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Hello! I just picked up a used mid-2010 13" MBP with 4GB memory and the stock 320GB hard drive. I loaded up 10.10.3 and while everything seems to work fine, I would like to put a SSD into it and make it more snappy. Any recommendations? 128GB is fine for what I need. I see there are a number of options from Crucial, Samsung, OCZ, Pony, etc....from about $50 - $90.
Will I really notice a difference from a lower priced one to a higher priced one? I'm sure any of them will be much faster than the drive that is currently in my machine.
Thanks!
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OWC, Crucial, Sandisk, maybe Samsung.
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Honestly, I would look for Crucial, Samsung or OWC.
OWC has Crucial SSDs earlier - great price and great device, but they only had 1Tb last time I checked.
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The current best price point I have seen was Crucial 256 GB for $85, but that was a f actory closeout of refurb drives. I have not seen a repeat of this offer, but I bet it will repeat with this, or another product line, sometime in the next 3 months.
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240-256 GB is the sweet spot, wouldn't waste my money on 128 GB.
Should be able to get one for under $100, or even below $90.
For that 5 year old MBP, getting the latest/greatest/fastest isn't worth it IMHO.
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Thanks for the options. I've got a nice 256GB SSD that has been running in my desktop for two years. Thought about upgrading that to a larger drive and putting it into my laptop...
I'm not looking for miracles, but just like tinkering.
Thanks!
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sunfalcon wrote:
Thanks for the options. I've got a nice 256GB SSD that has been running in my desktop for two years. Thought about upgrading that to a larger drive and putting it into my laptop...
I'm not looking for miracles, but just like tinkering.
Thanks!
Perfect. I've done that many times in the recent past - double or triple swapping SSDs as the price points have dropped (and people keep hording stuff)...
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