...
...As I said, I'm not expecting that many troubles with my '10 MBP, ports are 3 Gb/sec only.
Just curious, why are you installing a SATA III drive if your machine is SATA II?
Anyway, I've been using a 256GB M4 for about a week now in a '11 MBP 17" as the main drive and an OWC SSD in the optibay. I am getting the occasional hang-up and beach ball, but it isn't very often. Coincidentally, I booted from my clone (on original drive) on a Voyager Q and got the same thing.
I'm told the problem is related to the SATA III cable and I have a shielding kit on order from OWC. We'll see if that solves the problem.
I've ordered a 128gb M4 for my 2011 15" MBP. I'll let you guys know how it turns out.
Nothing beats the OWC 6G or OCZ Vertex 3.
They are the fastest drives you can currently get. Period.
I have the 128g M4 installed in the primary bay of my 2011 15" MBP now.
Installed fine, shows 6gigabit connection properly.
Runs mighty fast, but i'm not sure its fully up to speed. Here are the results from Xbench:
sequential:
4k write: 193 MB/s
256k write: 169 MB/s
4k read: 33.33 MB/s
256k read: 270 MB/s
random:
4k write: 150 MB/s
256k write: 180 MB/s
4k read: 16.82 MB/s
256k read: 248 MB/s
Does that seem normal or on the slow side? I'm going to go compare with benchmarks from other sites, etc later on. Is there a different/better HD bench tool for mac?
Oh and no hiccups or beach balls so far, but i've only had it running for about an hour.
Hey, people.
I have a 64 Gb C300 in the optibay working on Sata2 speeds, that I plan to swap when there is a fix. There has been a EFI upgrade today that maybe addressed the issue. Can anyone report their experiences?
So I guess it's possible (but sad) that Apple deliberately crippled MBP '11 sata connections. I'm getting a bit tired about these catches in apple hardware.
Oh please...
Plenty of PC laptops have issues with various SSD's as well and plenty of SSD's work just fine with Macs so your conspiracy theory is silly.
On another subject, why people are installing this TRIM hack as if its seem kind of reliable standard solution is beyond me.