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noodile

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I couldn't find many benchmarks for the optional 7200rpm hard drive from apple. So here are the screenshots of the disk speed. (fresh install of mountain lion).

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and Here's the benchmark for my new samsung 830 SSD (256GB)

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Side-by-side Comparison pictures:

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The SSD is much lighter and thinner.
 
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