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tl;dr SSDs that run Windows need TRIM for a vast performance boost, but macs either already have TRIM and are not advertising it or do not need TRIM because of
by daniel-cussen 16y ago
tl;dr SSDs that run Windows need TRIM for a vast performance boost, but macs either already have TRIM and are not advertising it or do not need TRIM because of intrinsic qualities of the OS.
- neilc 16y ago... but only for the relatively ancient and poorly performing SSD that Apple ships with the MacBook Air. Whether the results generalize to other SSDs, or the reason for why there's no major performance degradation, are both open questions.
- AngryParsley 16y agoThere's a big confounding factor in their Windows benchmarks: To test performance without TRIM, they used older firmwares. It's unclear how much of the performance increase is from firmware improvements unrelated to TRIM support.