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Which HD is Faster?

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MacNutt2010

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Trying to decide on which hard disk to order with a new MacBook Pro 17" i5. Which is faster, the 500GB Serial ATA Drive @ 7200 rpm or the 512GB Solid State Drive?

Thanks.
 
DoFoT9 said:
compared to a 3.5" 1TB SSD, they would appear to be on a budget 😉

SSD is SO much faster its not even a real comparison!
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No, no, I'm sure the OP can afford a 3.5" 1TB SSD. It's just that it won't fit in the 17" MBP he/she wants and/or that Apple doesn't offer it in a CTO. 😉
 
LedCop said:
No, no, I'm sure the OP can afford a 3.5" 1TB SSD. It's just that it won't fit in the 17" MBP he/she wants and/or that Apple doesn't offer it in a CTO. 😉
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haha yea without doubt! TBH, 512GB is a minimum requirement for me, im a heavy user. SSDs arent feasible for me just yet.
 
DoFoT9 said:
haha yea without doubt! TBH, 512GB is a minimum requirement for me, im a heavy user. SSDs arent feasible for me just yet.
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Just RAID couple cheapish ones 😛 Or just get this, 1.4GB/s read&write speed should make reading emails significantly faster 😀
 
Hellhammer said:
Just RAID couple cheapish ones 😛 Or just get this, 1.4GB/s read&write speed should make reading emails significantly faster 😀
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Haha, that's great. But seriously, if you have the cash and think it is worth it, the SSD will definitely be faster. Personally, I couldn't see spending as much on the SSD as I did on my computer 😛 But hey, I am a college student, so I don't have that kind of cash.
 
alust2013 said:
Haha, that's great. But seriously, if you have the cash and think it is worth it, the SSD will definitely be faster. Personally, I couldn't see spending as much on the SSD as I did on my computer 😛 But hey, I am a college student, so I don't have that kind of cash.
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Well, I think those are mainly meant for servers as 4500$ is pretty huge pile of money for a consumer 😎 Companies used RAM disks before which cost tens of thousands of dollars each, so for them 4500$ isn't much.

Anyway, IMO 80GB as OS&app drive and +500GB HD is a killer setup, it has both, speed and capacity
 
Hellhammer said:
Just RAID couple cheapish ones 😛 Or just get this, 1.4GB/s read&write speed should make reading emails significantly faster 😀
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not bad, but NO company would buy that, as its MLC. and prone to fail after probably a year of use.

Hellhammer said:
Well, I think those are mainly meant for servers as 4500$ is pretty huge pile of money for a consumer 😎 Companies used RAM disks before which cost tens of thousands of dollars each, so for them 4500$ isn't much.

Anyway, IMO 80GB as OS&app drive and +500GB HD is a killer setup, it has both, speed and capacity
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ramdisks would be entirely used by them, im even thinking of getting one 😀

dsprimal said:
this is comparing old tech to new tech. ssd ftw.
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eh, not just yet. limiting factors of SSD still.
 
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