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Hi,

I'm going to buy ssd for my 2011 macbook pro (6gb). I cannot decide which ssd to get.... Samsung 830, Crucial M4, or Intel 520, all are 240-256Gb. I mainly looking for reliability and easy firmware update. Any recommendation?

Thanks,

Stephen
 
Hi,

I'm going to buy ssd for my 2011 macbook pro (6gb). I cannot decide which ssd to get.... Samsung 830, Crucial M4, or Intel 520, all are 240-256Gb. I mainly looking for reliability and easy firmware update. Any recommendation?

Thanks,

Stephen

I was facing the same decision. I settled on a 480GB Intel 520 for a MBP 2012. I just ordered it; will post how it goes.
 
Hi,

I'm going to buy ssd for my 2011 macbook pro (6gb). I cannot decide which ssd to get.... Samsung 830, Crucial M4, or Intel 520, all are 240-256Gb. I mainly looking for reliability and easy firmware update. Any recommendation?

Thanks,

Stephen

- If you don't use Windows on your MacBook Pro (required to update the firmware on the Samsung 830), then the Crucial M4 will be easier to update.
However, if performance and reliability are more important to you, then the Samsung 830 is better than the M4.
I can't say much about the Intel 520 except I know Intel has one of the best (if not the best) record(s) in terms of SSD reliability.

I can recommend the Samsung 830 as that's what I use. And from what I can gather it's one of the highest recommended drives on this board as well as elsewhere.
 
Is it possible to update a Samsung 830 series drive through a Windows virtual machine? (probably not, I'm guessing...) lol
 
MacBook Pro Mid 2010 and SSD

To avoid opening another post I'm writing here to receive some advice to replace my Hitachi HDD with a new SSD.

I have a MacBook Pro Mid 2010 with 3Gb/s SATA interface.

In this SSD buying guide, the suggested SSD is an Intel 320 Series.

Googling a little, I saw other SSD models and I found V4 by Crucial a valid solution. What do you think about?

Does anyone have experience on V4 model by Crucial? And what about the Intel 320 Series?

Thank you in advance.
 
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Ocz ssd

Does anyone have any personal experience with the OCZ Vertex 4 SSD? I'm thinking about that or the samsung 830 (leaning more towards the Samsung 830 because it seems to be VERY reliable and generally well reviewed).
 
So I'm getting my new 2012 macbook pro and I wanted to immediately swap out the main drive with SSD and use the data doubler for the regular HDD.

Is there any tutorials our there on how to set it up so I can split the OS/applications to only the SSD and all the other files like documents, photos, videos, music etc go on the regular HDD?

For some reason I'm having trouble finding this on google.
 
Does anyone have any personal experience with the OCZ Vertex 4 SSD? I'm thinking about that or the samsung 830 (leaning more towards the Samsung 830 because it seems to be VERY reliable and generally well reviewed).

Still early days for the Vertex 4 with its new controller (changed from Sandforce to Indilinx). There have been several firmware updates already.
The Samsung is much more reliable, and you can easily enable TRIM on it also.
Between both, in every day usage, you wouldnt tell the speed difference between them at all.
I went with reliability and moved from a Vertex to the Samsung.
 
What do you think of ths SSD for an early 2010 MBP. I think it has SATA II.

Kingston SSDNow V200 256 GB SATA III 6 GB/s 2.5-Inch Solid State Drive - SV200S3/256G

On sale for $140
 
after replacing my HD with SSD crucial m4 256 gb on my late 2011 13' MBP, I noticed that the battery life decrease by 25-30 %. Do you have same issue guys? :confused:
 
after replacing my HD with SSD crucial m4 256 gb on my late 2011 13' MBP, I noticed that the battery life decrease by 25-30 %. Do you have same issue guys? :confused:

I haven't noticed any decrease with my Sandisk Extreme 240gb. Not sure if it has improved any either mind you so for me I would say there is no change.
 
- The Samsung 830's firmware has not been updated since the beginning of this year, and is rock-solid. It's basically plug-and-play, and it works wonderfully with TRIM as well.

So I could literally chuck it in and turn the mac on, and be met with ML install page?
 
- Provided that you have a medium from which to install Mountain Lion, yes.
But this is not unique to the Samsung 830.

I 'literally chucked in' an 830 into a Mid 2009 MBP ( the ones with potential issues w/ SATA II, etc) ... 7 weeks of use ..no beachballs, stalls, issues of any sort .. I did check to make sure the 830 had the latest and greatest firmware .. check ... And, unless an SSD has issues. firmware updates are gonna ( or should be ) few and far between .. They're complex, but SSDs are supposed to do one thing ... store your data ...and not fail .. period ..
I do run the Intel 330 series in my windows desktop, and an intel 310 mSATA in a laptop .. would have opted for the 330 if I had a later MBP that played well with Sandforce .. The intels in the windows machine have been totally problem free, and the desktop gets a much heavier workout than either of the laptops .. YMMV..just my experience
 
- Provided that you have a medium from which to install Mountain Lion, yes.
But this is not unique to the Samsung 830.

Say I don't have the medium with ML, does the mac boot to a screen and download ML from Apple? Or does it need to be on the drive? In which case I would need some sort of CD which I do not have, and is not available.
 
Say I don't have the medium with ML, does the mac boot to a screen and download ML from Apple? Or does it need to be on the drive? In which case I would need some sort of CD which I do not have, and is not available.

- If you have a newer Mac, you can install Mountain Lion from the Internet. See this Apple document for further information about Internet Recovery.
Alternatively, you can make your own installation medium by following this simply guide.
 
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