My go-to source for SSDs has been Other World Computing for years. If you’ve never experienced the dramatic difference between using an SSD and using a hard disk, your boot times will go from minutes to seconds and most applications will launch instantly with only a bounce or two of their dock icons. And yes, I know I don’t know what Mac you have, but whatever it is, it’ll feel twice as fast after the SSD goes in. Trust me, upgrading from a hard drive to an SSD will make your Mac easily feel twice as fast. Since some of you are surely facing a similar situation and have the same questions, here is what I think:įirst, regardless of your Mac’s age, if it doesn’t already have an SSD (Solid State Drive) and you’re still booting from an archaic mechanical hard disk, you’ve got to replace that rotating anachronism with a sleek, modern SSD. Question: What is expected 'life' of these machines? I would rather go buy a new one if the one I have is at risk of dying of old age. I back it up with a separate hard drive via Time Machine. MacBook Pro that I purchased in 2009 and love it…I do consulting, and run some small business matters with this computer and depend on it heavily. To be precise, here’s exactly what he said: A reader recently asked me how long he could expect his Mac to last.
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