Momentus XT or Intel X25-M/Optibay?

[thadoggfather]

What would you do? I have an Intel X25-M on the way from newegg right now. and an optibay alternative/superdrive. Should I keep with this, or try out a 500gb 7200rpm hybrid drive for like $130?

 

[Hellhammer]

I would wait for some user reviews of the new hybrid drive. You can cancel the SSD for now and decide later

 

[DSLisFREE]

What would you do? I have an Intel X25-M on the way from newegg right now. and an optibay alternative/superdrive. Should I keep with this, or try out a 500gb 7200rpm hybrid drive for like $130?

I would stick with the SSD due to the substantial speed improvements. I believe the preview from Hotware gives good insight.

http://hothardware.com/News/Seagate-Momentus-XT-Solid-State-Hybrid-Preview/

 

[Fuchal]

SSD for sure. The hybrid drives are faster than a plain hard drive but not close to SSD level. Combining with the Optibay is truly the best of both worlds.

 

[johnnymg]

SSD for sure. The hybrid drives are faster than a plain hard drive but not close to SSD level. Combining with the Optibay is truly the best of both worlds.

SSD as the main drive and hybrid as a data drive sounds like the winna to me. Would have done that myself on my dual drive MBP but it's working good with the setup I have.

cheers
JohnG

 

[thadoggfather]

I just saw realworld benchmarks from anandtech, and the hybrid drive will be worlds faster than the 5400rpm drives I'm used to (a light user, 13", not a gamer). Just ordered a 500GB XT from newegg, and going to return the Intel X25-M. Thanks guys for the advice anyways.

I save the hassle of invalidating apple warranty and ripping out the SuperDrive, although I was looking forward to the process. This should be simpler 🙂

 

[dsprimal]

tough decision as of now, but i would too also wait for some user reviews. but at the end of the day i believe going with the x25-m will be ur best bet if you want to play it safe!

 

[singhjeet29]

What would I do? Well What I DID, is that I put the Intel 25-X in the Optibay and boot from there. And keep the stock 7200rpm HDD, I got with the MBP, in the HDD bay for my media.

I lose the Safe sleep functionality, which kinda sucks, but I'm more than happy with the ridiculous speed benefits of the SSD.

 

[thadoggfather]

I'm excited for the Momentus XT to arrive.

Optibay sounds tempting, but at this point and for my needs, the hybrid drive should be more than enough to make me satisfied!

 

[Gorilla Power]

SSD all the way. Also I don't trust Seagate anymore after their worldwide Barracuda failure catastrophe.