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-----long story i want to share with mac users-------------
After owning many computers i approached macs buying last generation of 15' powerboks and found my best user experience.
Then i made the mistake of buying an Imac24. It's another great machine but i found out that i'm one of those who like to have all in one computer, less problems you don't need to install the same apps in two places or sync itunes etc.
So after reading Waiting for arrandale thread i'm here wainting the delivery of a glossy HiRes 8gb ram MBP '15 i5 2,4ghz.
I spend a lot of free time using computers so i want it to be the best experience possible and according to many here SSD is the way to go.
At work i use mac for small office task, some mails, some documents. Some light data analysis with keynote. Sometimes i make some graphics/flyers using pages and photoshop elements and once a month i edit a keynote.
At home i use it to relax watching dvds ans movies + a lot of internet (20-30 safari tabs opened together, listen some music and sometime edit photos with lightroom. On the Imac i have a bootcamp partition that i use to play, i'm not an hardcore gamer anymore but i frequented flightsim community IL2 and recently played with Batman Arkam Asylum and MassEffect1.
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In short i would like to use the MBP as my only personal computer for small office work, internet, and entertainment fitting it with an SSD to have it super snappy.
This mean
1)buying a 400 intel g2 160gb SSD and try to cope with few space and an external firewire 500gb lacie little disk.
2)buying a 600 crucial 256gb SSF c300 having more space (and using less external drive) but risking as i feel the crucial less reliable than intel.
3)Stick with 500gb 7200HD till the release of bigger intel SSD (hopefully end of the year)
I decided not to go with Apple SSD as i fear Samsung controller to lose performance over time and with the disk almost full...
Also I'm not ready to use an optybay solution as i still use DVD a lot. (IMHO due to many companies resistance digital delivery is not yet ready here in italy)
But i worry that managing solution 1 would be worst than splitting files on more macs... Do you think i can fit my Itunes library + the 32gb Iphone backup + lightroom library (not the raws) + some apps + 50gb bootcamp partition in 160gb?
So in the end what would you suggest to me? Any other "big" size SSD i should consider. Any other ideas on how managing space?
Ty in advance
-----long story i want to share with mac users-------------
After owning many computers i approached macs buying last generation of 15' powerboks and found my best user experience.
Then i made the mistake of buying an Imac24. It's another great machine but i found out that i'm one of those who like to have all in one computer, less problems you don't need to install the same apps in two places or sync itunes etc.
So after reading Waiting for arrandale thread i'm here wainting the delivery of a glossy HiRes 8gb ram MBP '15 i5 2,4ghz.
I spend a lot of free time using computers so i want it to be the best experience possible and according to many here SSD is the way to go.
At work i use mac for small office task, some mails, some documents. Some light data analysis with keynote. Sometimes i make some graphics/flyers using pages and photoshop elements and once a month i edit a keynote.
At home i use it to relax watching dvds ans movies + a lot of internet (20-30 safari tabs opened together, listen some music and sometime edit photos with lightroom. On the Imac i have a bootcamp partition that i use to play, i'm not an hardcore gamer anymore but i frequented flightsim community IL2 and recently played with Batman Arkam Asylum and MassEffect1.
-----------------------------------------end of long story----------
In short i would like to use the MBP as my only personal computer for small office work, internet, and entertainment fitting it with an SSD to have it super snappy.
This mean
1)buying a 400 intel g2 160gb SSD and try to cope with few space and an external firewire 500gb lacie little disk.
2)buying a 600 crucial 256gb SSF c300 having more space (and using less external drive) but risking as i feel the crucial less reliable than intel.
3)Stick with 500gb 7200HD till the release of bigger intel SSD (hopefully end of the year)
I decided not to go with Apple SSD as i fear Samsung controller to lose performance over time and with the disk almost full...
Also I'm not ready to use an optybay solution as i still use DVD a lot. (IMHO due to many companies resistance digital delivery is not yet ready here in italy)
But i worry that managing solution 1 would be worst than splitting files on more macs... Do you think i can fit my Itunes library + the 32gb Iphone backup + lightroom library (not the raws) + some apps + 50gb bootcamp partition in 160gb?
So in the end what would you suggest to me? Any other "big" size SSD i should consider. Any other ideas on how managing space?
Ty in advance
