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Metric1
24-03-2011, 01:45 AM
My mom is getting a Macbook because she's fed up with her Dell. She doesn't want a 13" because it's too small and she doesn't want a 17" because it's too big, so she's getting a 15" Pro. She wants to know the benefits of a SSD, because the guy at the Apple store said it's good for portability (she uses her laptop in the car all the time) but it's an expensive upgrade that she doesn't want to spend the money on it unless it benefits her in some way.

Does anyone have experience with a solid-state hard drive?

thoughts/opinions?
Agnostic Bear
24-03-2011, 03:49 AM
Everything loads a butt load quicker and large files open faster.
Agnostic Bear
24-03-2011, 05:04 AM
Also I should mention that OS X can't handle the speeds of SSDs and as a result have to have a speed cap on them, so uh it wont load as fast as it could on Windows.
Recursion
24-03-2011, 07:14 AM
Also I should mention that OS X can't handle the speeds of SSDs and as a result have to have a speed cap on them, so uh it wont load as fast as it could on Windows.

Serious?

LOL!
Stephen!
24-03-2011, 08:51 AM
OSX also doesn't have the capability of TRIM, which keeps the SSD in shape. Performance will quickly decrease over time.
N!ck
24-03-2011, 11:29 AM
Serious?

LOL!

Exaggerated in a JewBearian manner, but semi true I suppose. See post above.
Jordy
24-03-2011, 11:42 AM
You get the durability of the SSD too which the guy in the Apple store was presumably on about. If you dropped the laptop, the HDD would most likely break and some data would be lost whilst SSDs are much more durable and would most likely still be intact.
Recursion
24-03-2011, 04:13 PM
You get the durability of the SSD too which the guy in the Apple store was presumably on about. If you dropped the laptop, the HDD would most likely break and some data would be lost whilst SSDs are much more durable and would most likely still be intact.

Dunno how well it works, but MacBooks have a motion sensor that detects if it's falling and parks the head in the HDD to minimise damage.

IMO, As Stephen said, OS X doesn't support TRIM, you'd be better off with a speedy HDD.
Stephen!
24-03-2011, 05:17 PM
Dunno how well it works, but MacBooks have a motion sensor that detects if it's falling and parks the head in the HDD to minimise damage.

Really?

That's pretty damn impressive to be honest.
N!ck
24-03-2011, 05:29 PM
Really?

That's pretty damn impressive to be honest.

Yep.

Is annoying sometimes though as I used to lie in bed with mine sideways, reading from it and sometimes it would tip back the right way and the HDD would end up parked and take a sec to get going again.
Agnostic Bear
24-03-2011, 05:51 PM
Exaggerated in a JewBearian manner, but semi true I suppose. See post above.

Nope, SSD manufacturers (OCZ is an example) literally limit the speed the SSD can run at because OS X can't handle it.

http://www.brightsideofnews.com/news/2009/4/9/ocz-had-to-slow-down-its-ssds-because-mac-osx-cant-handle-the-speed.aspx
N!ck
24-03-2011, 06:18 PM
Nope, SSD manufacturers (OCZ is an example) literally limit the speed the SSD can run at because OS X can't handle it.

http://www.brightsideofnews.com/news/2009/4/9/ocz-had-to-slow-down-its-ssds-because-mac-osx-cant-handle-the-speed.aspx

I'm a Mac and I can't handle fast disks.
triston220
27-03-2011, 12:40 PM
SSD can access data much faster than standard harddrives. This is because they use flash memory, have no moving parts.
N!ck
27-03-2011, 01:32 PM
SSD can access data much faster than standard harddrives. This is because they use flash memory, have no moving parts.

Thanks for that, I was wondering what they were.

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