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Seagate Momentus XT 500GB SSD/HDD Hybrid VS Hitachi . Mar 2, 2011 - 1 min - Uploaded by DrMacBookPro

May 24, 2010 – Take a standard issue 7200 rpm, 500 GB notebook SATA drive. . For the first test I formatted it with HFS+ using the Mac's Disk Utility. Then I . advantages are real, and pricing is not too bad – especially compared to SSDs. .

17 posts - 8 authors - Last post: Oct 16, 2008Im considering purchasing the 2.0 with the SSD or the 2.4 and adding a 200-320 7200 rpm drive. What i basically want is to make the computer .

17 posts - 13 authors - Last post: Apr 30, 2010SLC vs MLC drives, and whether or not Apple's stock SSD drives are a . Apple Store to upgrade to the faster 500 GB HDD that spins at 7200rpm. . . Just how OSX defrags files on your mac under 20 megs when you launch it. .

20 posts - 11 authors - Last post: Mar 10Although my iMac (27" 2.66GHz quad core i5) is supposed to be pretty fast spec- wise, it seems to be pretty slow when it comes to anything .

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10 posts - 6 authors - Last post: Aug 1, 2010why does hp put a 5400 1TB hard drive in rather thatn 7200 rpm? will I .

May 24, 2010 – The SSD's performance is consistent even compared to the first run, . Why wasn' t a regular 7200 rpm drive used as another reference point? .

I swapped the stock 5400rpm drive for a 7200rpm drive, benchmarking before and after. . Before anyone asks why I didn't run programs, I noticed (in Mac OS X . one, you might want to strongly consider an SSD or an SSD-Hybrid instead. .

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9 posts - 7 authors - Last post: Jun 17, 2010Going from a 5400rpm drive to a 7200rpm drive - you don't really . MacBook Pro 13" 2.66GHz, 4GB RAM, 240GB Vertex 2 SSD -, Mac OS X .

Aug 7, 2011 – The Apple Store had no 7200 rpm or SSD Mac Mini on display. So, I enquired by the Apple Store employees… who had to ask their tech guru… .

Sep 2, 2009 – . 01:18 PM. Once you go Mac you never go back. . . I don't know why you'd put anything but a 7200rpm drive or SSD into a laptop. I write a lot .

Laptop/Notebook computers that use 2.5" drives require either SATA or IDE/ATA. New! . For adding a 2.5" hard drive or SSD to your Mac Pro 2009-2010 .

5 posts - 2 authors - Last post: Jan 8, 2009Solid State Drives v 7200 rpm Drives - This forum is dedicated to . Solid State Drives v's 7200 rpm Drives options to be found in the new 17" Mac Book Pros. I know the SSD drives boot up quicker but how about moving large .

8 posts - 4 authorsWould there be an extreme difference between the two on the 2.0 quad core MBP15? Performance wise what would one see? Having a hard time making my first mac .

15 posts - 7 authors - Last post: Apr 14, 2010Currently OS X does not support TRIM, so buying a Mac with an SSD, or upgrading the HD to SSD with intention of acheiving faster read.write .

40 posts - Last post: Oct 12, 2010My question is whether I should be getting a 128 Gb SSD or a 500 Gb 7200 RPM .

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40 posts - Last post: Jun 17, 2010My question is whether I should be getting a 128 Gb SSD or a 500 Gb 7200 RPM disc. Speed is the real issue as I don't expect to take up much .

A test of a new SSD drive vs. a normal 7200 rpm harddrive on a Mac Pro running Snow Leopard. Displays the massive performance enhancement an SSD drive can .

10 posts - 5 authors - Last post: Aug 12SSD in 2011 Mac Mini Current Mac Hardware. . The 7200RPM drive that can be coupled with it is doing something like 122MB/s write and .

Jun 16, 2008 – Benchmarks the 32GB MemoRight GT SSD vs WD Raptor and WD Velociraptor tested in a Mac Pro. . Raptor in a Mac Pro.) For SSD installation info/pix, see Installing a Solid State Drive in a Mac Pro.) . . 1TB 7200rpm $57.99 .

30 posts - 16 authors - Last post: Mar 2You can substitute a 500gb 7200rpm drive for the stock 750gb 5400rpm drive. . This isn't my main daw computer though (I have a Mac pro as well) so my . . I still don't know how the SSD's organize your data or how they .

Feb 10, 2010 – Even if you're not in the market for SSD, the hard drive .

Jun 27, 2011 – Corsair Force Series 3 120GB SSD Review (SATA 3, 6Gbps) . Hitachi 1TB 7200rpm HDD (SATA 2, 3Gbps) vs Corsair Force Series 3 120GB SSD . Xbench on the Mac OS (both on SATA 2), Toshiba 256GB SSD vs Corsair .

Mar 10, 2011 – That's enough for over 750000 MP3s or photos, or over 230 DVD-sized movies. . External drives connect to PCs and Macs via their external connectors. . drive, let alone a 7200rpm, or 10000rpm solid-state drive (SSD). .

Aug 23, 2009 – How much does battery life change with the 7200rpm hard drive vs the . the other issues i mentioned? noise + overheating? mac osx vs windows? . Definitely an improvement over 5400RPM but no comparison to SSD. .

8 posts - 6 authors - Last post: Mar 12Originally Posted by avservice Maybe I was not succinct enough somehow. I .

15 posts - 8 authors - Last post: Apr 20So I am thinking about getting a new Macbook pro this summer since I am entering grad school and my current macbook pro is 4 years old.

Jul 29, 2009 – Rotating magnetic disks in HDDs versus memory chips on SSDs . For the Mac OS X and Vista installation- and boot-tests we have taken an . drives (500 GB, 7200 rpm) with the Desktop X58 ICH10R chipset (in the mySN .

Mar 23, 2011 – In the end SSD is still an expensive proposition, from Apple or from a third . . are graving for a Mac so I can give my MacBook to them and be “forced” . .. SSD is going to be much, much faster than even a 7200 RPM hard disk .

11 posts - 3 authors - Last post: Aug 23Ideally one would get an internal SSD boot drive with the iMac, with a large .

13 posts - 7 authors - Last post: Jul 27I've never really looked into hard drives much. What's going to be faster on a new build? SSD or a 7200 rpm sata 3.0gb/s.

6 posts - 5 authors - Last post: 5 days agoHard Drive Upgrade: 5400rpm vs 7200rpm Macbook Air, MacBook & MacBook Pro. . Hybrid HDD (Seagate Momentus XT) - 7200 rpm + SSD .

Jul 20, 2011 – You can also order with a 256 GB SSD and a 7200 rpm 750 GB hard drive - or even a pair of 256 GB SSDs! The Mac mini Server uses the .

Mar 4, 2011 – BARE FEATS LAB - real world Mac speed tests . WD 500G 7K = Western Digital Scorpio Black 500G 7200rpm HDD (WD5000BEKT) . Notice how the OCZ Vertex 3 6Gbps SSD screams compared to the other SSDs .

SSD vs. Normal Harddrive Mac Pro - YouTube May 20, 2010 - 2 min - Uploaded by hellobard

New Macbook pro 7200rpm vs. Solid State - YouTube Nov 10, 2008 - 1 min - Uploaded by RKouwenberg

Jun 1, 2009 – Mount SSDs or Hard Drives in Mac Pro Optical Bay! Extreme . . Current 7200 rpm drives may be noticeably louder than 5400 rpm drives. .

MacBook4,1 7200 RPM 4GB DDR2 versus MacBook5,1 SSD 4GB . Feb 13, 2010 - 6 min - Uploaded by lamina666

Jun 7, 2009 – Apps open up a little faster – not 40% faster, but certainly 20% or so. Once I'd . ( XBench is a free utility that every Mac user should have, even if it's rarely used.) On the down . Corsair "P128" 128GB SSD in a MacBook Pro → .

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Aug 31, 2010 – Seagate Momentus XT 500 GB 7200RPM – $150 – the Seagate Momentus . Whether you choose this model or the aforementioned Momentus XT . After experiencing an SSD drive in a Mac, I'd go for the Intel X25 SSD on .

20 posts - 10 authors - Last post: Jun 2, 2010Forum, Mac Talk. Thread, 7200 rpm or SSD? (41 messages). Started by, Hotelfive. Date/Time, 5:51:56 PM, Saturday, May 22, 2010 (GMT) .

10 posts - 6 authors - Last post: Mar 10Originally Posted by Adivino Hi, I'm thinking of buying the new 2011 MBP 15. I usually handle amounts of data and I'm looking for a fast laptop, .

46 posts - 16 authors - Last post: Mar 28, 2009Been thinking about these SSD drives compared to the 7200 rpm laptop . . My Mac pro is unattended on a room for several days chained to a .

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