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SSD's are not there yet, if you ask me. I've been running on a custom SSD on my Mac mini, with restarts required once daily after crashing (mostly due to chrome
by danieldk 13y ago
SSD's are not there yet, if you ask me. I've been running on a custom SSD on my Mac mini, with restarts required once daily after crashing (mostly due to chrome). A dozen friends of mine also had a buggy experience with SSDs. They are super fast, I mean. But not so reliable at this point in time.
There are some ugly SSDs out there with firmware problems (e.g. some people have reported problems with OCZ). I have been using different SSDs for three years (Apple branded, Samsung, and Intel) and I never had any problem or bugs. In fact, since Apple uses Samsung themselves, I have also used Trim Enabler without problems.
- slowdown 13y agoYou are talking based on your own experience. I am talking based on mine and 12 others I know of. No offence, but you get the point, right? :)
- foobarbazqux 13y agoThe thing about personal experience is that you can't really quantify it. His 3 anecdotes (3 SSDs over 3 years) are just as valid as your 13 anecdotes.
- danieldk 13y agoThat's the whole point of my comment. It's anecdotical evidence and you'll find as many people having the opposite experience (ie. me). If you look at the actual failure rate, it's well known that the failure rates of SSDs are well below those of HDDs: http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=2319966 http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=2319966 (With the notable exception of the aforementioned brand.)
- casperc 13y agoI was under the impression that OSX already supported trim. Is that not the case, or is it only for certain models?
- danieldk 13y agoTrim is only enabled by OS X on Apple-branded SSDs.