Anyone running an SSD in their Mac?

[biggestmuff]

Just wondering. The search is down, so I had to start a new thread.

If you're running an SSD could you talk a little about it.

Price? Size? Was it worth it?

I'm thinking about adding one to my Mac Pro as the primary drive.

 

[DougoMan]

I'm not, but I'm curious too. I plan to get an Intel drive sometime soon. I'm always messing with my "Hackintosh" install so it would be great to save some time on all the rebooting.

For people that own one, I would be curious to know too what the improvement on boot time was.

 

[Ka0t1x]

My boss has an Apple 256GB in his 15" MBP, and absolutely loves it. We also have a G5 with some cheapo Patriot 32Gb SSDs, it acts as a server for small files that are accessed at random... the server has increased performance 3-4 fold, because of the random access speeds.

I've been contemplating modding my MBP to remove the SuperDrive and put a Intel Gen2 in place, but I haven't made up my mind.

I'm just really disappointed that the iMac doesn't have an SSD option, but it doesn't seem to be to bad of a fix as the cables are longer than in previous generations.

 

[umrigar]

try this article:
http://www.anandtech.com/mac/showdoc.aspx?i=3597&p=9

 

[TheStu]

My boss has an Apple 256GB in his 15" MBP, and absolutely loves it. We also have a G5 with some cheapo Patriot 32Gb SSDs, it acts as a server for small files that are accessed at random... the server has increased performance 3-4 fold, because of the random access speeds.

I've been contemplating modding my MBP to remove the SuperDrive and put a Intel Gen2 in place, but I haven't made up my mind.

I'm just really disappointed that the iMac doesn't have an SSD option, but it doesn't seem to be to bad of a fix as the cables are longer than in previous generations.

What kind of MBP is it? Only the Unibody Macs have SATA optical drives, so any drive you put into an older MBP would have to be ATA.

 

[Kaido]

If I were going to get one, I'd go with the OCZ Vertex 120gb model. Really good results, and not as buggy as the Intel models. Decent price too ($350-ish).

I'm planning on going SSD for my next build, but currently $79 for a 7200rpm 1TB is just too good to pass up

 

[silverpig]

I have a 60 GB OCZ Summit (Samsung controller) in a current-gen 13" MBP.

I love it.

I chose the Summit over the Vertex because at the time performance was comparable, and many of the reviews at the time said that while a Summit install on a MBP was flawless, Vertex installs had issues. I believe the Vertex issues are worked out now though. The reason why Summit worked so well was because the Apple SSDs were Samsung based.

Vertex now has TRIM which makes it better, but Samsung has updated the firmware to include TRIM but it won't be available until the end of the month.

Right now, I'd buy a Vertex. I'm not about to get rid of my Summit, and will await the performance boost of the new firmware at the end of the month.

 

[CowZ]

I'm looking to get an SSD for my unibody mbp as well. I was looking to see if theres a price drop anytime soon for Intel 2nd Gen 256gigs. Is this suppose to be buggy when used to mbp? Anyone else have suggests other than the OCZ?

 

[u3laptoper]

I've used the first (pre-vertex firmware) and second generation to good satisfaction. Speed was good on both real Macs and Hacintoshes.

When it comes to low noise and zero vibration, it really shines. This is the reason I purchased in the first place.