![]() If you are finding the price of the SSD is getting too high for the size you need you may want to think about a SSHD drive like Seagate's or a dual drive like Western Digitals Black2 drive instead.ĭon't forget to make sure your systems firmware is up to date before you start. ![]() For about 200 and a few hours of work, my fianc has a MacBook Pro that performs her daily computing tasks as well as a 1,000+ brand new model. 8 GB of RAM is plenty for most multitasking workloads. You'll want to get a large enough drive so 1/4 to 1/3 of it is kept free once you install all of your stuff. With RAM being relatively inexpensive, it makes a nice upgrade too, especially if you find yourself multitasking a lot. You'll need to follow this: How to enable TRIM on third-party SSDs in OS X. The only thing here I do strongly recommend is you run the latest version of Yosemite (10.10.4 or newer) as it has TRIM services natively. ![]() Here's a good write up: Samsung 850 PRO 2TB SSD Vs Samsung 850 EVO 2TB SSD while they are biased to the Pro, our user's experience over two plus years of use suggest the EVO was just fine. This Macbook Pro Mid 2010 i5 820-2850-A has been working well for a decade editing videos and music and now I decided to give it an upgrade and replace its l. In the real world the EVO will serve you just as well at a lower cost. While many claim the Pro's speed and longer warranty is better. To start with you'll need to follow this IFIXIT guide: MacBook Pro 15" Unibody Mid 2010 Hard Drive Replacement to replace your current drive with a SSD.Īs to who's SSD: We have mostly been using Samsung's EVO SSD's We don't use the Pro version.
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