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1tb hdd very slow on MacBook pro 5,4 2009 2.53ghz/8gb ram
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<blockquote data-quote="Nethfel" data-source="post: 1427807" data-attributes="member: 89124"><p>Have you done any real trouble shooting / maintenance? Swapping the RAM and deducing it's the hard drives problem isn't really enough - it may be a permissions problem, it may be a hard drive problem, it may be something you've installed and didn't realize that's causing you grief. </p><p></p><p>Take a look at :</p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.mac-forums.com/forums/os-x-operating-system/93819-basic-os-x-mac-troubleshooting.html" target="_blank">http://www.mac-forums.com/forums/os-x-operating-system/93819-basic-os-x-mac-troubleshooting.html</a></p><p></p><p>before determining that the HD needs to be replaced. There isn't really a significant speed difference that should cause beach balling on average every day usage (aside from compressing/decompressing large files, most tests I've ever seen on the net for real world usage between a 750gb 7200 and 1tb 5400 laptop drive is about 10MB/s difference in average throughput). I'd do some of the other basic diagnostics in the trouble shooting guide, you can also use a tool like Onyx to help fix any problems (you can get it from Mac Update here: <a href="http://www.macupdate.com/app/mac/11582/onyx" target="_blank">Download OnyX for Mac - Maintenance and optimization tool. MacUpdate.com</a> - check the forums here as there are a lot of people that use it if you need help).</p><p></p><p>In terms of SSD, I'd probably get an OWC (macsales.com) or something like a crucial (crucial.com) - but before I plunked down the cash for a large SSD which gets very expensive very fast, I'd make sure there aren't issues with the OS or other applications before deciding the drive is truly the problem.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Nethfel, post: 1427807, member: 89124"] Have you done any real trouble shooting / maintenance? Swapping the RAM and deducing it's the hard drives problem isn't really enough - it may be a permissions problem, it may be a hard drive problem, it may be something you've installed and didn't realize that's causing you grief. Take a look at : [url]http://www.mac-forums.com/forums/os-x-operating-system/93819-basic-os-x-mac-troubleshooting.html[/url] before determining that the HD needs to be replaced. There isn't really a significant speed difference that should cause beach balling on average every day usage (aside from compressing/decompressing large files, most tests I've ever seen on the net for real world usage between a 750gb 7200 and 1tb 5400 laptop drive is about 10MB/s difference in average throughput). I'd do some of the other basic diagnostics in the trouble shooting guide, you can also use a tool like Onyx to help fix any problems (you can get it from Mac Update here: [url=http://www.macupdate.com/app/mac/11582/onyx]Download OnyX for Mac - Maintenance and optimization tool. MacUpdate.com[/url] - check the forums here as there are a lot of people that use it if you need help). In terms of SSD, I'd probably get an OWC (macsales.com) or something like a crucial (crucial.com) - but before I plunked down the cash for a large SSD which gets very expensive very fast, I'd make sure there aren't issues with the OS or other applications before deciding the drive is truly the problem. [/QUOTE]
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