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From: Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com>
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Subject: Re: Old Mac, New Speed
Date: 2 Jul 2014 13:48:03 GMT
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On 2014-07-02, Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> wrote:
> On 2014.07.02, 00:20 , Jolly Roger wrote:
>> On 2014-07-02, Davoud <star@sky.net> wrote:
>>> Holy hard drive, Batman!
>>>
>>> The 500GB HD on this "17-inch, Early 2008" MB Pro failed two weeks ago.
>>> This machine, one of two 17-inch MBPs that I own, is important to me.
>>>
>>> I ran it from the SuperDuper external backup drive for a bit while I
>>> decided what to do. I decided to buy a Crucial 960GB SSD from Amazon.
>>>
>>> I did that this evening, then cloned the SuperDuper backup to the new
>>> SSD. I was expecting a little speed bump on this 6-year-old machine, as
>>> I am accustomed to the speed of my 15" MBP Retina SSD, but this far
>>> exceeds my expectations. Aperture, Lightroom, Photoshop, Final Cut Pro,
>>> and astronomy software with huge databases, all load in a flash and run
>>> much faster than I would have dared hope.
>>>
>>> Bottom line, at $400-and-something this is a great choice if you're
>>> looking to give new life to an old Mac that is irreplaceable.
>>
>> Well, yes, upgrading from a traditional spindle hard drive to a solid
>> state drive will dramatically increase the general speed of any
>> computer.
>
> Perhaps a hearty cheer for him giving new life, speed and purpose to the 
> computer would be more in order?
>
> "Reduce, Reuse, Repair, Recycle".
>           =====  ======

I'm pleased he is getting more life out of his computer by upgrading
from a HD to an SSD. Good enough?  : )

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