SSD Solid State SATA Drive Upgrade for Apple MacBook

http://mac-ssd-drives.com/ A low-price SSD disk drive upgrade for my aging 1st generation Core Duo MacBook proved easy and fast do to. Taking advantage of a rebate, I found a bargain on a 30GB cheap Solid Series MLC solid state drive from OCZ for under $75 and installed a clean OS X 10.5 Leopard onto it in half the time it'd normally take.

To maximize performance, I also doubled the RAM in my MacBook to minimize disk swaps to virtual memory. Current SSD drive technology tends to read data far faster than it writes, so minimizing virtual memory swapping by maxing out installed RAM is smart.

This particular SSD model claims read speeds of about 150mb/sec, Writes around 90mb/sec - which easily beats most hard drives hands down. For higher performance - check out the specs on the new rip snortin' Apex and Vertex series SSD's from OCZ at http://www.ssd-solid-state-drives.com/

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• SSD
• Solid-State
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• Disk
• Storage
• Hard
• Drive
• MLC
• SLC
• Flash
• Memory
• SATA
• Interface
• OSX
• Apple
• MacBook

[macgizmoguy]

2010 SSD FYI Update. Wow so much has changed in the SSD market in the past year. OCZ recently revamped it's product line across the board -- whether it's a Solid Series, Agility or Vertex -- look for the new *V2 or 2 series* drives just released for even better performance at the same price points.

[jrichardson6]

hi nice concise video!! I was thinking of upgrading my black macbook with a new ssd I notice you have a cable attached to the drive in the video and that you were recording the video onto the ssd is that a firewire cable? Am I correct in thinking you can plug a firewire into the old computer and transfer all the data onto the new ssd including the operating system and then just slide the new ssd into the old  computer and bingo... regards john

[macgizmoguy]

Some - but not all SSD's have a mini-USB 2.0 port. So I was able to install OSX & copy over my Home folder and apps, test it out -- before I installed it in my MacBook. And yes, I was booted off that and recorded this YT video while I was holding it. You'd have to use an EXTERNAL drive case to transfer/install otherwise: A COMBO case with BOTH FireWire and USB is your most flexible, best investment

[datalaforge]

I am considering getting a white macbook and want to eventually put a ssd in it or even just a 7200rmp drive. I just chatted with apple and they told me that one of these would not be supported. Is that person misinformed?

[macgizmoguy]

No. Apple and other companies simply want NO responsibility for any 3rd-party upgrades you do with your Mac. "Not supported" is more about their hands-off stance than any technical reason.

2 months later, this low-end OCZ Solid series SSD has performed flawlessly. Tip: If you're about to buy an SSD in 2009 make sure it uses either Samsung or an Indilinx controller chip: their performance is proving to be head and shoulders above last year's JMicron based SSD's.

[ecm86]

well.. The only con for me is the price for the space. I using a netbook and would love to get an SSD because I carry this thing around a lot. I have a 250GB 5400rpm HDD that came in it and am using around 44GB's of space. I think I would need at least a 60-80GB SSD but that would run me even today well over 130.00 I think. I may do it at some point because this netbook is newer but hopefully prices can drop even more in 2011.

[MrNightWalkerrr]

nice video

[constantinos007]

nice job

[NitroProffin]

SSD's are great news for laptops lower power consumption, smaller, lighter, less heat creation and lower noise also you don't have to worry about having it operating at high angle's putting strain on moving parts, great vid mate =)

[feerof]

that either means you have another hard drive to store your data, or you paid the premium for something you don't need.

[Stuna2150]

what i really like about this guy is he seems to know exactly what hes talking about and makes it exxtreamly clear about what it is hes talking about and refering to ..

any 1 can watch this vid and understand him..

5 stars

[RetroRepair]

@JSantana319 They are Samsung drives with Apple branded firmware.

[JSantana319]

Hey, I see the Macbook Pro has the option to get 128GB for $350 more and 256GB of SSD for $800 more. I'm wondering if the SSD that come with the Macbook are from Samsung or Toshiba or another brand?