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| From | Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> |
|---|---|
| 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 | 2017-02-22 19:06 +0000 |
| Organization | People for the Ethical Treatment of Pirates |
| Message-ID | <eh65psFo9vU1@mid.individual.net> (permalink) |
| References | (3 earlier) <220220171121308492%nospam@nospam.invalid> <eh5s6kFsl3mU8@mid.individual.net> <220220171145425633%nospam@nospam.invalid> <eh6085Fu1d3U1@mid.individual.net> <220220171337076745%nospam@nospam.invalid> |
Cross-posted to 3 groups.
On 2017-02-22, nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> wrote: > 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. Pretty sure OWC does use SandForce controllers. > later macs (and pcs) don't have this issue, in which case, samsung is > also a good choice. I guess that explains why I haven't seen any performance issues with my OWC SSDs. -- 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
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Re: What's a good SSD to replace a 15" mid-2008 MBP(model A1260)'s HDD? "David B." <DavidB@nomail.afraid.invalid> - 2017-02-22 10:18 +0000
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Re: What's a good SSD to replace a 15" mid-2008 MBP(model A1260)'s HDD? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2017-02-22 14:42 -0500
Re: What's a good SSD to replace a 15" mid-2008 MBP(model A1260)'s HDD? "David B." <DavidB@nomail.afraid.invalid> - 2017-02-25 07:42 +0000
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Re: What's a good SSD to replace a 15" mid-2008 MBP(model A1260)'s HDD? nmassello@yahoo.com (Neill Massello) - 2017-02-22 12:44 -0700
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Re: What's a good SSD to replace a 15" mid-2008 MBP(model A1260)'s HDD? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2017-02-23 02:33 +0000
Re: What's a good SSD to replace a 15" mid-2008 MBP(model A1260)'s HDD? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2017-02-22 23:12 -0500
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Re: What's a good SSD to replace a 15" mid-2008 MBP(model A1260)'s HDD? dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson) - 2017-02-23 00:06 +1300
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Re: What's a good SSD to replace a 15" mid-2008 MBP(model A1260)'s HDD? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2017-02-22 15:43 +0000
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Re: What's a good SSD to replace a 15" mid-2008 MBP(model A1260)'s HDD? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2017-02-22 16:16 +0000
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Re: What's a good SSD to replace a 15" mid-2008 MBP(model A1260)'s HDD? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2017-02-22 16:22 +0000
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Re: What's a good SSD to replace a 15" mid-2008 MBP(model A1260)'s HDD? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2017-02-22 17:31 +0000
Re: What's a good SSD to replace a 15" mid-2008 MBP(model A1260)'s HDD? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2017-02-22 13:37 -0500
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