This is not a rant against the 470, for the most part, it's been a solid drive for me. Nonetheless, it's been splitting the performance between the fastest SSDs and mechanical drives, when the performance should be skewed towards the former. I suspect it may be Lion, but I'm not completely sure.
1) Programs don't launch as fast as I expect them to. The CS5 programs like Photoshop generally take a handful of seconds to open. InDesign is even slower -- it just took me 11 seconds, although it is usually faster. The light apps generally open quickly, but may need an additional bounce.
2) When I shutdown my computer, on occasion, a spinning black wheel will come on and it takes several seconds to shutdown. Is this some sort of delayed garbage collection?
3) When I awake my computer from a deep slumber, for a few seconds it is frozen but it always comes out of it.
Do you guys attribute this to Lion or are my expectations for a SATA II drive exceedingly lofty? According to all the reviews and thread I've read, the 470 should compare favorably to the fastest drives when it comes to launching apps.
1) Programs don't launch as fast as I expect them to. The CS5 programs like Photoshop generally take a handful of seconds to open. InDesign is even slower -- it just took me 11 seconds, although it is usually faster. The light apps generally open quickly, but may need an additional bounce.
2) When I shutdown my computer, on occasion, a spinning black wheel will come on and it takes several seconds to shutdown. Is this some sort of delayed garbage collection?
3) When I awake my computer from a deep slumber, for a few seconds it is frozen but it always comes out of it.
Do you guys attribute this to Lion or are my expectations for a SATA II drive exceedingly lofty? According to all the reviews and thread I've read, the 470 should compare favorably to the fastest drives when it comes to launching apps.