Watch this 4 up video comparison of our two MacBook Pros with SSDs vs. HDDs. We start with a boot up, auto login and the same 9 apps set to open at login.
Macs:
2010 15″ MacBook Pro 2.66GHz with 8GBs RAM
2011 15″ MacBook Pro 2.3GHz with 8GBs RAM
both of these Macs were built out with 500GB 7200RPM hard drives
SSDs:
240GB OCZ Vertex 2
240GB OCZ Vertex 3
Login apps:
Activity Monitor
Mail
Microsoft Word
Microsoft Excel
Safari
Firefox
Adobe Photoshop
Adobe Illustrator
Adobe Indesign
Hint: Don’t blink or you might miss the 2011 MBP with SSD finish in the lower left corner.
Hoping to upgrade an older Core 2 Duo MacBook Pro next week and get times on the difference in performance.
Kevin’s was impressive enough that I think it deserves a standalone vid:
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