MacBook Pro :: OCZ Vertex 2 240gb Versus Intel X-25 G2 160gb?

Aug 1, 2010

Which drive is better for OSX considering the lack of trim support?

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MacBook Pro :: OCZ Vertex 2E 240GB Main Drive Can Use For OS And Back Up

Nov 25, 2010

Vertex as main drive, so for OS and backup?Will using it this way slow it down significantly?I want to keep my late 2008 2.66/8Gb 15" Unibody, until Sandybridge models are released

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MacBook Pro :: Intel X25-M Versus OCZ Vertex For MBP?

Mar 28, 2010

I'm going to install either a 160GB Intel X25-M or 120GB OCZ Vertex in my 17'' 2.8Ghz MBP that I use for digital audio production and live performances. Any thoughts on which to choose?

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Mac Pro :: OCZ Vertex Versus Intel X25-M

Apr 14, 2009

I'm getting ready to pull the trigger on a pair of SSD's.

Looking at the OCZ forums, it seems like there are a still a number of outstanding issues... random lockups out of sleep, no trim support, (therefore worse write performance on a loaded drive), and on and on...[URL]

Yet there's very little noise around the Intel drives (besides the late bootcamp issue). Is that because I'm just not looking in the right place or there simply is no outstanding issues with Intel's X-25M now?

Does anyone here have any more insights?

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MacBook Pro :: OCZ Vertex 2 50GB Versus Corsair Performance 64GB

Jun 30, 2010

Can anyone suggest which SSD to choose :-

OCZ Vertex 2 50GB vs Corsair Performance 64GB ?

Right now I can get both for the same price.

I know the Corsair has the 128MB cache but could not dig up the cache for the OCZ.

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MacBook Pro :: Booting Time Not That Fast After Installing The New Intel 160GB Ssd?

Nov 5, 2010

I just replaced my HDD with the new intel 160GB SSD. Everything is amazingly fast except for the booting process.

After I shut down the computer(which is extremely fast, about 3 seconds), I start my MBP, yet what's been puzzling me is that the time between pressing the button and appearing of the Apple logo last at least 15 seconds, after that, everything is just normal (fast, fast!!).

I wonder if this is normal,

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MacBook Pro :: Using Best/Vertex EX Or Intel X25-E?

May 22, 2009

Curious as to everyone's thoughts on the New Vertex EX vs. the Intel X25-E

Access Time?

IOPS? - not sure what this is, but it sounds like people care about it.

Overall?

The new OCZ Vertex EX or the Intel X25-E

I may have to put one in a MBP?

Necessary - not at all, but still tempting

I've looked on google already and didn't find much, so please don't use that card Mikes70Mustang

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MacBook Pro :: Vertex 120 Gb For Less Than 400 USD And Intel X-25 80 Gb SSD?

Jul 17, 2009

From what I have seen the Vertex 120 gb ( for less than 400 USD ) and the intel x-25 80 gb are my options.80 too small for my taste , I have read a lot about this drives, but is the difference between them that high ?Btw, are there other options that I should look at ?

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MacBook Pro :: Using SSDs / Intel X25-V 40GB Or OCZ Vertex 30GB?

Mar 30, 2010

I've been surfing the web for hours now to find the right SSD for me. I have an ExpressCard SSD which unfortunately is having too many problems so I am planning on buying the MCE OptiBay to replace the SuperDrive with a second hard drive.

So my intention is to buy a cheap/small SSD to install OS X on it and to keep the home folder on the internal drive. There seem to be two SSDs which fit into that category. I need some advice whether those two products even work on my MacBook Pro Early 2008 2,4GHz, or if there are any other incompatibilities & problems.So the two candidates are Intel X25-V 40GB or OCZ Vertex 30GB.

The OCZ offers less space and costs slightly more but neither of them are really significant as they are in my price range. The OCZ ("Read: Up to 230 MB/s & Write: Up to 135 MB/s") seems to be much faster then the Intel one ("Read: up to 170MB/s & Write: up to 35MB/s"). Especially the writing speed of the Intel X25-V is really poor, even when compared to normal HDDs.

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Mac Pro :: Intel X25-M 160GB Firmware And Toolbox - How To Find A Latest Firmware

Apr 27, 2010

Intel X25-M 160GB, how do I find out if it has the latest firmware v1.5 from Dec 8, 2009. And is the Solid State Drive Toolbox v1.3 from Mar 22, 1010 worth downloading?Intel's download/support page doesn't tell you how to know if your SSD has the latest firmware or not.

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MacBook Air :: Use 160gb Ipod As A Time Machine Backup?

Mar 21, 2008

wondering if i could use my 160gb ipod as a time machine backup

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MacBook Air :: Does The 160gb Drive In The New Ipod Classic Fit In System

Sep 9, 2009

160gb ipod classic uses a single platter or two platters? also is it pata or sata?

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MacBook Pro :: Swap Hard Drives Between 2006 160gb And MacBook 60gb?

Apr 18, 2012

My late 2006 MBP 160GB hard drive died, can I install a late 2006 macbook 60GB hard drive into my macbook pro without any boot issues? Both machines have snow leopard, but since this is not a straight swap and I'm crossing between models I wasn't sure how successful I would be. I know that can't transfer my files, but I just wanted a working computer until I can get a new hard drive.

Info:
MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.6.8)

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MacBook Pro :: Intel Ssd Versus Ocz Vertex2?

Sep 20, 2010

Ok, im posting this because im sick and tired of people on here saying "Intel is the only way to go if you want speed"

Your info is like 18 months out of date.

Here are the benchmarks for both drives in RAID 0 config. which is 2 drives and nearly double the speed. if you want a single drive its roughly half the speed shown below.

Intel 160GB x2 and OCZ Vertex 2 120GB x2

Intel = Pwned

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PowerPC :: Older G5 Versus IMac Versus MacBook Pro For Work

Oct 25, 2007

So I have a 1.8ghz dual G5 with 3gb of ram for work. I mainly work in Adobe CS and do a far amount of Photoshop work. At any given time I may have all of Adobe CS plus Office and a few other apps running -- and a gazillion fonts. Went to the store and saw the new 24" iMac. How would a new iMac compare to my late '04 1.8DP G5? On that same note, how would a new MacBook Pro compare to the above?

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MacBook Pro :: AMD Versus Intel Sandy Bridge Igp

Sep 14, 2010

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AMD IGP is twice as fast in games.

In HTML 5.0 benchmark, AMD is 10 times faster.

Interesting to consider for the MBP 13 next year if the cpu is faster than the C2D.

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MacBook Pro :: Intel Hd Versus Nvidia 320m?

Jun 22, 2010

which is better and why?

I'm wondering because i currently have an hp laptop, and the only thing i am not satisfied with is my graphics performance.

i would like to upgrade to a macbook pro, but i don't want to buy the very expensive 15" model.

i use the graphics for GIMP mainly.

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MacBook Pro :: Using OCZ Vertex SSD In I7?

Apr 16, 2010

After I purchased my 2.66GHz Core i7 yesterday, the first order of business was to open it up and remove the 500GB factory drive and replace it with my OCZ Vertex 128GB SSD drive. I was hoping I could simply drop in the Vertex (which had been in use in my previous MacBook) and boot away. But, as I suspected might happen, the OS X already on the Vertex didn't have the necessary support for the new model/CPU. I had to format the Vertex, install a fresh copy of OS X from the DVD supplied with the Core i7, and then use Migration Assistant to move over my data from a backup drive. No biggie.

Anyway, this baby SMOKES with that SSD drive in there! Check out these boot times:

From the moment I press the power button to a fully loaded Finder/Desktop: 19 seconds

From the moment I hear the startup bong to a fully loaded Finder/Desktop: 13 seconds

From the moment the spinning wheel first appears below the Apple logo (the beginning of drive access) to a fully loaded Finder/Desktop: 7 seconds

Shutdown time is awesome as well:

From the moment I confirm shutdown by clicking "OK" (pressing Enter) to a fully shut down computer: Less than 3 seconds!

The 19 second figure is roughly equivalent to what I was getting with my previous MacBook Pro. However, on that older model, the time between pressing the power button and hearing the startup bong was about 3 seconds. The new MacBook Pro takes 6 seconds for that part of the boot process. So, the boot process from the startup bong is actually 3 seconds faster with the Core i7 model.

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MacBook Pro :: SSD Firmware And OCZ Vertex 2

Sep 19, 2010

SSD bandwagon, and have a question. I bought a 2.5" Vertex 2 60GB, which seems to be doing very well in all the benchmarks. I know OSX has no TRIMM support yet, and there is a lot of rumbling about using the right firmware in order to increase the SSD's lifespan. I read I'll probably have to use Windows in order to update the firmware in OCZ SSD's. Can anyone tell me, how I can check the firmware version of the SSD using OSX ? Can it be done, or do you need Windows for this as well ?? I have no idea what firmware it runs, so there is no way to know if it needs updating.

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MacBook Pro :: Using Installed OCZ Vertex 2?

Nov 18, 2010

ust installed my OCZ vertex 2E 240GB drive

Installation was pretty easy to be honest and I'm a novice with laptops.

did a clean install had to partition drive first then install OSX after doing all that I did a migration from time machine.

Something odd it booted up and my facetime app wouldnt work, got the error message that OSX was to old a version for it to work..

found it had 10.6.3 on it, thought it was odd as I did an install from the disc and my system came with 10.6.4.

so I did all the updates from software update up to 10.6.5 and now everything seems perfectly fine and lightening fast

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MacBook Pro :: Is The OCZ Vertex 2 Faster Than The SSD?

Nov 24, 2010

Just curious. I want to know if my base MPB will be faster than a maxed out MBA with this SSD

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MacBook Pro :: OCZ Vertex 2 Or OWC Mercury Pro?

Nov 29, 2010

Which would you guys tell me to get in the 120 GB variant and why?

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MacBook Pro :: OCZ Vertex Poll?

Apr 6, 2009

I am waiting on delivery of a Vertex drive for my Macbook Pro. While waiting on delivery I have been following some posts on OCZ's support forums

Now I am curious. Does this product have major issues in the Macbook, or do the problems described in the OCZ forum represent a small percentage of Mac users? Let's see what the numbers are for users in this forum.

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OS X :: 160GB SSD - 7 Installed On Boot Camp Partition From The SSD

Oct 27, 2009

I'm about to install Windows 7 into Boot Camp on my Intel X25-M G2 160GB SSD, so I have about 30GB for Windows 7.

Is it possible Windows 7 can erase data on my partition with OSX on it, say for example if Windows 7 supports TRIM and OSX doesn't could that cause a problem?

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MacBook Pro :: Intel X-25m Versus Crucial C300 For A MBP 13' Finding Feedback

Oct 24, 2010

I would like to get some feedback on these two ssd drives.
I own a MBP 13' late 2010 and I would like to upgrade to an ssd

I'm considering two drives:

Intel x-25m 160Gb
Crucial c300 128Gb

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MacBook Pro :: OCZ Vertex 2 (E) SSD Lifespan Too Short?

Jan 4, 2011

I am thinking of buy a 60GB OCZ Vertex 2 (E) SSD for my 13" MBP, when I was doing research, I found in OCZ's technology forum that people complaining its lifespan drops a percent for every 3-4 days, so I am worried that if this is true, then it can last only a little bit more than a year, although I can get replacement under 3-years warranty, the time spend for re-installing system and migrate all my files is another problem. Also, I do programming, VM and Photoshop, plus web surfing and music, so there is lots of "writes" involved, I'm afraid it won't last a year.

Furthermore, keep watching its health status while using it is a painful experience as you see it dying slowly, similar to checking Load_Cycle_Count of HDD which is the reason I want to switch to SSD.

Anyone using OCZ SSD or other brands, can you share your experience and advice?

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MacBook Pro :: Which SSD Is Better / Runcore SSD Vesus OCZ Vertex

Jan 15, 2010

Alright guys, so I got a 2.53 ghz 13' mbp. I'm wondering which one of these drives is faster? I've tried googling this info and can't find anything.

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MacBook Pro :: Install A Vertex 3 SSD To Replace The HDD?

May 18, 2012

Just bought a new 15" 2.5 A/G and want to install a Vertex 3 SSD to replace the HDD. Despite reading & watching the "how to's", I'm not exactly clear if I simply insert the included restore disc after I do the upgrade or do I need a data transfer kit? I plan to migrate data from my old MBP w/SL(10.6.8), after the upgrade?

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OS X :: Spotlight Index Weights In At 20GB On A 160GB Disk?

Oct 7, 2010

I usually had spotlight search disabled, cause I don't really use the search at all .. well that was until yesterday I was looking for a file on the backup drive. Needless to say it took quite a while to find it, so I went back to considering spotlight again.

Long story short I switched on indexing for both the local disk (160GB) and the USB Backup Disk (1.5TB) and left spotlight running over night .. it is not quite there yet .. but the index is already almost 40Gb in total .. that is 20GB locally and then another 19GB on the USB disk.

So my question .. is that normal? Does spotlight store the index of the external disk locally again? I can't imagine the index of the ~100GB I have stored locally to be that big ..

Is it something normal while indexing and will reduce itself when it is done?

People usually report their indexes well below 1GB for larger disk than I use here at least that was what I found googling.

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MacBook Pro :: Vertex 2e Firmware Flashing On My System

Dec 13, 2010

It seems that going by the OCZ site the drive can only be reflashed with the latest firmware from a windows based machine. Is that correct?Haven't plugged it in yet but I hope mine comes with v1.24.

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