Switching to SSD for late 2008 MacBook for video editing: Samsung 850EVO or Pro?

errorscreenface wrote:

My questions are: will both the 850 EVO and 850 Pro actually work in my model, old as it is?

Yes.

Would I notice the difference between the two whilst video editing, given the price difference and compatibility issues/limits? (Would SATA limitations effectively slow the Pro to EVO levels?)

Probably not. You MBP has SATA2 connectivity and the full potential of either SSD will not be realized.

If/when I go ahead, is it advisable to keep my whole edit on an external HDD with the main files, or should I keep the renders/cache on the SSD?

That is your choice. If the SSD capacity is large enough, I personally like to keep all data on one drive, but that may not be practical.

Ciao.

Swrapping out the hard drive in a late Model unibody MacBook Pro is super simple. However, note that your MBP is SATA II and the drives you mention are SATA III (6Gb/s). While any SATA III drive, such as the ones you mention, will be backwards compatible, they will only be able to perform at SATA II 3Gb/s speeds.

So you might want to shop around a bit more and just make sure you've found the best deal. You could save some money by buying a native SATA II drive in the same capacity and that will perform equally. In the USA, a great place to buy SSD upgrades for older Macs is Other World Computing (https://eshop.macsales.com/). I put one of the OWC Electra 3G 480GB SSD drives in my late model 15" MBP and it's been working fine.

Yes, They will work . Apple has provided support for third party SSD's with the "trimforce enable" command.

I Just helped my friend upgrade his old macbook Pro with an SSD the other day. It was really easy to do.

I Used a Samsung Evo 850-series in my MacBook Pro 2012. Works great !....

I Think the MacBook Pro with Intel-Core-2-duo is only Sata-2.0 or 3gb. So no use in purchasing a Super High performance SSD when your MacBook can not support Sata-3, 6gb.

I would consider the Samsung Evo 850 or another good budget inexpensive SSD is the OCZ Trion 150-series which sells for very inexpensive price.

Just remember to enable trim support for your SSD after the installation.

After you have installed OS-X on the new SSD , Open terminal app and enter the following command.

"sudo trimforce enable"...Select YES and YES again and when complete reboot.

As you probably know, video files can be rather large. To transfer video data to and from an external HDD can be a lengthy process since you are limited to USB2 and/or Firewire. That is the principle reason I encourage the use of a large capacity SSD. As I am sure that you also are aware, the larger the capacity, the greater the cost. Currently the largest capacity SSDs are 2TB but at about $600±, which in my view is serious money. You have an important decision to make.

Ciao.