[geeks] SSD for MacBook Unibody

[Michael-John Turner]

On Thu, Apr 10, 2014 at 02:03:40PM -0400, hike wrote:
> Any suggestions (brand, models, what to look for, etc.) will be greatly
> appreciated.

I have a mix of Samsung (830/840/840 Pro) and Crucial M500s installed in
the Macs in our family and all are performing admirably. If you don't mind
the extra $$$, I'd recommend the 840 Pro as my first choice, but you can't
go wrong with any of the other drives I listed (the 830 is no longer for
sale though, replaced by the 840 Pro).

FWIW, I believe Apple-supplied SSDs are a mix of Samsung, Toshiba and
SanDisk.

One thing to be aware of - OS X doesn't enable TRIM on non-Apple SSDs. TRIM
Enabler[1] works like a charm for that.

[1] http://www.cindori.org/software/trimenabler/

Cheers, MJ
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Michael-John Turner * mj at mjturner.net * http://mjturner.net/