Didn't notice much gain from SSD...

[waloshin]

Didn't notice much gain from SSD (Samsung 840 120 GB) on a 2008 Macbook Unibody over my harddrive. There was a speed up in booting up, but that was about it.

Should I just buy a hybrid drive? Who makes the best hybrid drive?

My macbook has a Hitachi HTS723225L9A360 (7K320) which is 7200 RPM will I see a speed improvement with the Seagate hybrid harddrive that do have ssd mixed with a slower 5400 RPM or will I see a decrease in speed.

Thanks

 

[rabidz7]

Have you started seeing pretty colors? I can see an SSD difference between my 2007 MscBook and it is a pretty colors difference!

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If you get an OptiBay and shove the HDD in it and ram SSD in the main bay you can see even bigger pretty colors!

 

[GSPice]

Have you started seeing pretty colors? I can see an SSD difference between my 2007 MscBook and it is a pretty colors difference!

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If you get an OptiBay and shove the HDD in it and ram SSD in the main bay you can see even bigger pretty colors!

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[jav6454]

Didn't notice much gain from SSD (Samsung 840 120 GB) on a 2008 Macbook Unibody over my harddrive. There was a speed up in booting up, but that was about it.

Should I just buy a hybrid drive? Who makes the best hybrid drive?

My macbook has a Hitachi HTS723225L9A360 (7K320) which is 7200 RPM will I see a speed improvement with the Seagate hybrid harddrive that do have ssd mixed with a slower 5400 RPM or will I see a decrease in speed.

Thanks

I no longer take your threads seriously. If you can't see the difference, time the difference. If that doesn't make your cut then buy something else.

 

[Consultant]

I no longer take your threads seriously. If you can't see the difference, time the difference. If that doesn't make your cut then buy something else.

Yeah he mostly posts a random question, then never go back to the thread.

In this case, not noticing a difference between a 5 year old HD and a new SSD is quite questionable.

 

[Bear]

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My macbook has a Hitachi HTS723225L9A360 (7K320) which is 7200 RPM will I see a speed improvement with the Seagate hybrid harddrive that do have ssd mixed with a slower 5400 RPM or will I see a decrease in speed.

Thanks

You would have to look at the specs for data transfer rate, but a new 7200 rpm drive vs a 5400 rpm drive of the same form factor, the 7200RPM drive will be faster and the hybrid drives don't make up for that difference.

And if you don't see any real speed difference between an SSD and a 7200 rom drive, then you probably don't do anything that requires a faster drive.