Since its HDD is dying, it will need a new drive. 512 GB should be a
good enough size. I'd like to reuse this drive for other computers
(Windows, Mac OS, Linux, etc. on desktops and (laptop/notebook)s) too if possible if MBP dies later on. Is Crucial brand good as shown in http://guides.crucial.com/c/MacBook_Pro_15"_Core_2_Duo_Models_A1226_and_A1260 ?
Thank you in advance. :)
Since its HDD is dying, it will need a new drive. 512 GB should be a
good enough size. I'd like to reuse this drive for other computers
(Windows, Mac OS, Linux, etc. on desktops and (laptop/notebook)s) too if possible if MBP dies later on. Is Crucial brand good as shown in http://guides.crucial.com/c/MacBook_Pro_15"_Core_2_Duo_Models_A1226_and_A1260
(As I noticed this time: invalid groups comp.sys.mac.portable and comp.sys.mac.hardware removed, followups set to the ONE most appropriate group, which is how you should have done the original post.)
Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> wrote:
Since its HDD is dying, it will need a new drive. 512 GB should be a
good enough size. I'd like to reuse this drive for other computers
(Windows, Mac OS, Linux, etc. on desktops and (laptop/notebook)s) too if
possible if MBP dies later on. Is Crucial brand good as shown in
http://guides.crucial.com/c/MacBook_Pro_15"_Core_2_Duo_Models_A1226_and_A1260
I've installed a Crucial SSD in a few 2007-2012 Mac models and they have
been working fine for more than a year in all cases. The Crucial SSD
models I've used include the BX100 (predecessor of the BX200) and MX200.
The latter has been superseded by the MX300 which I haven't tried yet.
Since its HDD is dying, it will need a new drive. 512 GB should be a
good enough size. I'd like to reuse this drive for other computers
(Windows, Mac OS, Linux, etc. on desktops and (laptop/notebook)s) too if possible if MBP dies later on. Is Crucial brand good as shown in http://guides.crucial.com/c/MacBook_Pro_15"_Core_2_Duo_Models_A1226_and_A1260 ?
Since its HDD is dying, it will need a new drive. 512 GB should be a
good enough size. I'd like to reuse this drive for other computers
(Windows, Mac OS, Linux, etc. on desktops and (laptop/notebook)s) too if possible if MBP dies later on. Is Crucial brand good as shown in http://guides.crucial.com/c/MacBook_Pro_15"_Core_2_Duo_Models_A1226_and_A1260 ?
Thank you in advance. :)
In article <9KqdnTcrwPsDyTDFnZ2dnUU7-KPNnZ2d@earthlink.com>, Ant
<ant@zimage.comANT> wrote:
Since its HDD is dying, it will need a new drive. 512 GB should be a
good enough size. I'd like to reuse this drive for other computers
(Windows, Mac OS, Linux, etc. on desktops and (laptop/notebook)s) too if
possible if MBP dies later on. Is Crucial brand good as shown in
http://guides.crucial.com/c/MacBook_Pro_15"_Core_2_Duo_Models_A1226_and_A1260
?
for that mac, you want crucial due to firmware issues with the ata controller.
Since its HDD is dying, it will need a new drive. 512 GB should be a
good enough size. I'd like to reuse this drive for other computers
(Windows, Mac OS, Linux, etc. on desktops and (laptop/notebook)s) too if >> possible if MBP dies later on. Is Crucial brand good as shown in
http://guides.crucial.com/c/MacBook_Pro_15"_Core_2_Duo_Models_A1226_and_A12
60
?
for that mac, you want crucial due to firmware issues with the ata controller.
Or OWC...
In article <eh5rqjFsl3mU6@mid.individual.net>, Jolly Roger
<jollyroger@pobox.com> wrote:
Since its HDD is dying, it will need a new drive. 512 GB should be a
good enough size. I'd like to reuse this drive for other computers
(Windows, Mac OS, Linux, etc. on desktops and (laptop/notebook)s) too if >> >> possible if MBP dies later on. Is Crucial brand good as shown in
http://guides.crucial.com/c/MacBook_Pro_15"_Core_2_Duo_Models_A1226_and_A12
60
?
for that mac, you want crucial due to firmware issues with the ata
controller.
Or OWC...
crucial is a much better choice
Since its HDD is dying, it will need a new drive. 512 GB should be a
good enough size. I'd like to reuse this drive for other computers
(Windows, Mac OS, Linux, etc. on desktops and (laptop/notebook)s) too >> >> if possible if MBP dies later on. Is Crucial brand good as shown in
http://guides.crucial.com/c/MacBook_Pro_15"_Core_2_Duo_Models_A1226_and_A1260
for that mac, you want crucial due to firmware issues with the ata
controller.
Or OWC...
crucial is a much better choice
Why?
On 22/02/2017 09:06, Ant wrote:
Since its HDD is dying, it will need a new drive. 512 GB should be a
good enough size. I'd like to reuse this drive for other computers
(Windows, Mac OS, Linux, etc. on desktops and (laptop/notebook)s) too if
possible if MBP dies later on. Is Crucial brand good as shown in
http://guides.crucial.com/c/MacBook_Pro_15"_Core_2_Duo_Models_A1226_and_A1260
?
Thank you in advance. :)
Hello Ant
I've used Crucial for RAM for many years. I've never had a problem with
the product nor the company.
On 2/22/2017 2:18 AM, David B. wrote:
On 22/02/2017 09:06, Ant wrote:
Since its HDD is dying, it will need a new drive. 512 GB should be a
good enough size. I'd like to reuse this drive for other computers
(Windows, Mac OS, Linux, etc. on desktops and (laptop/notebook)s) too if >>> possible if MBP dies later on. Is Crucial brand good as shown in
http://guides.crucial.com/c/MacBook_Pro_15"_Core_2_Duo_Models_A1226_and_A1260
?
Thank you in advance. :)
Hello Ant
I've used Crucial for RAM for many years. I've never had a problem with
the product nor the company.
What about its SSDs?
In article <eh5s6kFsl3mU8@mid.individual.net>, Jolly Roger
<jollyroger@pobox.com> wrote:
Since its HDD is dying, it will need a new drive. 512 GB should be a >> >> >> good enough size. I'd like to reuse this drive for other computers
(Windows, Mac OS, Linux, etc. on desktops and (laptop/notebook)s) too >> >> >> if possible if MBP dies later on. Is Crucial brand good as shown in
http://guides.crucial.com/c/MacBook_Pro_15"_Core_2_Duo_Models_A1226_and_A1260
for that mac, you want crucial due to firmware issues with the ata
controller.
Or OWC...
crucial is a much better choice
Why?
owc is a house brand with an unknown controller.
crucial is an established name brand who makes their own memory and
whose ssd controllers are known to not have firmware issues with the
ata chips in some older macs (and pcs for that matter which use the
same chipset).
Or OWC...
crucial is a much better choice
Why?
owc is a house brand with an unknown controller.
So what? How does this make it worse choice exactly? My OWC SSDs have
run just fine for years with different model Macs.
crucial is an established name brand who makes their own memory and
whose ssd controllers are known to not have firmware issues with the
ata chips in some older macs (and pcs for that matter which use the
same chipset).
Have OWC SSDs had firmware issues? Citation please.
I don't have an SSD in _any_ of my equipment, so cannot advise.
In article <eh6085Fu1d3U1@mid.individual.net>, Jolly Roger
<jollyroger@pobox.com> wrote:
Or OWC...
crucial is a much better choice
Why?
owc is a house brand with an unknown controller.
So what? How does this make it worse choice exactly? My OWC SSDs have
run just fine for years with different model Macs.
crucial is an established name brand who makes their own memory and
whose ssd controllers are known to not have firmware issues with the
ata chips in some older macs (and pcs for that matter which use the
same chipset).
Have OWC SSDs had firmware issues? Citation please.
the issue is that certain ssd controllers and nvidia sata chipsets will
not negotiate the maximum link speed. it will still work, but not at
optimal speeds.
crucial uses their own controller and is known to not have problems, at
least with the mx series of ssds. i'm not sure about bx, but the price difference isn't cheap enough to bother with bx, even if it does work.
owc does not disclose which controller they use (that i can find), but
it's likely sandforce, which is commonly used many ssds. unfortunately sandforce *does* have issues with nvidia sata chipsets.
later macs (and pcs) don't have this issue, in which case, samsung is
also a good choice.
In article <rXjrA.556906$Yc1.493533@fx28.fr7>, David B. <DavidB@nomail.afraid.invalid> wrote:
I don't have an SSD in _any_ of my equipment, so cannot advise.
it's time to change that. the difference versus a hard drive is
staggering.
I've used Crucial for RAM for many years. I've never had a problem with
the product nor the company.
David B. <DavidB@nomail.afraid.invalid> wrote:
I've used Crucial for RAM for many years. I've never had a problem with
the product nor the company.
I've had Crucial DIMMs go bad on me twice.
I don't have an SSD in _any_ of my equipment, so cannot advise.
it's time to change that. the difference versus a hard drive is
staggering.
I'll bear that in mind. Thank you. :-)
Have you any personal experience of replacing a hard drive in an iMac
with an SSD?
I've used Crucial for RAM for many years. I've never had a problem with
the product nor the company.
I've had Crucial DIMMs go bad on me twice.
Have you any personal experience of replacing a hard drive in an iMac
with an SSD?
I've had Crucial DIMMs go bad on me twice.
David B. <DavidB@nomail.afraid.invalid> wrote:
Have you any personal experience of replacing a hard drive in an iMac
with an SSD?
Not an iMac, but a 2012 Mac mini. Replacing the internal 5400rpm HDD
with an SSD, the speed improvement was . . . staggering. This was
running 10.11, although reports are that results are similar with any OS version from 10.9 onward.
On 2/22/2017 11:44 AM, Neill Massello wrote:
David B. <DavidB@nomail.afraid.invalid> wrote:
Have you any personal experience of replacing a hard drive in an iMac
with an SSD?
Not an iMac, but a 2012 Mac mini. Replacing the internal 5400rpm HDD
with an SSD, the speed improvement was . . . staggering. This was
running 10.11, although reports are that results are similar with any OS
version from 10.9 onward.
What about v10.8.5/Mountain Lion?
Have you any personal experience of replacing a hard drive in an iMac
with an SSD?
Not an iMac, but a 2012 Mac mini. Replacing the internal 5400rpm HDD
with an SSD, the speed improvement was . . . staggering. This was
running 10.11, although reports are that results are similar with any OS version from 10.9 onward.
What about v10.8.5/Mountain Lion?
Did Crucial replace them quickly and without charge?
What about v10.8.5/Mountain Lion?
David B. <DavidB@nomail.afraid.invalid> wrote:
Did Crucial replace them quickly and without charge?
Yes. But in one case, they required that the entire retail set (three
sticks) be returned as a unit for replacement, even though only one of
the DIMMs was bad. OWC has a somewhat friendlier cross-ship policy.
On 23/02/2017 07:04, Neill Massello wrote:
David B. <DavidB@nomail.afraid.invalid> wrote:
Did Crucial replace them quickly and without charge?
Yes. But in one case, they required that the entire retail set (three
sticks) be returned as a unit for replacement, even though only one of
the DIMMs was bad. OWC has a somewhat friendlier cross-ship policy.
OK. Thanks Neill. :-)
Btw, WHICH Apple products take THREE sticks of RAM?
On 23/02/2017 17:03, Jolly Roger wrote:
On 2017-02-23, David B. <DavidB@nomail.afraid.invalid> wrote:
On 23/02/2017 07:04, Neill Massello wrote:
David B. <DavidB@nomail.afraid.invalid> wrote:
Did Crucial replace them quickly and without charge?
Yes. But in one case, they required that the entire retail set (three
sticks) be returned as a unit for replacement, even though only one of >>>> the DIMMs was bad. OWC has a somewhat friendlier cross-ship policy.
OK. Thanks Neill. :-)
Btw, WHICH Apple products take THREE sticks of RAM?
Go to http://everymac.com and find out.
Thank you for pointing me in that direction, Roger! :-)
I've read here:- http://www.everymac.com/systems/apple/powermac_g5/faq/powermac-g5-memory-type-supported-number-of-ram-slots.html
On 2017-02-23, David B. <DavidB@nomail.afraid.invalid> wrote:
On 23/02/2017 07:04, Neill Massello wrote:
David B. <DavidB@nomail.afraid.invalid> wrote:
Did Crucial replace them quickly and without charge?
Yes. But in one case, they required that the entire retail set (three
sticks) be returned as a unit for replacement, even though only one of
the DIMMs was bad. OWC has a somewhat friendlier cross-ship policy.
OK. Thanks Neill. :-)
Btw, WHICH Apple products take THREE sticks of RAM?
Go to http://everymac.com and find out.
Since its HDD is dying, it will need a new drive. 512 GB should be a
good enough size. I'd like to reuse this drive for other computers
(Windows, Mac OS, Linux, etc. on desktops and (laptop/notebook)s) too if possible if MBP dies later on. Is Crucial brand good as shown in http://guides.crucial.com/c/MacBook_Pro_15"_Core_2_Duo_Models_A1226_and_A1260 ?
Thank you in advance. :)
Btw, WHICH Apple products take THREE sticks of RAM?
Your inquiry reminds me, though, of one I saw recently about which of
the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders was the best looking and sexiest;-)
David B. <DavidB@nomail.afraid.invalid> wrote:
Have you any personal experience of replacing a hard drive in an iMac
with an SSD?
Not an iMac, but a 2012 Mac mini. Replacing the internal 5400rpm HDD
with an SSD, the speed improvement was . . . staggering. This was
running 10.11, although reports are that results are similar with any OS version from 10.9 onward.
In article <1ElrA.503615$8w1.206346@fx02.fr7>, David B. <DavidB@nomail.afraid.invalid> wrote:
I don't have an SSD in _any_ of my equipment, so cannot advise.
it's time to change that. the difference versus a hard drive is
staggering.
I'll bear that in mind. Thank you. :-)
Have you any personal experience of replacing a hard drive in an iMac
with an SSD?
imacs are a pain in the ass to open up.
find the one you have and decide if you want to proceed with it: <https://www.ifixit.com/Device/iMac>
Until I read the label underneath the computer stand, I had no idea that
my iMac had been assembled in China! (I wonder if President Trump is
aware of this! ;-) )
In article <7AasA.673075$4K3.193771@fx12.fr7>, David B. <DavidB@nomail.afraid.invalid> wrote:
Until I read the label underneath the computer stand, I had no idea that
my iMac had been assembled in China! (I wonder if President Trump is
aware of this! ;-) )
it's not just apple products. nearly all consumer electronics today is assembled in china and that ain't changing any time soon, if ever.
On 25/02/2017 14:52, nospam wrote:
In article <7AasA.673075$4K3.193771@fx12.fr7>, David B.
<DavidB@nomail.afraid.invalid> wrote:
Until I read the label underneath the computer stand, I had no idea that >>> my iMac had been assembled in China! (I wonder if President Trump is
aware of this! ;-) )
it's not just apple products. nearly all consumer electronics today is
assembled in china and that ain't changing any time soon, if ever.
Indeed!
You may find THIS item of interest:-
https://www.technologyreview.com/s/601215/china-is-building-a-robot-army-of-model-workers/
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