Ableton Forum

Hi. I'm upgrading to a 17' Mac Book Pro. Solid state drive or 7200? Solid state has no moving parts. Supposed to be faster and more reliable...Any thoughts?
Thanks as always,
Ron

i would definitely try out ssd. people say write speeds are supposed to be lower but i personally don't write to disk that much.

Hmmm...Good point. All audio is on external for me also.
Thanks
Ron

http://macperformanceguide.com/Mac-LightingFast.html

http://macperformanceguide.com/Reviews-IntelX25E.html

http://macperformanceguide.com/Reviews-SSD.html

http://macperformanceguide.com/Storage-Intro.html

http://macperformanceguide.com/Reviews- ... -Pimp.html

Main: http://macperformanceguide.com/index.html

I heard that they are fast and reliable, but how do they work with external hardrives, i mean im using ableton and all my data is in my external lacie rugged harddrive, if i pick the solid state it will work fine with the external , no problem that the external is 5400rpm??

http://macperformanceguide.com/Storage-Interface.html

Internal = much faster

5400 external = lame

I know you said 17" so this does not apply to the 17" but just a FYI. The new MBP 13" and 15" seem to have slower STA interfaces for SSD at the moment.

http://www.macrumors.com/2009/06/14/13- ... interface/

You may want to note that youll only get about half the potential life out of a SSD at the moment, compared to a spinning disk drive. They have a finite read/write count, which you might use up in 3 years of reasonably heavy use. I dont think its a big problem, If I get 3 years use out of any hard drive, I think that Im ahead!