I would like to put an SSD in my Mid-2012 MacBook Pro. As the tradition HDD is a real bottle neck the system. Space is not really an issue, but price is at the moment. It's between these two, Crucial M4 128GB VS Samsung 840 120GB, just to be used for everyday use, thoughts?
MacBook Pro, OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.2), 8GB RAM
I'm a huge Crucial fan - I have a 512GB Crucial m4 SSD series installed right now and am eagerly awaiting the shipment of the Crucial M500 960GB SSD. One thing that I love about Crucial is that you can accomplish firmware updates directly on your Mac - with Samsung, I believe, you have to use a Windows machine.
Crucial SSDs are perfect for Macs - many of us around here have them.
The only problem that I see that you may run into is getting the data from your hard drive (you don't say how much space you're using on it) to a 128GB SSD. If you're under 128GB on your HD then you can just clone your data and OS, etc., onto the new SSD. Or you can make a 'fresh' start and format the drive and install the OS and then begin the laborious task of adding your apps back.
See my one and only user tip - Upgrading your MacBook Pro with a Solid State Drive - for some tips on transferring that data. I've always used Carbon Copy Cloner - but then I've always been moving to a SSD that was comparable in space to my 'old' HD.
Call back with any questions...
Clinton
Thanks for the reply, I have read many good reviews on the Crucial M4. I have been through this before I used to have an 120GB OCZ Agility 3 in my 2010 MacBook. Space wise probably about 30GB including OS X. I will do a clean install of Mountain Lion and put my bits and pieces back on. I used to use Trim Enabler too.
Yeah, I still use Trim Enabler - as I'm a developer, I have to remember to run Trim Enabler again every time there's a new developer version of OS X... but it works!
I think that you'll like the Crucial m4 series - I know that I love mine...
Clinton
Although Amazon UK are selling the Samsung 840 256GB for £126.46 and the Crucial M4 256GB for £145.20
I would pay the extra £20 for the Crucial... similarly, it looks as if MacMall, here in the US, is having a 'fire sale' on the Samsung 840 series... they're £151.19 at the UK Crucial website, so £145.20 (including VAT, I'm assuming?) isn't bad...
Clinton
Do you use Filevault 2?
Crucial M4 128GB VS Samsung 840 120GB - Mid-2012 MacBook Pro
