Hey guys, so I just upgraded to the brand new 2011 Macbook Pro 13" and swapped the optical drive and stock 5400 rpm HD for SSD, below is the recap:
Stock specs:
MBP 13" 2.7ghz i7 Sandy Bridge
4gb DDR3 1333 Mhz RAM
500gb 5400rpm Hitachi HD
Intel 3000 384MB GPU
Superdrive Dual Layer Burner
Upgraded specs:
MBP 13" 2.7ghz i7 Sandy Bridge
8gb DDR3 1333 Mhz RAM
Crucial C300 256gb SSD - Firmware 006 (latest) boot drive
500gb 5400rpm Hitachi HD (via OWC's Data Doubler) storage drive
Intel 3000 384MB GPU
USB attached 3rd party dual layer burner
Stock components
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SSD as boot drive in place
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Superdrive removed, Data Doubler with 500gb 5400rpm HD in its place
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The MBP is insanely fast now, 5400 rpm drive gets average of 65MB Read & slightly slower Write whereas SSD averages around 265MB. Geekbench score of 7000 32bit mode, 7800 64bit
Application boot video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1atEWdQ-FGM
Stock specs:
MBP 13" 2.7ghz i7 Sandy Bridge
4gb DDR3 1333 Mhz RAM
500gb 5400rpm Hitachi HD
Intel 3000 384MB GPU
Superdrive Dual Layer Burner
Upgraded specs:
MBP 13" 2.7ghz i7 Sandy Bridge
8gb DDR3 1333 Mhz RAM
Crucial C300 256gb SSD - Firmware 006 (latest) boot drive
500gb 5400rpm Hitachi HD (via OWC's Data Doubler) storage drive
Intel 3000 384MB GPU
USB attached 3rd party dual layer burner
Stock components

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SSD as boot drive in place

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Superdrive removed, Data Doubler with 500gb 5400rpm HD in its place

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The MBP is insanely fast now, 5400 rpm drive gets average of 65MB Read & slightly slower Write whereas SSD averages around 265MB. Geekbench score of 7000 32bit mode, 7800 64bit
Application boot video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1atEWdQ-FGM