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    Good and Solid SSD for macbook pro 15 i7 2010

    Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by qohelet, Mar 4, 2011.

  1. qohelet

    qohelet Senior Member

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    I need some buying tips and advice. Planning to purchase an ssd drive.

    My budget is around $300. 120GB capacity at least.

    THere's a bunch of ssd drive online and am confuse which one to buy! I heard that SSD vertex 2 ssds are good and does not degrade performance overtime.
     
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  2. n19htmare

    n19htmare Notebook Evangelist

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    If I were you, I would wait right now. Lot of companies are in the middle of a refresh right now.

    OCZ coming with the Vertex3
    Intel with the SSD 510
    Crucial with the C400
    Corsair with the Force GT

    These are all coming to the market in the coming weeks, AT BEST we can see some price competition soon. Just not a good time to invest in an SSD unless you need one like NOW NOW NOW.
     
    n19htmare, Mar 4, 2011
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  3. mmoy

    mmoy Notebook Deity

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    The new stuff is a lot faster than the old stuff so I'd agree to wait.
     
    mmoy, Mar 4, 2011
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    qohelet Senior Member

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    convinced.. be waiting.. when do u guys think the refresh ssd will be available?
     
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  5. n19htmare

    n19htmare Notebook Evangelist

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    soon. The SSD 510, the Vertex 3 have already been reviewed...just waiting to come to market in volume.

    The Corsair is supposed to be announced in next couple of days. The C400 is probably only 2-4 weeks away.

    Just a bad time to invest in an SSD right now... If you don't want to spend $$$ on the new stuff (all them being the new 6GB sata), atleast it will drive prices down.

    Vertex 3 benchmarks right now are simply mind blowing.
     
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    X34 Notebook Guru

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    Will the release of these new ssd's bring down the price of the older versions?
     
    X34, Mar 5, 2011
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  7. mmoy

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    The Intel 510s are already being sold at Newegg - the older models (I bought one in January) have not come down in price. It appears that you pay more (quite a bit more) for the additional speed. I think that the prices of the new and older stuff will come down as the new stuff ships in volume but that might take a while.
     
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    Will the release of new {CPUs|GPUs|any newer PC components} bring down the price of the older releases?

    I think the question answers itself.
     
    shurcooL, Mar 5, 2011
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  9. Squuiid

    Squuiid Newbie

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    Intel 510 SSD works fine in a Late 2008 MBP but does NOT work in a Mid 2010 MBP. You can clone an old SL drive, but you can't install SL from scratch. I tried everything and no go!
    Seems to be ok with the Nvidia chipset of the 2008 and not the intel chipset of the 2010. Ironic.

    Or could be UEFI related...
     
    Squuiid, Mar 6, 2011
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  10. mmoy

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    Sounds like waiting for a while would be a good idea then.
     
    mmoy, Mar 6, 2011
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