I have a late 2008 unibody MBP and I'm looking to get an SSD. I know that there are new SATA 3 SSDs coming out, but is there a point in paying the extra money to have this ability? Does my MBP have the ability to use that interface to its full extent?
A 240gb Vertex 3 for example, will cost me about 575 whereas a Vertex 2 with the same capacity will be about 375...so there is a major difference, but I'm not sure if the extra money is justified.
EDIT the prices are actually $616 for the Vertex3, $389 for the Vertex 2. In Canadian dollars.
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What do you get when you go into About->Serial-ATA? I get 1.5 GB on my early 2008 MBP which is SATA I. The question is do you need SATA III to get the full performance from the SSD?
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Your MBP only has SATA II, so even if you purchased a Vertex 3, you won't be able to utilize its 500MB/s read/write performance.
You are currently maxed out with your current Vertex 2 SATA II at around 200-300MB/s.
How does the Vertex 3 compare to the Vertex 2 in real world performance? Not exactly sure, but it doesn't really matter because your laptop cannot support the new SSDs. -
NVidia MCP79 AHCI:
Vendor: NVidia
Product: MCP79 AHCI
Link Speed: 3 Gigabit
Negotiated Link Speed: 3 Gigabit
Description: AHCI Version 1.20 Supported
That is what I see when I click on Serial ATA. -
SATA III = 6Gb/s = 768 MB/s
Vertex 2 = ~300MB/s
Vertex 3 = ~500MB/s
As you can see, you need a SATA III port to use a Vertex 3 to its full potential. -
That's what I thought. I may just get a discounted vertex 2 then...
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anyone know if the 2011's support SATA III speeds?
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From what I've read online, yes they do.
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FrozenWaltDisney Notebook Consultant
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SATA 3 SSD worth getting?
Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by CanadianDude, Mar 6, 2011.