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Re: Old Mac, New Speed

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On 7/4/14, 3:34 PM, Charles H. Sampson wrote:
> Travis Bickle <3S96@taxi.net> wrote:
>
>> On 7/2/14, 12:20 AM, 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.
>>>
>>
>> You two rocket scientists might also want to tell us that water is wet,
>> ice is cold, and sex feels good...
>
>       Was it really worth your time to write that? Is it worth my time to
> write this?
>
>                          Charlie
>

Well yeah, I think it was. It's tedious reading so many of the fan-boy 
posts here. They self-servingly affirm the obvious in a tone that ought 
to be reserved for treatises by Newton, Einstein, or Moses coming down 
off the mountain...

-- 
Everyone brings joy to my life. Some when they enter it and some when 
they leave it.

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Old Mac, New Speed Davoud <star@sky.net> - 2014-07-01 23:22 -0400
  Re: Old Mac, New Speed Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-07-02 04:20 +0000
    Re: Old Mac, New Speed Travis Bickle <3S96@taxi.net> - 2014-07-02 08:27 -0400
      Re: Old Mac, New Speed Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-07-02 13:30 +0000
      Re: Old Mac, New Speed jamiekg@wizardling.geek.nz (Jamie Kahn Genet) - 2014-07-04 19:07 +1200
        Re: Old Mac, New Speed (OT) Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> - 2014-07-04 06:28 -0700
        Re: Old Mac, New Speed Savageduck <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> - 2014-07-04 14:08 -0700
          Re: Old Mac, New Speed Travis Bickle <3S96@taxi.net> - 2014-07-05 08:09 -0400
      Re: Old Mac, New Speed csampson@inetworld.net (Charles H. Sampson) - 2014-07-04 12:34 -0700
        Re: Old Mac, New Speed (OT) Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> - 2014-07-04 17:03 -0700
        Re: Old Mac, New Speed Travis Bickle <3S96@taxi.net> - 2014-07-05 08:17 -0400
          Re: Old Mac, New Speed Davoud <star@sky.net> - 2014-07-05 12:10 -0400
            Re: Old Mac, New Speed Travis Bickle <3S96@taxi.net> - 2014-07-05 18:27 -0400
              Re: Old Mac, New Speed Davoud <star@sky.net> - 2014-07-06 01:37 -0400
                Re: Old Mac, New Speed Travis Bickle <3S96@taxi.net> - 2014-07-06 07:59 -0400
                Re: Old Mac, New Speed Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2014-07-06 14:00 +0100
                Re: Old Mac, New Speed Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> - 2014-07-06 06:50 -0700
                Re: Old Mac, New Speed Travis Bickle <3S96@taxi.net> - 2014-07-07 10:40 -0400
                Re: Old Mac, New Speed Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> - 2014-07-07 07:52 -0700
                Re: Old Mac, New Speed John Albert <j.albert@snet.net> - 2014-07-06 11:24 -0400
    Re: Old Mac, New Speed Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2014-07-02 09:41 -0400
      Re: Old Mac, New Speed Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-07-02 13:48 +0000
        Re: Old Mac, New Speed Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2014-07-04 07:21 -0400
  Re: Old Mac, New Speed Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2014-07-02 09:39 -0400
  Re: Old Mac, New Speed Suze <replytome@thenewsgroup.com> - 2014-07-03 21:09 -0600
    Re: Old Mac, New Speed Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> - 2014-07-04 06:29 -0700
      Re: Old Mac, New Speed Michael Vilain <vilain@NOspamcop.net> - 2014-07-04 06:44 -0700
        Re: Old Mac, New Speed Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> - 2014-07-04 07:07 -0700
        Re: Old Mac, New Speed Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-07-04 16:04 +0000
          Re: Old Mac, New Speed Michael Vilain <vilain@NOspamcop.net> - 2014-07-04 21:42 -0700
      Re: Old Mac, New Speed Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2014-07-04 14:08 +0000
        Re: Old Mac, New Speed Barry OGrady <atheist@hotmail.com.au> - 2014-07-10 17:21 +1000
          Re: Old Mac, New Speed Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-07-10 14:27 +0000
    Re: Old Mac, New Speed Barry OGrady <atheist@hotmail.com.au> - 2014-07-10 17:17 +1000
      Re: Old Mac, New Speed Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-07-10 14:26 +0000
      Re: Old Mac, New Speed nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2014-07-10 12:30 -0400
      Re: Old Mac, New Speed Alan Baker <alangbaker@telus.net> - 2014-07-10 10:30 -0700
  Re: Old Mac, New Speed jamiekg@wizardling.geek.nz (Jamie Kahn Genet) - 2014-07-04 19:10 +1200

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