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Thinking of getting an SSD for Mountain Lion...

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InfiniteLoopy

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Dec 14, 2010
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I held off getting an SSD when Lion was released last year but am now seriously thinking about it with Mountain Lion.

My Mac's become a little slow to boot up, and I'm getting a few more beachballs here and there as well as fans going at max when I start working in Aperture.

I'm thinking of placing 10.8 and my apps on the SSD. Would working in Aperture be notably faster (no beachballs/fans kicking in) or would I also need the photos on the SSD?

What's the TRIM situation (I'm thinking of getting an Intel 330, unless there's a better one out there...)? Can I just install the SSD and forget about it?

There were also concerns last year about SSDs not secure-erasing. Is that still the case?

Thanks in advance for any advice,
 
Great. It depends on who you speak to and what site you go on. Speaking from a U.K perspective on amazon here the intel ones do tend to be more than the other SSD's but then they do come with a 5 year warranty and are slightly quicker 520 mainly but I'm not sure you would notice it because that Mac only has a 3gbps sata interface instead on the newer gbps sata interface, I would google around (I would google the ones I mentioned in my last post) and find one which meets your budget and performance needs, there are many reviews for each of those drives on the web. Hope this helps :)
 
330 and trim

i have a 330 coming tomorrow, will post experience here, was searching for a discussion of the intel 330 and trim
 
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