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Apple Computing Products:
macOS - Notebook Hardware
new HDD hybrid (with SSD cache) or 2nd SSD in Optical Bay slot?
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<blockquote data-quote="bobtomay" data-source="post: 1304404" data-attributes="member: 24160"><p>My boot time is 4-6 seconds faster with the WD Black 500GB than I ever managed to get with the Hybrid. In use, the hybrid also beachballed - a lot. No, it will not give you anything even resembling the function of an SSD - not even 20%.</p><p></p><p>I can boot my 5 yr old MBP with the WD only 4 seconds slower than the new MBA with it's SSD.</p><p></p><p>However, if you really want the hybrid, I have the one I tried - it spent just under a month in my Mac - and will sell it at 35% below Amazon's or newegg's price - shipped in the U.S.</p><p></p><p>We do have a couple of members that like them and have bought more than 1 of them.</p><p>They're Macs were newer than mine - maybe the difference - ????</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="bobtomay, post: 1304404, member: 24160"] My boot time is 4-6 seconds faster with the WD Black 500GB than I ever managed to get with the Hybrid. In use, the hybrid also beachballed - a lot. No, it will not give you anything even resembling the function of an SSD - not even 20%. I can boot my 5 yr old MBP with the WD only 4 seconds slower than the new MBA with it's SSD. However, if you really want the hybrid, I have the one I tried - it spent just under a month in my Mac - and will sell it at 35% below Amazon's or newegg's price - shipped in the U.S. We do have a couple of members that like them and have bought more than 1 of them. They're Macs were newer than mine - maybe the difference - ???? [/QUOTE]
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