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500GB Seagate Hybrid SSD/HDD for Mac? Does anyone have?
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<blockquote data-quote="Kitsune Akki" data-source="post: 1357199" data-attributes="member: 233895"><p><strong>Seagate Momentus XT Hybrid SSD</strong></p><p></p><p>Hey guys, I have had a MacBook 13" White for years...</p><p></p><p>Then decided to sell every computer I own for the beast I now possess... well worth it!</p><p></p><p>Very Very Happy with my Seagate Momentus XT Hybrid SSD (8GB SSD - 750GB HDD)</p><p></p><p>As an IT Professional, I can definitely vouch that if you don't have the cash for the SSD outright, get one of these!</p><p></p><p>Mac OS X Snow Leopard 10.6.8</p><p>( I REFUSE TO RUN LION IN LIEU OF NO SUPPORT FOR OLDER APPS, EG. Freehand etc)</p><p></p><p>Boot Apple OS = around 3 seconds</p><p>Boot Windows 7 Pro x64 = around 8 seconds</p><p></p><p>Opening Apps:</p><p>Mail = immediate (approx 3500 mails x 2 mailboxes)</p><p>Adobe Photoshop CS5.5 x64 = around 1 second</p><p>MS Office 2011:</p><p>Outlook = less than 1 second</p><p>Excel = less than 1 second</p><p>Word = less than 1 second</p><p>PowerPoint = less than 1 second</p><p>Disk Utility = immediate</p><p>Safari = immediate</p><p>Firefox 7 = immediate</p><p>Firefox 9.0.1 = immediate</p><p>Firefox Nightly 12.0a1 (2011-12-22) = immediate (x64 threading / support)</p><p>Firefox Nightly 12.0a1 (2012-01-17) = immediate</p><p>iTunes 10.5.2 ~ 3481 Songs ~ 25.17 GB = less than 1 second</p><p>VMWare Fusion 4 = around 1 second</p><p>Launching Windows XP x86 in VMWare F4 = around 4 seconds</p><p>Launching Windows 8 Developer Preview x86 = around 4 seconds</p><p>Linotype FontExplorer X Pro (3.0) {39535 fonts} = 3 - 4 seconds</p><p></p><p>More than this would go on for a while, but the proof is there!</p><p></p><p>And gaming in Windows 7 x64 is outstanding with the new drive compared to the old standard 750 GB 5400 rpm Toshiba</p><p></p><p>The new drive is : Seagate Momentus XT Hybrid 8 GB SSD 750 GB 7200rpm 32 MB cache</p><p>(i don't know what the cache is on the Toshiba that ships with most MacBook Pro Laptops)</p><p></p><p>That is my rant...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Kitsune Akki, post: 1357199, member: 233895"] [b]Seagate Momentus XT Hybrid SSD[/b] Hey guys, I have had a MacBook 13" White for years... Then decided to sell every computer I own for the beast I now possess... well worth it! Very Very Happy with my Seagate Momentus XT Hybrid SSD (8GB SSD - 750GB HDD) As an IT Professional, I can definitely vouch that if you don't have the cash for the SSD outright, get one of these! Mac OS X Snow Leopard 10.6.8 ( I REFUSE TO RUN LION IN LIEU OF NO SUPPORT FOR OLDER APPS, EG. Freehand etc) Boot Apple OS = around 3 seconds Boot Windows 7 Pro x64 = around 8 seconds Opening Apps: Mail = immediate (approx 3500 mails x 2 mailboxes) Adobe Photoshop CS5.5 x64 = around 1 second MS Office 2011: Outlook = less than 1 second Excel = less than 1 second Word = less than 1 second PowerPoint = less than 1 second Disk Utility = immediate Safari = immediate Firefox 7 = immediate Firefox 9.0.1 = immediate Firefox Nightly 12.0a1 (2011-12-22) = immediate (x64 threading / support) Firefox Nightly 12.0a1 (2012-01-17) = immediate iTunes 10.5.2 ~ 3481 Songs ~ 25.17 GB = less than 1 second VMWare Fusion 4 = around 1 second Launching Windows XP x86 in VMWare F4 = around 4 seconds Launching Windows 8 Developer Preview x86 = around 4 seconds Linotype FontExplorer X Pro (3.0) {39535 fonts} = 3 - 4 seconds More than this would go on for a while, but the proof is there! And gaming in Windows 7 x64 is outstanding with the new drive compared to the old standard 750 GB 5400 rpm Toshiba The new drive is : Seagate Momentus XT Hybrid 8 GB SSD 750 GB 7200rpm 32 MB cache (i don't know what the cache is on the Toshiba that ships with most MacBook Pro Laptops) That is my rant... [/QUOTE]
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