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Bluenose
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 Posted: Sun Feb 19, 2012 5:16 am Post subject: Any recommendation for an extra hard drive - Mini2011 |
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I'd like to add an extra hard drive to my 2011 Mac Mini preferably 1TB or more - Can't justify the cost of a SSD - Can anyone give me any suggestions?
Thanks in Advance
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billb
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| Posted: Wed Feb 29, 2012 11:00 pm Post subject: PM Philip |
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Wow, no love.
PM Philip Arcario.
Not only will you get great advice
he may be able to make you a
great deal on an HD or give you
a few links with HD deals.
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Bluenose
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| Posted: Thu Mar 01, 2012 4:27 pm Post subject: Re: PM Philip |
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| billb wrote: | Wow, no love.
PM Philip Arcario.
Not only will you get great advice
he may be able to make you a
great deal on an HD or give you
a few links with HD deals. |
BillB - thanks - quick update - I finally decided to get a Crucial 512GBSSD - got a good deal here in the UK - installed it (tight fit with the drive cable) and cloned the drive, enabled Trim!!!! - Goes like brown smelly stuff off a chromium shovel!!! would not have believed the difference!!!!!! 14 or 15 secs from power on to desk top (I have auto login)
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billb
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| Posted: Thu Mar 01, 2012 4:57 pm Post subject: Re: PM Philip |
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| Bluenose wrote: | | I finally decided to get a Crucial 512GBSSD - Goes like brown smelly stuff off a chromium shovel!!! would not have believed the difference!!!!!! 14 or 15 secs from power on to desk top (I have auto login) |
HA, HA, HA, HA.......brown what? Oh my!!!
Its really astonishing how fast an SSD can be.
Before I bought an SSD I was using two 600GB
10K RPM VelociRaptors in a RAID-0 enclosure
attached via SATA. They were so fast it was
extraordinary, well.........the SSD is noticeably
faster. Its a shame TRIM doesn't work natively
for the Samsung SSD. I'm really lovin' this
Samsung though.
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Bluenose
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| Posted: Fri Mar 02, 2012 7:03 am Post subject: Re: PM Philip |
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| billb wrote: | | Bluenose wrote: | | I finally decided to get a Crucial 512GBSSD - Goes like brown smelly stuff off a chromium shovel!!! would not have believed the difference!!!!!! 14 or 15 secs from power on to desk top (I have auto login) |
HA, HA, HA, HA.......brown what? Oh my!!!
Its really astonishing how fast an SSD can be.
Before I bought an SSD I was using two 600GB
10K RPM VelociRaptors in a RAID-0 enclosure
attached via SATA. They were so fast it was
extraordinary, well.........the SSD is noticeably
faster. Its a shame TRIM doesn't work natively
for the Samsung SSD. I'm really lovin' this
Samsung though. |
I had to activate the trim command (wasn't natively activated for the drive I bought) found some instructions for the command line which seemed to work (I'm new to macs so it is still a learning experience) - any SSD is the future (assuming the price comes down!!!!!!)
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