Crucial 128 GB m4 2.5-Inch Solid State Drive SATA 6Gb/s CT128M4SSD2
This unit was installed in my current 13 "Macbook Pro and I have had excellent results after 6 months. No hang ups, no problem going in and out of sleep, everything is much faster boot is less than 30 seconds; Firefox opens almost instantly ..; About this Mac instantly loads; Utility disk repair authorization is performed in less than a minute, multitasking is easier: just overall snappiness The first thing I showed a friend when he derided the price was to open every single application in my dock .. at once (most browsers, the CS-3 suite, final cut, all the iLife programs, LibreOffice). While on my old HDD probably would have sat Always there to load, this time I did not even get a pinwheel. Even. my websites would load faster. I noticed my system backups are faster when writing an external hard drive via FireWire 800, and ripping my DVD is about 15% faster.
I always see people saying that a huge advantage of an SSD is the best life of the battery. I noticed almost no shift in the real world although I am sure that there is very little difference. Do not expect battery life to change radically, however. My computer is significantly quieter (and less vibration) which is very nice when I'm watching a movie late at night.
A huge selling point for the M4 is a three year warranty and the fact that SATA III (which my macbook pro media, not sure about earlier models). The extra speed allows an enormous increase in speed. Its predecessor - the C300 - it was very appreciated and I've had great luck with Crucial so I am confident that this was a good buy.
About firmware M4:.
I bought this while running OS 10.6.8 and ran Rev 0001 firmware. I had no problems at all, but then upgraded to Rev 0002. Rev 0009 came out shortly after that I then updated as well and have used it for about 5 months so that what most of my review is based on. There was a large difference in speed when running benchmark software between 0009 and Rev older firmware, but unlike the real world could be something else. To update the firmware just download the Crucial website, burn to CD, and boot from the CD. It 's all very simple.
With regard to TRIM:.
While I was with Snow Leopard 10.6.8, TRIM has been listed as disabled. I heard it was because only Apple-branded SSD TRIM lights, but there is software running to enable support TRIM. I chose not to run the software because the developer did not know, but it could very well be. I ended up upgrading to Lion 10.7 (10.7.3 hour) and TRIM is still listed as disabled. Someone in the comments below speaks for search "enabled mactrast structure" and follow the prompts to activate TRIM. I followed the instructions on the site and now TRIM is supported. TRIM is important for leveling and to prevent a reduction of the rate of overtime and all directions, take 2 minutes to follow so it is highly recommended.
Optimize your SSD: I have seen many things that will make a difference, but the first thing I did was disable the Sudden Motion Sensor. I also went into Energy Saver and turned off "put hard disks to sleep when you can.". Then I repaired disk permissions and verified the disk in Disk Utility for the last time. I heard you disable Spotlight, but I use it so I decided against it.
As for Windows 7 and Bootcamp: Some people have luck with Winclone to copy their Windows 7 Bootcamp partition. I had no luck, but I'm not overly concerned because they do not want to give up to 20GB of space (minimum Assistant Boot size field allows) for an OS I do not really need and rarely use. This is not a problem with the SSD, but I thought I should mention that.
