SSD Speed

[JesseW6889]

I am interested in buying a SSD as a boot drive for the speed. Is there any real world difference between the different SSD's available? Or do they all 'feel' the same, give or take?

Any suggestions would also be appreciated, obviously price is an issue!

 

[Hellhammer]

While it depends on the task, in general computing, you won't notice the difference between today's SSDs. My suggestion would be Samsung 470, it's reliable and reasonably priced.

 

[Fugue]

While it depends on the task, in general computing, you won't notice the difference between today's SSDs. My suggestion would be Samsung 470, it's reliable and reasonably priced.

I agree with Hellhammer. I have a friend with a Vertex 3, one of the fastest SSD's to date. I, on the other hand, own a Kingston SSDNow V+100, one of the cheaper SSD's. Application launch times, as well as boot times, for both laptops (same 13" MBP's) are identical.

 

[MacBoobsPro]

I am interested in buying a SSD as a boot drive for the speed. Is there any real world difference between the different SSD's available? Or do they all 'feel' the same, give or take?

Any suggestions would also be appreciated, obviously price is an issue!

If you are able to slow time down so milliseconds are minutes then yes you would notice a difference but if you can do that, save some money, get a normal hard drive and just speed up time. Thats what I do.