Samsung 830 256 $199

[JohnDoe98]

You should see that in a bit. There's no way Samsung can keep it that high because the average buyer does not care if it's Samsung, Crucial or Toys-R-Us.

The lowest common denominator always wins.

If that were true Apple wouldn't be the success story it is. People do want premium products, not the lowest crap available.

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Not really.

Top are:

Intel
Samsung
Crucial



Also, like I mentioned, the consumers don't care if Intel is "slightly better". If Intel keeps the prices really high, they will just be part of a niche market.

In the upcoming months/year you will see all SSDs average out in price. Intel & Samsung (hope they stay in the biz) will be a tiny bit more expensive than your Crucials, Kingstons, etc, but they will be really close to the cheaper SSDs on the market.

These are the rules of a capitalist market. It has happened over and over in an open marketplace.

What's nice about it, the consumers "win." By win, I don't mean they win at life, but they win during a "price war."

P.S. Samsung is still considered one of the best on the market along with Intel. Samsung makes all of their components in the SSD.

Again, how isn't Apple an obvious counter-example to this?

 

[SDAVE]

If that were true Apple wouldn't be the success story it is. People do want premium products, not the lowest crap available.

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Again, how isn't Apple an obvious counter-example to this?

You're comparing Apples (no pun) to bricks. Completely different animals here.

One is a COMPUTER ACCESSORY, the other one is a DEVICE (a container of many parts).

For one, Samsung and the Crucial M4 do the same exact functions. Speeds are comparable. They work with all operating systems. You can argue that PCs and Macs do the same functions, but in reality, they do not.

Apple makes devices in a niche market.

Samsung relies on consumers. Apple relies on loyalty.

 

[hkim1983]

Agh, if only I had known about this earlier...I would have definitely picked one up. Oh well...

EDIT: It's back up to $280.

 

[AfzalivE]

Got myself an OCZ Vertex 4 (120GB) for $119 at Canada Computers today

 

[brand]

If Apple starts using SSDs in the next MBPs, I guarantee you they'll use Samsung 830's.

You have no way of guaranteeing something that you have no control over. Especially an event that far in the future. For all you know the Samsung may be replaced, recalled, or discontinued by Samsung. Another manufacture could even surpass it in performance by a great margin.

 

[Stetrain]

You have no way of guaranteeing something that you have no control over. Especially an event that far in the future. For all you know the Samsung may be replaced, recalled, or discontinued by Samsung. Another manufacture could even surpass it in performance by a great margin.

They're using Samsung 830 controllers for the Retina Macbook Pro:

http://www.anandtech.com/show/6005/apples-new-ssd-its-fast

 

[2Turbo]

Would this be the best SSD at the moment for price/speed to put in new non-retina MBP?

Also, is 16GB RAM fully compatible with non-retina MBP?

Thx!

 

[brand]

They're using Samsung 830 controllers for the Retina Macbook Pro:

http://www.anandtech.com/show/6005/apples-new-ssd-its-fast

I should have paid more attention to when that was posted. I thought me meant the next release after the current. My apologies.

 

[SDAVE]

You have no way of guaranteeing something that you have no control over. Especially an event that far in the future. For all you know the Samsung may be replaced, recalled, or discontinued by Samsung. Another manufacture could even surpass it in performance by a great margin.

My guarantee is guaranteed.

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They're using Samsung 830 controllers for the Retina Macbook Pro:

http://www.anandtech.com/show/6005/apples-new-ssd-its-fast

See?

Apple goes for quality. It was either Samsung or Toshiba. Toshiba seems to be only doing OEM SSDs.

 

[lambertjohn]

Forget the Samsung. Amazon's got the 256mb Crucial M4 SSD on sale for $179 right now.

 

[MH01]

intels betta

Inter/Samsung/crucial all good, comes down to price /deals . Be a fool to pay way more for an intel if a Samsung 830 is on a good discount

 

[lambertjohn]

Be a fool to pay way more for an intel if a Samsung 830 is on a good discount

Be a fool to pay way more for the Intel and Samsung when the Crucial is available for a better discount.

 

[sdsvtdriver]

Would a late 08 MBP see a meaningful improvement with an SSD or is it a waste? Looking to extend the life of this machine.

 

[rygamble]

Would a late 08 MBP see a meaningful improvement with an SSD or is it a waste? Looking to extend the life of this machine.

I think you're limited to SATA II speeds, but it would still be a huge improvement to speed and performance.

 

[Nate025]

Would a late 08 MBP see a meaningful improvement with an SSD or is it a waste? Looking to extend the life of this machine.

There's a noticeable improvement over a 7200rpm drive. I just spent a week or so swapping between a Crucial M4 256GB and a Momentus XT 500GB on my late 08 MBP before putting the M4 in a newer machine.

Smoother operation, faster boot, faster application load times, faster shutdown, less power drain on the battery, and slightly cooler temps (just a few degrees) on a machine that badly needs a repaste.

Absolutely necessary? Nope not at all. But I am tired of feeling the HDD spinning under my right hand as I type, and I'll definitely be getting a SSD for this computer in the future when I can afford it.

 

[sdsvtdriver]

waiting for the Samsumg 830 512GB price drop is killing me!

 

[Minhthien]

back in January(2012) I paid $409 for this drive and i though it was a good deal! WOW what a big price drop!