OCZ SSD installation in 13″ MacBook Pro
7 Sep
As I mentioned in the video, the reason I upgraded to an SSD was to eliminate heat, increase battery life and shock tolerance. And ofcourse, performance.
But let’s be honest. As a general [power] user, I didn’t notice much in the way of performance gains. Well perhaps, I haven’t measured them accurately as yet. It is very hard to gauge how hard this drive is working.
On the contrary, the laptop and hard drive in particular got fairly hot during the installation of Adobe CS4. This was certainly not what I was expecting. While playing games, namely Counter Strike: Source, the temperatures were steady (i.e. hotter than my expectation, but cooler than a regular HDD). Let’s just say it was warm enough to make my palms sweaty.
The boot time was not cut in half, however the computer shuts down faster than I can blink as is evident from the video above. Battery life gains are not noteworthy either. A measly 15-20 minutes tops. I was expecting 30 minutes at the very least. Too much? I don’t know.
Last but not least, applications don’t launch as they do/did online. Does Windows 7 take more advantage of this technology than OSX? I’d be hard-pressed to say yes at this moment as we all know OSX is superior. But, it seems like Photoshop, Microsoft Office opens just a tad-teeny-tiny-pole faster. *yawn*
After charging $307.44 on my American Express, I feel like the only real world difference apart from the YouTube benchmarks that scooped me in to this frenzy to buy an SSD: I’m not afraid to jiggle and wobble my laptop.
Pros:
- “Coolest kid on the block” feeling
- Deathly silent – I can hear the entire neighbourhood chirp as I sit by my window
- I’m not afraid to gravitate at 163 degrees in mid air
Cons:
- Cost and everything else associated to it
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