Path: csiph.com!news.swapon.de!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: Jolly Roger Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware.storage,comp.sys.mac.portables,comp.sys.mac.system Subject: Re: What's a good SSD to replace a 15" mid-2008 MBP(model A1260)'s HDD? Date: 22 Feb 2017 17:31:49 GMT Organization: People for the Ethical Treatment of Pirates Lines: 37 Message-ID: References: <9KqdnTcrwPsDyTDFnZ2dnUU7-KPNnZ2d@earthlink.com> <220220171107197456%nospam@nospam.invalid> <220220171121308492%nospam@nospam.invalid> <220220171145425633%nospam@nospam.invalid> X-Trace: individual.net bm8nbdI/nF0qHY9/5VE5Sw8sc72txe9Z2yHSrFFppcfSFYhubT Cancel-Lock: sha1:Oky4bmvepc1MrcmyaQT+mMquBrQ= Mail-Copies-To: nobody User-Agent: slrn/1.0.1 (Darwin) Xref: csiph.com comp.sys.mac.hardware.storage:1438 comp.sys.mac.portables:1142 comp.sys.mac.system:100911 On 2017-02-22, nospam wrote: > In article , Jolly Roger > 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. 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. -- E-mail sent to this address may be devoured by my ravenous SPAM filter. I often ignore posts from Google. Use a real news client instead. JR