I'm currently using the black Macbook from the Rev C line (May 2007) and I'm thinking of buying myself a Samsung SSD 128GB and I was wondering if this upgrade makes sense at all..would you guys recommend me to do that upgrade since I am not thinking of upgrading my machine in the next 12months (if nothing goes wrong and my machine falls appart).. I'm mainly wondering if that upgrade will "speed up" my Blackbook.. thanks for your ideas and commends
Got a tip for us?
Let us know
Become a MacRumors Supporter for $50/year with no ads, ability to filter front page stories, and private forums.
Macbook (Rev.C) performance with SSD
- Thread starter pharao111
- Start date
- Sort by reaction score
I am in the same situation. I have 3 gigs of ram now. But still I would like to speed things up without buying a new mac.
Does it mac sense to install a SSD in a macbook that has 1.5 GB Sata??
Regular 5400rpm hard drives have a read speed of around 35 MB/s.
It is important to note here that you do not have a 1.5GB (Gigabyte) SATA bus, rather a 1.5Gb (Gigabit). Your SATA bus therefore limits you at at theoretical 150 MB/s. Whilst you will not reap the full benefit of the higher end SSD's - ie 260+ MB/s, you are still looking at a 5x potential increase.
In other words, it will be noticeably faster still, yes.
It is important to note here that you do not have a 1.5GB (Gigabyte) SATA bus, rather a 1.5Gb (Gigabit). Your SATA bus therefore limits you at at theoretical 150 MB/s. Whilst you will not reap the full benefit of the higher end SSD's - ie 260+ MB/s, you are still looking at a 5x potential increase.
In other words, it will be noticeably faster still, yes.