Could send us benchmarks ?
It seems pretty good they sent a toshiba ssd which far superior than samsung
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Performance / brand of SSD in new Macbook Pro
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Could send us benchmarks ?
It seems pretty good they sent a toshiba ssd which far superior than samsung
Very interesting. Looks like the 128 GB drive is pretty similar to the Kingston SSD Now V+ which is the drive I was primarily looking at anyway based upon it's cost and being a reasonable performer. Knowing that there's Apple firmware on there, (and it's gotta be there for a reason) is making me think this might not be all that bad of a way to go. Sure it might be only 80% of the performance of the of the fastest SSDs out there but it still tears the paint off of a mechanical drive.
It's also a good bit cheaper. If Apple picked it, you can be darned sure that reliability was one of the selection factors.
Some performance numbers
It's also a good bit cheaper. If Apple picked it, you can be darned sure that reliability was one of the selection factors.
Some performance numbers
Yeah, but how can be sure that it is toshiba ?
We have not seen proofing screenshots yet, people who says its toshiba is not showing anything.
I ordered 128gb ssd from apple, but it is stucked in China
Is there any reason to think that a future OS update or revision would not include support for TRIM? As SSD drives become more common, I would think such support from the OS would be an expectation.
I'll be going for the 256GB SSD Apple fitted, I was going to go for the 512GB but after trying to get the price down, I had to settle for the 256GB boo!
512gb is too expensive even 256gb is.. I ordered 128gb, later i will get a 32gb sd card to store my data.
I would have gone with the 128GB, however it is going to be my main machine
with Logic + Ivory Piano and Photoshop and all those lovely space eating apps I couldn't do 128GB, and a 500GB Hard disk? bleh
I like the SD Card idea though, I believe Samsung to be coming out with a 64GB one fairly soon!
64 gb s are ready but you need a SDX reader and i am not sure mbp has it or not.
If it has
128 + 64 = 192gb which quite good.
This is true however, HP uses the X-18 G2 and G1 (1.8" drives, there's no guarantee when ordering whether you will get a G2 or G1) in Raid0 and there seems to be a problem with the drive controller that causes the 4k read speed to be abnormally low. In fact, the 4k read speed is actually slower than the 4k write speed!
Subjectively, it is lightning fast, but given the cost I'm concerned about the 4k read speed in my Envy. Here are the results of a benchmark test on my drive (2x Intel X-18 160GB):
CrystalDiskMark 2.2 (C) 2007-2008 hiyohiyo
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Sequential Read : 469.045 MB/s
Sequential Write : 155.626 MB/s
Random Read 512KB : 253.068 MB/s
Random Write 512KB : 133.743 MB/s
Random Read 4KB : 10.294 MB/s
Random Write 4KB : 55.438 MB/s
Test Size : 100 MB Date : 2010/03/10 1:54:01
I'd love to see more benchmarks of the SSD drives installed in MBPs
My new Core i7 Macbook Pro 17" arrived today.
The drive shows up in software as "Apple SSD TS512" due to its custom Apple firmware (it's 500.1gb formatted).
When I open my hours-old Macbook, printed right on the drive:
Toshiba THNS512GG8BBAA
Note #1: This is not the THNS512GG8BB, it's the special Apple firmware edition.
Note #2: Same SSD brand as my now-old Early 2009 Macbook Pro 256gb Apple-firmwared Toshiba SSD, which runs about as fast as an 5400rpm hard disk. :-(
In other words, it appears to be the Toshiba 2008 model SSD series.
:-(
The Intel X25M series are ... over 5x faster. Yeah, 5 times. As in, about 500+%.
Oh well...
This must be why these special Apple-firmwared Toshiba's are already poping up on eBay, as people are trying to dump them real quick in disgust.
The drive shows up in software as "Apple SSD TS512" due to its custom Apple firmware (it's 500.1gb formatted).
When I open my hours-old Macbook, printed right on the drive:
Toshiba THNS512GG8BBAA
Note #1: This is not the THNS512GG8BB, it's the special Apple firmware edition.
Note #2: Same SSD brand as my now-old Early 2009 Macbook Pro 256gb Apple-firmwared Toshiba SSD, which runs about as fast as an 5400rpm hard disk. :-(
In other words, it appears to be the Toshiba 2008 model SSD series.
:-(
The Intel X25M series are ... over 5x faster. Yeah, 5 times. As in, about 500+%.
Oh well...
This must be why these special Apple-firmwared Toshiba's are already poping up on eBay, as people are trying to dump them real quick in disgust.
I don't know where you're getting your figures - someone else posted a link in one of the other threads to a benchmark of the i7/512SSD versus some other SSD drives and it was only a little bit slower, nowhere NEAR what you're talking about.
EDIT: Adding link from the other thread: http://www.barefeats.com/mbpp19.html
Mac Book pro 15 128SSD
Guys just got my Mac Book Pro 15" with 128SSD
Speed test shows:
Write: 178MBs
Read: 182MBs
APPLE SSD TS128B:
Capacity: 121.33 GB (121,332,826,112 bytes)
Model: APPLE SSD TS128B
Revision: AGAA0206
Serial Number:
Native Command Queuing: No
Removable Media: No
Detachable Drive: No
BSD Name: disk0
Partition Map Type: GPT (GUID Partition Table)
S.M.A.R.T. status: Verified
Volumes:
Intel 5 Series Chipset:
Vendor: Intel
Product: 5 Series Chipset
Link Speed: 3 Gigabit
Negotiated Link Speed: 3 Gigabit
Description: AHCI Version 1.30 Supported
Happy with it!!!
My old computer was 2008 Mac Book Pro 17" Hi Res with 200GB 7200Rpm and the speeds were:
Write: 52MBs
Read: 54MBs
Guys just got my Mac Book Pro 15" with 128SSD
Speed test shows:
Write: 178MBs
Read: 182MBs
APPLE SSD TS128B:
Capacity: 121.33 GB (121,332,826,112 bytes)
Model: APPLE SSD TS128B
Revision: AGAA0206
Serial Number:
Native Command Queuing: No
Removable Media: No
Detachable Drive: No
BSD Name: disk0
Partition Map Type: GPT (GUID Partition Table)
S.M.A.R.T. status: Verified
Volumes:
Intel 5 Series Chipset:
Vendor: Intel
Product: 5 Series Chipset
Link Speed: 3 Gigabit
Negotiated Link Speed: 3 Gigabit
Description: AHCI Version 1.30 Supported
Happy with it!!!
My old computer was 2008 Mac Book Pro 17" Hi Res with 200GB 7200Rpm and the speeds were:
Write: 52MBs
Read: 54MBs
I put an Intel in my MBP as soon as I pulled it out of the box, took 2 mins literally.
I'd like to add another perspective having just received my 17" i7 CTO with 256 GB SSD. Although the Toshiba Apple SSD's may be inferior to the Intel or Crucial SSD's in synthetic benchmarking, saying that the Apple SSD's are on par with 5400 rpm hard drive's is absurd.
The performance of my new i7 Macbook is staggering compared to my early 2008 Macbook pro 2.4 Ghz with 200 GB 5400 rpm HD. To give you some examples: after migrating around 100 GB of applications and files from my old to new Macbook my startup time has decreased from 96 seconds down to 21!
As an experiment, I tried loading Final Cut Pro and applied the "smoothcam" filter to an HD clip (a very CPU and HD intensive filter). I then loaded Nikon Capture NX2 with 20 full-size RAW images in the background, Adobe Lightroom with RAW images, Firefox, Safari, Mail, Dashboard, and was able to toggle back and forth between the programs with no stuttering or perceivable performance slowdowns.
In short, this new Macbook has completely transformed my computing experience.
For what its worth, included is a screen capture of my Xbench results showing the 256GB SSD on the left and my old 200GB 5400 rpm on the right.
The performance of my new i7 Macbook is staggering compared to my early 2008 Macbook pro 2.4 Ghz with 200 GB 5400 rpm HD. To give you some examples: after migrating around 100 GB of applications and files from my old to new Macbook my startup time has decreased from 96 seconds down to 21!
As an experiment, I tried loading Final Cut Pro and applied the "smoothcam" filter to an HD clip (a very CPU and HD intensive filter). I then loaded Nikon Capture NX2 with 20 full-size RAW images in the background, Adobe Lightroom with RAW images, Firefox, Safari, Mail, Dashboard, and was able to toggle back and forth between the programs with no stuttering or perceivable performance slowdowns.
In short, this new Macbook has completely transformed my computing experience.
For what its worth, included is a screen capture of my Xbench results showing the 256GB SSD on the left and my old 200GB 5400 rpm on the right.
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Excelent
Thank you, I think your point is very clear and the numbers are so good. I can´t wait for my new MBP 15" i7 512 SSD
Thank you, I think your point is very clear and the numbers are so good. I can´t wait for my new MBP 15" i7 512 SSD