I just bought a used Macbook Pro mid-2009 13inch, and wanted to upgrade the hard drive to a SSD. I was looking at the "SanDisk SSD PLUS 240GB Solid State Drive (SDSSDA-240G-G26) [Newest Version]" and was wondering if this would be faster than the one I have right now and if it is compatible. Thanks!
MacBook Pro, OS X El Capitan (10.11.6)
2009 machines are 3G SATA II devices. And this forum is full with tales of woe regarding Samsung SSD's.
My personal preference in SSD's are those from Crucial and OWC. Theoretically any SSD that is a SATA with a 2.5" form factor will be compatible.
Understand that your MBP has SATA2 connectivity so that a SATA3 SSD will not achieve its full potential, but still will work and will be much faster than any conventional HDD.
Ciao.
OWC, OCZ/Toshiba, and Samsung make about the fastest that will work in your model. Most all SATA-based SSDs are about the same, but there are lower priced models whose write speeds are slower than their read speeds by a substantial amount. This is due to using less expensive components.
Your model's best SSD performance will be limited by the disk controller - if it is 3G or 6G capable.
All SSD's are much faster than all HDD's, regardless of brand.
Also, are there any other SSD's compatible with my computer in the same price range that might be better?
Will Sandisk SSD PLUS 240GB work with MacBook Pro mid 2009?
