You're not wrong. I have no idea what that guy is talking about. SSDs are superior in every way to spinning hard disks (including heat).
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New MacBook Pros to Carry Larger Trackpads, Dedicated SSD for Mac OS X?
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I'm running CS5 from an SSD and (240GB Sandforce). No problem. Just instant speed. Only thing I'm missing are the lovely bouncing icons when starting an app. And a health-check of my SSD shows that its neither burning nor showing any other side effect of being used as designed. And all that without TRIM. Guess Steve would call it 'magic'.
To install CS5, just go to Adobe.com and click download. And here is the big surprise: Apple just invented the App Store for Mac. Guess how much software will in future be distributed via optical disk?
I've done that for the past year now. Removed the DVD and installed and Optibay that could fit an OCZ Vertex 2 SSD.
I think the original poster needs to step away from the Cloning tool. Yikes! He seems to be grossly misinformed.
what on EARTH are you talking about?
i'm running a 256GB SSD in my current MBP - i run CS5 and xcode all day long. its leaps and bounds faster than platters, and i've not had a single issue with heat and battery life or any of the other garbage you're spewing.
Don't forget that the MBA drives do GC instead of TRIM and it is conceivable that any MBP SSD blade could do the same.
I don't miss the bouncing dock icons at ALL
but opening the entire CS suite in under 10 seconds still blows my mind
+1. I have the exact setup on my Mac Pro. I keep my OS/Apps on my 120 GB OCZ Vertex 2 SSD, user files on bay a, media files on Bay 2, work files on Bay 3 and "Time Machine" on Bay 4. Even though SATA HDD's aren't as fast as SSD's, having the OS and App's on the SSD greatly improves system performance. I made aliases for my personal document folders in my Home folder, and named the original folders so that the system references my pictures/documents/music in the correct locations.
Just an fyi, you're able to change the location of your home directory from within the accounts page of system prefs... right click on your user name and you can edit the path there.
NOT something i would recommend doing in the middle of a production day, but the functionality exists to do so. Saves you making those aliases!
Wishlist
I know I'm probably dreaming but I hope the 13" has:
*Backlit keyboard (please don't remove this like in the MBA).
*Matte hi-res display (or the option for one).
*Lose the ODD
*64GB at least for the OS and a few apps and I don't really care about the
second drive because I will replace it with some 2.5" SSD.
*4GB ram standard (upgradeable to at least 8).
*Lighter weight (4.0 lbs or less)
*12 hour battery
*Slimmer profile (don't mind the wedge shape either).
I know I'm probably dreaming but I hope the 13" has:
*Backlit keyboard (please don't remove this like in the MBA).
*Matte hi-res display (or the option for one).
*Lose the ODD
*64GB at least for the OS and a few apps and I don't really care about the
second drive because I will replace it with some 2.5" SSD.
*4GB ram standard (upgradeable to at least 8).
*Lighter weight (4.0 lbs or less)
*12 hour battery
*Slimmer profile (don't mind the wedge shape either).
I'm not a programmer, but I am a designer.
I don't want to have to deal with the silicon cracking when it overheats.
For the moment, it is more expensive to replace and to put in machines, but eventually the will drop, and maybe one day running the entire system on the solid state drive will be the norm.
For now, and with professionals I've talk to...one of whom has been doing this for many years...solid state is for storage...not for running a operating system off of.
When I think of running an operating system off a solid state solution, I think of hand held gaming systems.
I assume that's how they run such kick ass graphics on PSPs and their operating systems.
Personally, I wouldn't turn a computer off that much.
I've looked and I know what I want...27 inch iMac, Intel i7 processor, 2 TB hard drive, 16 gigs of RAM-no solid state. New processors...the Sandy Bridge...haven't looked at the specs, but it's generally accepted that new ***** is bigger and better.
So we'll see on that.
There's a reason my university used and still uses Mac Pros with traditional hard drives to instruct...because it's reliable, it works, it handles the 24/7 operation that we out them through. Solid state drives...in a larger housing, I suppose the cooling system would be powerful enough, but for laptops, if you're going to do serious work, I can't imagine it handling 24/7 operation running something like Creative Suite.
However, despite my adamant traditional drive stance...I'd be willing to try out the solid state drive holding the OS on it.
I supplier I'll be skeptical until I see how they work, wait for other designers to try it out...see how accepting they are of it...see if it handles the workload.
Not really true. SSD's can be superior. But it depends on the actual implementation. There are more than a few SSD's for sale right now today that perform worse than traditional platter drives, at least in synthetic benchmarks. Some of the really low-budget SSD's have pitiful sequential write speeds of 30 MB/s or even lower - far below what a fast platter hard drive can do.
+1. Get anything with a modern flash controller and start enjoying raw speed without worrying about lifecycle of flash cells. 1st generation crappy SSD's are history and so is the need for TRIM.
Really when was the last time they had a media event for new Macs? I mean I know nothing truly different has come along lately, but they really have gotten away from that since leaving MacWorld. That was where they usually did a lot of those things.
I guess they don't really need to anymore though. They're not the underdog they once were.
2.5 i guess
i'll have to see if i get to return my laptop this weekend based on thursday release.
If they made trackpads bigger than what they are now, I'd be jealous for sure. As for the built in SSD's, I think thats a great idea too. We'll see what happens.
I'm not aware of 500GB SSD drives, reasonable price or not. Can you point to one? Biggest i know of is OWC's Aura, at 360GB.